Salish Sea Early Music Festival: 1800 – Virtuoso Guitar & Flute
$15-$25 suggested donation
John Schneiderman, early 19th-century guitar
Jeffrey Cohan, 8-keyed flute (made in London in 1820)
This concert presents a sampling of music by the outstanding guitar and flute virtuosos of the early 19th century with guitarist John Schneiderman, and Jeffrey Cohan performing on an 8-keyed flute made in London in 1820.
About the 2016 Salish Sea Early Music Festival
The sixth annual 2016 Salish Sea Early Music Festival presents six diverse programs of early chamber music on period instruments in Seattle with leading early music specialists from Europe, the Pacific Northwest and around the United States at Christ Episcopal Church from January through June.
Performers include harpsichordist Hans-Jürgen Schnoor, who is organist at St. Mary's church in Lübeck, Germany to which Bach walked for days to hear Dietrich Buxtehude, violinist Ingrid Matthews who founded and directed the Seattle Baroque Orchestra, harpsichordist Bernward Lohr and violinist Anne Röhrig who teach at German music conservatories in Hannover and Nuremburg, guitarist Oleg Timofeyev who is one of the world's leading exponents of the Russian 7-string guitar of Beethoven's time, and flutist and artistic director Jeffrey Cohan.
Each program is repeated in nine cities around the Salish Sea from Tacoma to Vancouver, BC in a total of 54 performances.