Anacortes Early Music presents Duo Amadeus
$30 (students age 18 & under free); cash or check at the door
- Elizabeth Blumenstock, violin
- Tamara Friedman, fortepiano
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach — Violin Sonata in C minor, H. 514, Wq. 78
Ludwig van Beethoven — Piano Sonata No. 18 in E-flat major, Op. 31, No. 3 "The Hunt"
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Violin Sonata No. 27 in G major, K. 379/373a
Celebrated violinist Elizabeth Blumenstock, playing her 1660 Andreas Guarneri violin, and Tamara Friedmann, on her fine replica of a 1795 Anton Walter fortepiano, will treat you to a feast of duo and solo sonatas, with a rare Assaggio for solo violin by Johan Helmich Roman; C.P.E. Bach's soulful Violin Sonata in C minor, Wq. 78; Ludwig van Beethoven's jocular Fortepiano Sonata in E-flat major, Op. 31, No. 3; and the incomparable Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's tempestuous Violin Sonata in G major/minor, K. 379.
About Duo Amadeus
The refined ensemble work of Duo Amadeus (Elizabeth Blumenstock, violin and Tamara Friedman, fortepiano) results from decades-long collaboration in music of the Classical and early Romantic schools, with Mozart – whose music embraces both tendencies - being their specialty. "I confess that it is her way with Mozart," writes music critic Morton Gold of Tamara Friedman's artistry, "that reaches my heart as well as my intellect ... she realized the drama inherent in the work while being as sensitive and even romantic where the music suggested passion."
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 Tamara Friedman, fortepiano
Pianist Tamara Friedman has been praised for the depth, wit, and humor of her lively performances (Seattle Times) and appreciated as "the magnificent pianist" whose "way with Mozart reached my heart as well as my intellect" (Journal Tribune, Portland, Maine). Tamara attended the Oberlin Conservatory and received her master’s degree from the Mannes College of Music (NYC). She has collaborated with such international artists as Stanley Ritchie, Jaap Schröder, and Vicki Boeckman, and appears with violinist Elizabeth Blumenstock as Duo Amadeus. In the Pacific Northwest she has performed on the Seattle Camerata, Allegro Baroque and Beyond, Belle Arte, Early Music Guild, Gallery Concerts, and Mostly Nordic series and for the Governor’s Chamber Music Festival.
Tamara has been a featured performer in early piano workshops for Pacific Lutheran University (Tacoma, WA), Seattle, Edmonds, and Washington State Music Teachers Associations, and the Western Early Keyboard Association. She maintains a private studio in La Conner, WA, where she teaches modern piano and fortepiano on her collection of 18th- and 19th-century keyboard instruments, which is on display at SEKM!—the Skagit Early Keyboard Museum.
Tamara spends her summers in Bath, Maine, where she also has a group of historical pianos and performs on the Kennebec Early Music Festival.
https://www.jackstraw.org/artist/tamara-friedman/