Stage Seating Added for Aug. 15 & 16 Chamber Music Festival Concerts

— from Joyce Stone —

Jon Kimura Parker at the piano

Jon Kimura Parker at the piano

If you’d like to see some of the world’s most amazing musicians perform up-close here’s your chance. The Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival has added Stage Seating to the “European Interlude” concerts Friday, August 15 at 7:30 pm and Saturday, August 16 at 5:30 pm.

Aloysia Friedmann and Jon Kimura Parker begin the evening in Spain in Turina’s rarely heard and beautiful Scène Andalouse. Then join charismatic violinist Chee-Yun and pianist Ian Parker in France for Saint-Saëns’ violin Sonata. Baritone Philip Cutlip will bring the audience into Schubert’s home in Vienna for a set of Lieder, and the European evening concludes in Germany for Schumann’s rousing Piano Quintet.

You won’t want to miss this fabulous concert! Tickets are $30. To purchase, visit www.oicmf.org or call 376-6636.

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