Byron Schenkman & Friends: J.S. Bach Meets Caroline Shaw

Sound Salon (formerly Byron Schenkman & Friends)
Sunday, March 26, 2023 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Illsley Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Get tickets

$48 ($41 senior, $10 youth/student)

Johann Sebastian Bach — Keyboard Concerto No. 5 in F minor, BWV 1056
Henry Purcell — The Gordion Knot Untied, Z. 597
Damien Geter — Buh-roke
Caroline Shaw — Concerto for harpsichord and strings (world premiere)
Johann Sebastian Bach — Keyboard Concerto No. 4 in A major, BWV 1055

Harpsichord concertos by Johann Sebastian Bach and the world premiere of a new piece for harpsichord and strings by Pulitzer Prize winner Caroline Shaw. With a string ensemble lead by Rachel Ellen Wong, we also offer pieces from Henry Purcell & Damien Geter.

About Sound Salon (formerly Byron Schenkman & Friends)

Known as Byron Schenkman & Friends until recently, Sound Salon is a concert series that brings a diverse set of 21st-century perspectives to artistically excellent ensemble music, inspired by European traditions of the 17th through 19th Centuries. Byron Schenkman is Sound Salon's Artistic Director.

Sound Salon is a 501c3 non-profit supported by donors and ticket sales.

https://www.SoundSalonMusic.org

About Rachell Ellen Wong, baroque violin

https://www.rachellwong.com

About Carmen Lavada Johnson-Pájaro, baroque violin

https://www.castleskins.org/carmen-johnson--paacutejaro.html

About Andrew Gonzalez, baroque viola

http://andrewgonzalezviolist.com/

About Adaiha MacAdam-Somer, viol

Multi-instrumentalist Adaiha MacAdam-Somer is currently adjunct professor of cello at Linfield University in Portland. She is equally at home on the cello, baroque cello, and all branches of the viola da gamba family. She performs regularly with a variety of ensembles, including Portland Baroque Orchestra and Seattle Baroque Orchestra, and serves as artistic director of Voice of the Viol.

https://orpheuspdx.org/people/adaiha-mcadam-somer/

About Ross Gilliland, baroque double bass

https://www.nocco.org/ross-gilliland

About Byron Schenkman, harpsichord

http://byronschenkman.com/

More info
Directions
Google Calendar
Concert Kids welcome Baroque period (1600-1750) BIPOC composers Black composers Chamber music Commission/Premiere Contemporary (1945+) Early music New music Women composers Baroque violin Double bass Harpsichord Sextet Strings Viol Viola Violin

Illsley Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall

200 University St.
Seattle, WA 98101
United States

http://www.seattlesymphony.org/benaroya/
(206) 215-4800