Anacortes Early Music: Party of Three
$30 – cash or check at the door (students age 18 & under free)
- Andrew Gonzalez, viola
- Rachell Ellen Wong, violin
- Nathan Whittaker, cello
Hyacinthe Jadin — Selected works
Johann Georg Albrechtsberger — Selected works
Andy 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 inaugural winner of Seattle's Gallery Concerts' "Next Generation Competition," violinist Rachell Ellen Wong. Originally from Seattle, Ms. Wong has received much acclaim, including the prestigious Avery Fisher Career Grant in 2020. A rising star on both the historical performance and modern violin stages, she has performed with Academy of Ancient Music, Bach Collegium Japan, Seattle Symphony, among others, and serves as the concert master of the Seattle Baroque Orchestra. Ms. Wong has a Master of Music degree in Historical Performance from The Juilliard School. She performs on a baroque violin from the school of Joachim Tielke, ca. 1700.
Joining Ms. Wong for this performance are violist Andrew Gonzales and cellist Nathan Whittaker. Mr. Gonzales's historical performances on baroque viola and the violoncello da spalla have been heard with such festivals and series as Washington Bach Consort and the Boston Early Music Festival, among many others. Mr. Gonzales performs on a 1930 Frederick Haenel viola modeled after a Gaspar Da Salo. Dr. Whittaker serves as Artistic Director of Gallery Concerts, and is a noted historical cello specialist with concert performances from New York to Seattle to Dubai. He has a Doctor of Musical Arts from the University of Washington, and performs on a baroque cello of Johann Christian Ficker II from c. 1770.
About Anacortes Early Music Concert Series
The Anacortes Early Music Concert Series has brought historically informed performances featuring world-renowned musicians and rising stars to Anacortes for over a decade. Historically informed performance (period performance) is an approach in Western music which adheres to the knowledge, as it is currently known, of the instruments and performance practice of the period in which the music was conceived. Access to examples of earlier musical instruments and historical treatises are the basis on which period performance is formed. Instruments corresponding to the period of the music being performed are used, as well as technique and aesthetics of the period. Anacortes Early Music is a project of the Anacortes Arts Foundation.
https://www.anacortesartsfoundation.org/events.htmlAbout Andrew Gonzalez, viola
About Rachell Ellen Wong, violin
About Nathan Whittaker, cello
Nathan Whittaker, violoncello, enjoys a unique and diverse career as a concert soloist, chamber musician, recitalist, teacher, and historical cello specialist with concert stops ranging from New York to Seattle to Dubai. He is the Artistic Director of Gallery Concerts (Seattle), a concert series of chamber music on period instruments, and regularly performs with the Trinity Baroque Orchestra, Pacific Baroque Orchestra, New York Baroque Incorporated, ARTek, El Mundo, Fort Greene Chamber Music Society, The Sebastians, and the Pacific Northwest Ballet. Recent appearances include the Caramoor Music Festival, Arizona Early Music Festival, Vancouver Bach Festival, Pacific Baroque Festival, Helicon Society, Berkeley Early Music Festival, Ottawa ChamberFest, the Boston Early Music Festival, and as a guest lecturer at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Paris. He has served on the faculty of Cornish College of the Arts. He can be heard on recordings by ATMA Musique, Harmonia, and Centaur, as well as live broadcasts by NPR, CBC, and KING FM. Dr. Whittaker holds a Doctorate of Musical Arts from the University of Washington and Bachelors and Masters degrees from Indiana University. He performs on a cello of Mario Gadda from 1957, and a baroque cello of Johann Christian Ficker II from c. 1770.
https://www.nathanhwhittaker.com/