Orca Concerts: Brothers – music of the Haydns
$35 ($25 senior; students free)
- Timothy Christie, violin & viola
- Eli Weinberger, cello
- Travis Gore, double bass
- Sean Osborn, clarinet
- Paul Rafanelli, bassoon
- Jeffrey Fair, French horn
Michael Haydn — Divertimento in D major, MH 173
Franz Joseph Haydn — Divertimento (Horn Trio) in E-flat major, Hob. IV:5
Franz Hasenöhrl / Richard Strauss — Till Eulenspiegel einmal anders!
2 performances:
- Sunday, November 12, 7:30pm at Woodinville Unitarian Universalist Church
- Wednesday, November 15, 7:30pm at The Chapel at The Good Shepherd Center, Seattle
About Timothy Christie, violin & viola
About Travis Gore, double bass
About Sean Osborn, clarinet
Sean Osborn—clarinetist, composer, and pedagogue—was the youngest clarinetist to be appointed to the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. He has since presented master classes across continents and performed as guest Principal Clarinet with leading American orchestras, such as the New York Philharmonic, Pittsburgh Symphony, and Seattle Symphony. With rave reviews from The New York Times ("…an excellent clarinetist,"), the Boston Globe ("…a miracle,"), and Gramophone ("…a master,") and over forty concertos in his repertoire, he has recorded dozens of CDs for London, Deutsche Grammophon, Sony, Albany, and others, as well as premiered works by Philip Glass, John Adams, John Corigliano, Chen Yi, and Jennifer Higdon.
http://www.osbornmusic.com/About Paul Rafanelli, bassoon
A member of the Seattle Symphony and Seattle Opera Orchestra since 1992, bassoonist Paul Rafanelli has performed frequently on the orchestra's Chamber Music Series; he has also performed with the Seattle Chamber Music Society, Walla Walla Chamber Music Festival and Seattle Chamber Players. Before joining the Seattle Symphony in 1992, Mr. Rafanelli was a member of the Charleston (SC) Symphony Orchestra, and played at the Festival dei Due Mondi in Italy and the Spoleto Festival USA.
For over a decade Mr. Rafanelli has served on the Board of Directors of the Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestras (he is also an Alumnus from the 1980’s) and is a strong proponent of Arts in education. For 16 years he served on the faculty of the University of Puget Sound, where he was the Affiliate Artist in bassoon. In October of 2021 he joined the faculty of the University of Washington as Artist in Residence.
Mr. Rafanelli was born in Seattle in 1963 and received his training at the University of Washington, Manhattan School of Music and The Juilliard School. He is fluent in Italian and also speaks some German. His bassoon was custom made by the Wilhelm Heckel Co. in Wiesbaden, Germany, in 1986.
https://music.washington.edu/people/paul-rafanelli