Our 2009-2010 Season
All concerts on Saturday night at 7:30 PM
Concert One, September 19, 2009
Baroque à la mode
Couperin, Leclair, Marais, and Boismortier were all
successful French composers who wrote beautiful chamber music
for a variety of tastes. Their works are among the most cherished by
today's performers and audiences alike. Harpsichordist Bernard
Gordillo returns to Seattle to join the Baroque Northwest quartet.
Concert Two, December 19, 2009
The Spice of Life: Variations on Musical Themes
Vocal and instrumental music were closely tied together in the Medieval,
Renaissance, and Baroque periods each genre inspiring the other.
While instrumentalists were on a quest to imitate the human
voice, vocalists were inspired to new heights by
their brilliant instrumental colleagues. Exhausting
the potential of a musical theme through variation
is a crowning achievement by musicians of all periods.
Join the Baroque Northwest Quartet for instru-
mental variations of vocal music, dance music, and
everything in between.Variety is the spice of life!
Concert Three, February 6, 2010
The Scottish Harp, with Maxine Eilander
Early harp virtuoso Maxine Eilander joins
Elizabeth C.D. Brown, Gus Denhard, and
Ronnee Fullerton for music of Scotland, with a
nod to Wales, Ireland, and Britain. The harp passed
freely between the worlds of traditional and art
music during the Renaissance and Baroque as it
does today, and the British Isles produced some
of the worlds finest harpers and performance
styles. Baroque Northwest puts it all together with
Maxine, one of Seattles musical treasurers.
Concert Four, March 20, 2010
Back to Basics: Baroque Northwest does the Standards
Revisit the Baroque standards as envisioned
by the creative minds and instrumental
palette of the Baroque Northwest Quartet.
Like a jazz combo playing the standards from
the golden age of jazz, Baroque Northwest
returns to its roots and pays homage to the
most renowned composers of the
high Baroque. Vivaldi, Bach, Handel,
Telemann; its all good!
