2023 Orcas Island Salish Sea Early Music Festival announces 2023 schedule

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The Salish Sea Early Music Festival is pleased to present seven contrasting performances journeying back and forth through the 16th through 19th centuries on Wednesdays at 6 p.m. and one final Saturday in June in Eastsound. We are immensely grateful to the Orcas Adventist Fellowship Church and the Orcas Christian School for assisting us in offering these concerts to the Orcas community for these past years. We look forward to a joyous 2023 and will be so pleased to have you join us!

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SALISH SEA EARLY MUSIC FESTIVAL 2023:

— Wednesday, February 1, 2023 at 6:00 p.m.
• The Four-Part Italian Canzona (1580-1625) • with Vicki Boeckman (renaissance recorders), Anna Marsh (renaissance bassoon), Lindsey Strand-Polyak (viola), and Jeffrey Cohan (renaissance transverse flute)

— Wednesday, February 22, 2023 at 6:00 p.m.
• The Viennese Biedermeier Serenade (1815-1835) • with Oleg Timofeyev (guitar, Iowa City), Lindsey Strand-Polyak (viola) and Jeffrey Cohan (8-keyed flute)

— Wednesday, March 8, 2023 at 6:00 p.m.
• Musica Alta Ripa (1695-1740) • with Bernward Lohr (harpsichord, Hannover, Germany), Anna Röhrig (violin, Hannover, Germany) and Jeffrey Cohan (baroque flute)

— Wednesday, March 29, 2023 at 6:00 p.m. (note time change!)
• Obbligato Harpsichord and Flute (1720-1760) • with David Schrader (harpsichord, Chicago) and Jeffrey Cohan (baroque flute)

— Wednesday, May 1, 2023 (not on Orcas; in Friday Harbor, location to be announced, and also in Seattle and La Conner)
• Lieder Abend (Haydn, Schumann and Brahms) • with Maike Albrecht (soprano) and Hans-Jürgen Schnoor (piano)

— Wednesday, May 10, 2023 at 6:00 p.m.
• Bach I (Bach Cantata “Ich habe genug” etc.) • with Maike Albrecht (soprano, Lübeck, Germany), Hans-Jürgen Schnoor (harpsichord, Lübeck, Germany) and Jeffrey Cohan (baroque flute)

— Wednesday, May 24, 2023 at 6:00 p.m.
• Bach II (Bach B Minor Suite, Bach Cantata 209 etc.) • with Maike Albrecht (soprano), Hans-Jürgen Schnoor (harpsichord), Jeffrey Cohan (baroque flute), Carrie Krause (violin), Elisabeth Phelps (violin), Lindsey Strand-Polyak (viola) and Annabeth Shirley (cello)

— Saturday, June 24, 2023 at 6:00 p.m.
• Italian Canzonas (1600-1640) • with John Lenti (theorbo) and Anna Marsh (renaissance bassoon) and Jeffrey Cohan (renaissance transverse flute)
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   We welcome your donations … anytime! … at https://www.salishseafestival.org/donate . The Salish Sea Early Music Festival is a 501(c)3 organization and donations are fully tax deductible. We appreciate your support!