Sound Salon: Sweeter than Roses
$48 ($43 senior, $10 youth/student with ID)
- Grace Srinivasan, soprano
- Pablo O'Connell, baroque oboe
- Adaiha MacAdam-Somer, viol
- Byron Schenkman, harpsichord
Elisabetta de Gambarini — Behold and listen, Op. 2, No. 1
John Stanley — I feel new passions rise, Op. 9, No. 4
Thomas Arne — Come away death
Ignatius Sancho — A Collection of New Songs, No. 1: The Complaint
Ignatius Sancho — Hornpipe in B-flat major
Ignatius Sancho — A Collection of New Songs, No. 2: Sweetest Bard
Henry Purcell — "O let me weep" from The Fairy Queen, Z. 629
Henry Purcell — Suite in D minor, Z. 668 (for harpsichord)
William Babell — Sonata No. 1 for Violin or Oboe in B-flat major
Henry Purcell — "Halcyon days" from The Tempest, Z. 631
Henry Purcell — Sweeter than roses, Z. 585, No. 1
English Baroque love songs for voice, oboe, viol, and harpsichord, featuring soprano Grace Srinivasan and oboist Pablo O'Connell, with Adaiha MacAdam-Somer on viol, and Byron Schenkman on harpsichord. Music by Henry Purcell, George Frideric Handel, Elisabetta de Gambarini, and Ignatius Sancho.
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.orgAbout Grace Srinivasan, soprano
Praised for her "beautiful vocalism" (San Francisco Gate) and engaging presence, soprano Grace Srinivasan has established herself in the Baltimore-Washington area as a performer of a wide spectrum of repertoire ranging from medieval chant to contemporary compositions.
A graduate of Peabody Conservatory and a Washington, D.C. area native, Grace sings professionally as a cantor and associate music director at St. Stephen Martyr Catholic Church, section leader at Temple Sinai, and at Washington National Cathedral as a staff soprano. Grace has sung with ensembles throughout the region, including the Washington Bach Consort, Cathedra, and Chantry, and has performed on concert stages across North America from Boston to the Dominican Republic.
Grace serves as resident music director for the Chesapeake Shakespeare Company in downtown Baltimore and is a co-founder of the early music duo Musica Spira, which highlights music by early modern women. An occasional screen actor, she appeared in the PBS docudrama Enemy of the Reich as Noor Inayat Khan.
http://www.gracesrinivasan.com/About Pablo O'Connell, baroque oboe
Highly in-demand as an early musician, Pablo O'Connell performs with the Trinity Wall St Baroque Orchestra, Carmel Bach Festival, Mercury Chamber Orchestra, Berkeley Cantata Collective, New York Baroque Incorporated, and Musica Angelica. He is passionate about contemporary music and performs regularly with SEM Ensemble and the Metropolis Ensemble, where in 2022 he curated a series of pop-up concerts as part of the Biophony festival. Pablo's dynamic and varied musical life also includes writing and recording original folk music, and in 2021 he released his debut EP Still You Answer, with a full length LP to be released in fall of 2023. Pablo maintains a private teaching studio of baroque and modern oboists and he holds Bachelors and Masters degrees in modern and historical oboes from the Juilliard School ('20, '22).
https://www.pabloboe.comAbout 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 Byron Schenkman, harpsichord
Illsley Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall
200 University St.Seattle, WA 98101
United States