Anacortes Early Music: The Classical Quintet All Mozart Concert
Single: $30 (students age 18 & under free); cash or check at the door
6-Concert Subscription: $150
- Elizabeth Blumenstock, violin
- Cecilia Archuleta, violin
- Lindsey Strand-Polyak, viola
- Meg Brennand, cello
- Laurel Wells, viola
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — String Duo No. 1 in G major for violin and viola, K. 423
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — String Quartet No. 15 in D minor, K. 421/417b
The Classical Quartet expands into The Classical Quintet to bring you Mozart's lovely String Quintet in C major, K. 515. Acclaimed guest artist Elizabeth Blumenstock of the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra will lead the ensemble of Cecilia Archuleta, Lindsey Strand-Polyak, Laurel Wells, and Meg Brennand playing on rich, clear period instruments. Also on this program is Mozart's virtuosic G major Duo for Violin and Viola, K. 423, and his highly expressive D minor String Quartet, K. 421.
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 Lindsey Strand-Polyak, viola
Lindsey Strand-Polyak divides her time between viola and violin and homes in Los Angeles and on Whidbey Island. Director of the San Francisco Early Music Society's Summer Baroque Workshop, she appears with Baroque Music Montana, Bach Collegium San Diego, Musica Angelica, Sinfonia Spirituosa, Bitterroot Baroque, Baroque Festival Corona del Mar, the Oregon Bach Festival, Byron Schenkman & Friends, the Salish Sea Early Music Festival and as principal violist with Seattle Baroque Orchestra. She also serves on the boards of Early Music Seattle as the SBO liaison and Pacific Northwest Viols, and holds a PhD/MM in musicology and violin performance from UCLA.
https://www.strandpolyak.com/