ScarlattissemfBach/ Irene Roldan & Jeffrey Cohan//: Domenico Scarlatti & JS Bach • Tacoma / **************** Irene Roldan – ***************Monday eve, July 14, 2025 at 7:00 PM*: • *Scarlatti & Bach* • *           — Irene Roldan, harpsichord **   — Jeffrey Cohan, baroque flute *Amongst the composers who cultivated keyboard genres in eighteenth-century Spain, the figure of the Neapolitan *Domenico Scarlatti* unquestionably stands out. The musical richness and avant-garde technique of his keyboard sonatas, as well as his close affiliation with the Spanish royal family, ensured him a wide network of influence and popularity that has continued to this day. Domenico Scarlatti's appointment as music master to Princess Maria Barbara in 1733 established his close connection with the Royal Chapel, a professional destination for prominent composers from countries other than Italy as well, fostering a diverse array of musical styles.A Portuguese princess who married into the Spanish royal family, Maria Barbara later became Queen of Spain. Scarlatti remained there for the rest of his life, serving the Spanish royalty until his death in 1757. The lingering echoes of the Spanish Golden Age coexisted with the influence of Italian musicians within the court. Additional elements, spanning from the depths of traditional folklore to the nuances of the French style, contributed to create a distinctive Spanish musical language, one that found expression in much of Scarlatti's keyboard music. The sonatas for flute and obbligato harpsichord by *Johann Sebastian Bach*, born the same year as Scarlatti and an equally iconic keyboard virtuoso, exhibit all of the profound intellectual and emotional depth and intricate contrapuntal and harmonic innovation of his more expansive and well-known works.              ✷  ✣  ✷  ✣  ✷  ✣  ✷ ***Mason United Methodist Church*    2710 North Madison Street in Tacoma *www.salishseafestival.org/tacoma* <http://www.salishseafestival.org/tacoma>      — Suggested donation $20 to $30 (a free will offering; pay as you wish) — 18 and under free              ✷  ✣  ✷  ✣  ✷  ✣  ✷ PICE IC/EConsulate of SpainIrene Roldàn’s participation in these performances has been made possible with help from the Honorary Consulate of Spain in Seattle, and from the Programme for the Internationalisation of Spanish Culture (PICE) of Acción Cultural Española (AC/E), which seeks to promote Spanish culture through the inclusion of Spanish artists and creators residing in Spain in the programming of cultural events outside of Spain.