Anacortes Early Music Series
In Love and Guerre
Croatian Cultural Center 801 5th Street, Anacortes, WA, United StatesViolinist Marc Destrubé celebrates the life and times of Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre, perhaps the most successful and influential female composer of the 18th century. Known for her lyric melodies and raucous harmonies, de la Guerre’s artistry was widely admired and punctured the musical glass ceiling in 18th century France. Harpsichordist Jillon Stoppels Dupree… Continue Reading In Love and Guerre
On the Fritz – Romantic Masterworks
Croatian Cultural Center 801 5th Street, Anacortes, WA, United StatesPage Smith, principal violoncellist of the Pacific Northwest Ballet, on an instrument modeled after a 1730 Sanctus Seraphin cello, and Tamara Friedman, playing her versatile replica of an 1814 Johann Fritz fortepiano, offer a robust concert of variations, sonatas, and character pieces by Haydn and Beethoven, Schubert, Chopin, and Schumann. In addition to her principal… Continue Reading On the Fritz – Romantic Masterworks
Anacortes Early Music presents Murder and Mayhem: William Lawes and the Broadside Ballads of the English Civil War
Croatian Cultural Center 801 5th Street, Anacortes, WA, United StatesThe years leading up to the English Civil War in 1642 were full of riotous discord, reflected in the popular Broadside Ballads. At the same moment, William Lawes (1602-1645), the greatest English musical genius between Dowland and Purcell, was producing vocal and instrumental music of unparalleled beauty. His life was cut short in battle, but… Continue Reading Anacortes Early Music presents Murder and Mayhem: William Lawes and the Broadside Ballads of the English Civil War
Anacortes Early Music presents Party of Three
Croatian Cultural Center 801 5th Street, Anacortes, WA, United StatesAndy Warhol famously said: “One’s company, two’s a crowd, and three’s a party.” Truer words could not be said about Beethoven’s String Trios – the three independent voices entwine to create a rollicking good time. The program also includes trios by Hyacinthe Jadin and Johann Georg Albrechtsberger with Beethoven’s Op. 3. The concert features the… Continue Reading Anacortes Early Music presents Party of Three
