A Lautenwerck Christmas: Strangely Familiar Music for the Holidays
Free (donations will be collected for the Faith Pipe Organ Fund)
On the final Sunday of Advent, step back from the hustle and bustle of the season for a time of meditation and reflection as harpsichordist David Buice plays carol settings by composers from the Seventeenth, Eighteenth, and Twentieth Centuries on the gut-strung lautenwerck (lute-harpsichord) by master builder Anden Houben.
The sound of the lautenwerck has been described as "magical" and "deeply relaxing". From the performer: "Should the listener become 'lost' in the music, he or she may well be experiencing that which early listeners experienced: The opening of a portal to another way of listening, and another way of being. Such was its use by, and such was the intent of, the early musicians and their listeners, and so here, the intent of this program."
About David Buice
Before relocating to the Pacific Northwest, David Buice was Performing Artist-in-Residence at Oglethorpe University and Harpsichordist-in-Residence at the Oglethorpe University Museum of Art in Atlanta, Georgia, and Minister of Music at Church of the New Covenant in Doraville, Georgia. He has served as Director of Music at Faith Lutheran Church, Seattle, since October of 2017.
In addition to directing the Faith Lutheran Music & Arts Ministry, he has performed solo keyboard and chamber music with resident instrumentalists in the Faith Sanctuary, as well as presenting harpsichord and lautenwerck (lute-harpsichord) recitals for the Anacortes Arts Federation.
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