Seattle Historical Arts Recital Series: Nick Chrisman, Baroque cello & viola da gamba
Free
- Nick Chrisman, Baroque cello & viola da gamba
- Henry Lebedinsky, harpsichord
Giuseppe Colombi — Selected works
Johannes Schenck — Selected works
Jean-Baptiste Barrière — Selected works
Caroline Shaw — in manus tuas
Discover musical gems of the 17th and 18th Centuries—mostly from before the time of J.S. Bach—in this debut solo recital by young Seattle Historical Arts alumnus Nick Chrisman, Baroque cello and viola da gamba. With guest artist Henry Lebedinsky, harpsichord, the program ranges from the searching early solo ventures of Domenico Gabrielli and Giuseppe Colombi, to the striking chromaticisms of Johannes Schenck and the late-Baroque virtuosity of Jean-Baptiste Barrière. The program also features a piece of twenty-first century music, in manus tuas, written in 2009 by Pulitzer Prize winning composer Caroline Shaw to "capture the sensation of a single moment" of hearing the Thomas Tallis motet of the same name. Nick will be graduating this spring from Lawrence University (Appleton, WI) and is excited to share this portion of his culminating Bachelor of Music recital program outside the walls of the conservatory. The program opens with a short selection of Baroque pieces for violins, viola da gamba, and baritone voice by skilled teen students of SHAK's Early Music Youth Academy, directed by Shulamit Kleinerman.
Admission is free and the complete program lasts about 75 minutes. Nick is gratefully accepting voluntary donations at the event to support the purchase of a Baroque cello as he prepares to apply for performance master's degree programs in the field.
The venue is ADA accessible, with on-street parking and a lot at the church’s north end.
Nick Chrisman, 21, began playing the cello at the age of four. He is currently a student in Kivie Cahn-Lipman's studio at Lawrence University (Appleton, WI), where in spring 2025 he is completing a dual degree in cello performance and classics. Nick has been involved with SHAK for almost his whole life, first as a student and now as an alumnus coach and performer. Last summer, Nick took part in the Amherst Early Music Festival’s Baroque Academy for Instrumentalists on baroque cello and viola da gamba. Nick is also an avid chamber musician on modern cello, with a passion for the music of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.
About SHAK Early Music Youth Academy
The Early Music Youth Academy is a program of Seattle Historical Arts for Kids, which now includes opportunities in both Baroque and Renaissance repertoires for student levels and ages. The original EMYA program (2014-2020) grew around a group of students who shared the joys of Renaissance chamber music on bowed and plucked strings throughout their middle and high school years. That ensemble appeared at the Berkeley Festival of Early Music, performed for the Seattle Public Library’s exhibit of Shakespeare’s First Folio, and opened for concerts by the acclaimed Renaissance bands Piffaro and the Baltimore Consort.
https://historicalarts.org/instrumental-music