Celebrating Our 17th Season of Sublime Baroque And Classical Chamber Music

Gather - Inspire - Connect

Each year, WIMF collaborates with a Whidbey Island visual artist to create a poster design that reflects the wonder and natural beauty of Whidbey Island. This year's featured artist is Whidbey artist Buffy Cribbs. Artists who have contributed work for past seasons include Briony Morrow-Cribbs, Linnane Armstrong, Brian Mahieu and Gordy Edberg.

Schedule of Events

July 23, 2022

3:00 PM-5:00 PM: Heroines of History and Myth at Cultus Bay Gardens

Tales of courage, love and loss by Monteverdi, Purcell, Handel, Haydn, Merula, Tartini and more!

Pacific MusicWorks
Danielle Reutter-Harrah, soprano
Tekla Cunningham, baroque violin
Maxine Eilander, baroque harp
Stephen Stubbs, baroque guitar and lute
Henry Lebedinsky, keyboards

July 24, 2022

3:00 PM-5:00 PM: Heroines of History and Myth at St. Augustine's in-the-woods

Tales of courage, love and loss by Monteverdi, Tartini, Haydn, Handel, Purcell, Merula and more!

Pacific MusicWorks
Danielle Reutter-Harrah, soprano
Tekla Cunningham, baroque violin
Maxine Eilander, baroque harp
Stephen Stubbs, baroque guitar and lute
Henry Lebedinsky, keyboards

August 6, 2022

3:00 PM-5:00 PM: Bohemian Rhapsody at Cultus Bay Gardens

Bohemian Rhapsody: The classical oboe quartet from Krommer to Mozart
From Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven and Schubert and onwards to Brahms, Viennese classicism has become synonymous with "classical music". Vienna drew composers from far and wide lured to the Imperial City by hopes for royal patronage, wealthy aristocratic patrons and discerning audiences. However, classicism was alive and well in other places as well, as in nearby Bohemia, home to a thriving community of musicians and composers. This program explores the uniquely Bohemian sound of classical chamber music repertoire for oboe and strings, with works by Krommer, Druschetzky, Gassmann as well as Mozart's sublime oboe quartet in F major. WIMF is thrilled to welcome Debra Nagy, America's leading historical oboist, back to Whidbey Island as well as new WIMF artists Cynthia Keiko Black (viola) and Eva Lymenstull (cello) along with Tekla Cunningham, violin.

Program
Quartet for oboe and strings in F: Franz Krommer (1759-1831)
Quartet for Oboe and strings in g: Juri Druschetzky (1745 -1819)
Trio in Bb for Two Violas and Bass, H 377: Florian L. Gassmann (1729-1774)
Quartet for oboe and strings in F, K 370/368b: W.A. Mozart (1756-1791)

August 7, 2022

3:00 PM-5:00 PM: Bohemian Rhapsody: The Classical Oboe Quartet from Krommer to Mozart at St. Augustine's in-the-woods

Bohemian Rhapsody: The Classical Oboe Quartet from Krommer to Mozart

From Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven and Schubert and onwards to Brahms, Viennese classicism has become synonymous with "classical music". Vienna drew composers from far and wide lured to the Imperial City by hopes for royal patronage, wealthy aristocratic patrons and discerning audiences. However, classicism was alive and well in other places as well, as in nearby Bohemia, home to a thriving community of musicians and composers. This program explores the uniquely Bohemian sound of classical chamber music repertoire for oboe and strings, with works by Krommer, Druschetzky, Gassmann as well as Mozart's sublime oboe quartet in F major. WIMF is thrilled to welcome Debra Nagy, America's leading historical oboist, back to Whidbey Island as well as new WIMF artists Cynthia Keiko Black (viola) and Eva Lymenstull (cello) along with Tekla Cunningham, violin.

Program
Quartet for oboe and strings in F: Franz Krommer (1759-1831)
Quartet for Oboe and strings in g: Juri Druschetzky (1745 -1819)
Trio in Bb for Two Violas and Bass, H 377: Florian L. Gassmann (1729-1774)
Quartet for oboe and strings in F, K 370/368b: W. A. Mozart (1756-1791)

August 13, 2022

7:30 PM-9:30 PM: Love and longing: Johannes Brahms and Florence Price at Noorlag Salon

Reginald Mobley, alto
Tekla Cunningham, violin and viola
Henry Lebedinsky, piano
Sheila Weidendorf, piano

Program
Sonata in E flat for viola and piano, Op. 120: Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Intermezzi, Op. 119 Brahms
Songs: Florence Price (1887-1953)
Adoration for violin and piano: Florence Price
Two songs for alto, viola, piano, Op. 91: Johannes Brahms

Gestillte Sehnsucht

Geistliches Wiegenlied

August 14, 2022

4:00 PM-6:00 PM: Love and Longing: Johannes Brahms and Florence Price at Whidbey Island Center for the Arts

Reginald Mobley, alto
Tekla Cunningham, violin and viola
Henry Lebedinsky, piano
Sheila Weidendorf, piano

Program
Sonata in E flat for viola and piano, Op. 120: Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Intermezzi, Op. 119 Brahms
Songs: Florence Price (1887-1953)
Adoration for violin and piano: Florence Price:
Two songs for alto, viola, piano, Op. 91: Johannes Brahms

Gestillte Sehnsucht

Geistliches Wiegenlied

Date:
July 23-24, 2022
August 6-7 and 13-14, 2022

Locations:
Cultus Bay Gardens, 7568 Cultus Bay Road, Clinton, WA 98236
Saint Augustines In The Woods Episcopal Church, 5217 South Honeymoon Bay Road, Freeland, WA 98249
Noorlag Salon, 579 Southeast Ely Street, Oak Harbor, WA 98277
Whidbey Island Center for the Arts, 565 Camano Avenue, Langley, WA 98260

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