Join us for our opening concert where we’ll share the elegant works by French composer and organist, Fernande Decruck, who could improvise symphonies on the organ and 19th century British composer, Samuel Coleridge Taylor who was a pioneer of incorporating African folk music into the classical tradition as Brahms had done with Hungarian folk music. […]
Join us for our opening concert where we’ll share the elegant works of French organist, Fernande Decruck, who could improvise symphonies on the organ and 19th century British composer, Samuel Coleridge Taylor who was a pioneer of African-American folk music. The centerpiece of the concert will be soprano Heather Dudenbostel, singing popular works by 1950s […]
Program Manuel DeFalla"Suite Popular Espanola" Annette Kruisbrink Five Dances for Guitar and Viola Johannes Brahms String Sextet No. 2 in G Major Op. 3 Be prepared for an afternoon of delicate and playful spirit that ends in intense passion. Manuel DeFalla's " Suite Popular Espanola" will take you on a musical tour of Spain featuring […]
Be prepared for an afternoon of delicate and playful spirit that ends in intense passion. William Grant Still’s “Vingnettes” newly adopted for oboe, bassoon and guitar by Eli Schille Hudson will open the conversation and Kruisbrink’s “Five Dances” will mark the first dance, all in preparation for Johannes Brahm’s passionate ” String Sextet No. 2″. […]
Program Carl Nielsen Serenata in vano CNW 691 Jessie Montgomery Strum Caroline Shaw Entr'acte Franz Berwald Grand Septet in Bb Major for strings and winds This concert will touch your soul and make your hair stand on end. It begins with Carl Nielsen's "Serenata in Vano" a short, exceptionally beautiful divertissement. Jessie Montgomery's "Strum" will […]
This concert will touch your soul and make your hair stand on end. It begins with Carl Nielsen’s “Serenata in Vano” a beautiful, but short divertissement. Jessie Montgomery’s “Strum” will divert us into dancing along with her percussive pizzicati and long melodies while Caroline Shaw will take us on an Alice in Wonderland style journey […]
Whatcom Chorale invites you to share an afternoon of shimmering harmonies and inspiring melody as we present Elaine Hagenberg’s stirring Illuminare. Featuring the insightful voices of contemporary women composers, this concert explores compelling themes of freedom, resilience, perseverance, and fulfillment with artful and innovative settings of poetry by Edna St. Vincent Millay, Sara Teasdale, Alfred […]
What separates the languages of Classical and Jazz Music? In this special evening, we celebrate the similarities between these two great languages. The BJ Block trio joins rioT, for an incredible evening of jazz, classical and crossover music that celebrates our similarities and our differences. Join us for the 6pm show which will feature simple […]
BJ Block- guitar Christian Casolary- drums Roger Yamashita- bass Jennifer Weeks- oboe Erika Block- clarinet Pat Nelson- bassoon What separates the languages of classical and jazz music? In this special […]
Program Claude Debussy- Sonata for flute, viola and harp George Fredrick McKay- Suite for Flute & Harp Felix Mendelssohn Octet in E-flat Major, Op. 20 The lush soundscapes of this concert will sweep you away onto an unexpected journey. Each piece features unusual, but glorious instrument combinations starting with the Debussy "Sonata for flute, viola […]
The lush soundscapes of this concert will sweep you away onto an unexpected journey. Each piece features unusual, but glorious instrument combinations starting with Debussy's “Sonata for flute, viola and harp”. Debussy once remarked that he didn’t recognize the writing and felt that it was reflective of his younger self. Meyerbeer's "Quintet No. 3 in […]
Chamber by the Bay featuring BFM principal musicians in an afternoon of chamber music