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Special thanks also to the following people who have generously contributed their time and wisdom to help launch this series:

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to the inaugural season of Byron Schenkman & Friends at Benaroya Hall!I am delighted to be back at Benaroya sharing some of my favorite music with friends onstage and off. Our series features music of the 18th and early 19th centuries, inspired by ideals of the Age of Enlightenment: individual creativity, reason, learning, and a love of natural beauty. 18th-century musicians recognized that music could reach and transform us emotionally, intellectually, and spiritually and could also be just plain fun! As we strive to bring new light to this music of the past, may it bring new light into our lives in the present.

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2 Byron Schenkman has recorded more than thirty CDs of 17th- and 18th-century repertoire, including recordings on historical instruments from the National Music Museum and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. He received the Erwin Bodky Award from the Cambridge Society for Early Music “for outstanding achievement in the field of early music.” Schenkman made his New York recital debut on modern piano in 2009 and his playing was described in The New York Times as “sparkling,” “elegant,” and “insightful.” He is a member of the new period instrument ensemble Gut Reaction and has been a featured guest with the Chameleon Arts Ensemble of Boston, the Daedalus Quartet, the Northwest Sinfonietta, Pacific Baroque Orchestra, Philharmonia Northwest, and the Portland Baroque Orchestra. He also appears frequently in recital with violinist Ingrid Matthews, with whom he co-founded the Seattle Baroque Orchestra in 1994. Schenkman is a graduate of the New England Conservatory and received his master’s degree with honors in performance from the Indiana University School of Music. He currently teaches at Seattle University and Cornish College of the Arts. In 2012 he also served as guest lecturer in harpsichord and fortepiano at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music.

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Ludwig van Beethoven: Quartet in C Major, WoO 36, no. 3(1770-1827)

Allegro vivace Adagio con espressione Rondo: Allegro

Ludwig van Beethoven: Quartet in E-flat Major, WoO 36, no. 1

Adagio assai -- Allegro con spirito Thema: Cantabile and variations

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October 6, 2013

BEETHOVEN PIANO QUARTETSLiza Zurlinden * violinJason Fisher * violaNathan Whittaker * celloByron Schenkman * piano

Joseph Haydn: Sonata in D Major (piano solo), H.XVI:24(1732-1809)

Allegro Adagio -- Finale: Presto

Luigi Boccherini: Sonata in B-flat Major (piano, violin, and cello), op. 12, no. 4(1743-1805)

Andante Presto

Ludwig van Beethoven: Quartet in D Major, WoO 36, no. 2

Allegro moderato Andante con moto Rondo: Allegro

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4 Violinist Liza Zurlinden, a native of San Francisco, enjoys a career rich with chamber music, orchestral playing, and teaching. She is a recent transplant to Seattle and is thrilled to be making this beautiful city her home! Ms. Zurlinden has performed with the New Century Chamber Orchestra in San Francisco since 2003 and the self-conducted chamber orchestra A Far Cry in Boston since 2007. She has collaborated with members of the Cleveland, Juilliard, and Mendelssohn Quartets and was a member of the Mosaic Quartet in New York from 2008-2010. Ms. Zurlinden maintains a private teaching studio and has also coached chamber music in Rice University’s pre-college music program, at the University of Memphis, at the New York Summer Music Festival, and through the New York Youth Symphony and Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra chamber music programs. She was assistant professor of violin and a member of the Ceruti String Quartet at the University of Memphis for the year 2002-2003. She has recorded for Naxos, Paladino Music, Azica, NSS, and Blue Note Records. Ms. Zurlinden holds a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Michigan, a Master of Music degree from Rice University, and an Artist Diploma from SUNY Purchase.

Violist Jason Fisher, native of Seattle, is a founding member of the critically acclaimed, co-directed chamber orchestra A Far Cry. He is also a member of the newly founded bi-coastal baroque ensemble, Gut Reaction. Jason has been described as bringing “an intelligent, impassioned delivery and innate understanding of the conversational nature of chamber music” (The Springfield Republican), and his playing was portrayed as “delightfully rich” (The Times Argus). Fisher has performed with members of the Florestan and Peabody Trios, and the Brentano, Cleveland, Emerson, Mendelssohn, and St. Lawrence String Quartets. In an appearance with the Peabody Trio, he was hailed as a “fine guest artist”, his performance described as “first-rate” (The Baltimore Sun). He was a Carnegie Hall Fellow, taking him on a tour of concerts, outreach, and cultural exchange in Kazakhstan and the Kyrgyz Republic, as well as a Peabody Singapore Fellow, spending a month in Southeast Asia assisting with inaugural ceremonies for the new Yong Siew Toh Conservatory and performing as guest with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra. Jason Fisher and his wife, violinist Asuka Usui, live in the Jamaica Plain neighborhood of Boston. He plays on an 18th-century English viola by Richard Duke made in London, 1768.

Nathan Whittaker, violoncello, enjoys a unique and diverse career as a concert soloist, chamber musician, recitalist, teacher, and historical cello specialist. He plays regularly with the Seattle Baroque Orchestra, Pacific Baroque Orchestra, and Portland Baroque Orchestra, and is a founding member of the Op. 20 String Quartet. His 2012-2013 concert season included appearances at the Indianapolis Early Music Festival, Vancouver Early Music Festival, and Pacific Baroque Festival (Victoria, B.C.), as well as other concert stops ranging from Seattle to New York to Dubai. He also composed and recorded an original score for the Emmy-nominated documentary “When Seattle Invented the Future.” He can be heard on recordings by ATMA Musique and Harmonia and broadcasts by NPR, CBC, and KING FM. An active pedagogue, he maintains a dynamic private studio and is on the faculty at the Academy of Music Northwest and Cornish College of the Arts. He completed a Doctorate of Musical Arts from the University of Washington in 2012 and also holds degrees from the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music.

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Stephen Stubbs, Artistic DirectorMaxine Eilander, Managing DirectorTekla Cunningham, Orchestra Director

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THE VOCAL CONCERTOAPRIL 10, 2014 8:00pmFirst Baptist Church

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G. F. HANDEL: SEMELEMAy 16, 17, 2014 7:30 pmMeany Theatre, University of Washington

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MOZART BIRTHDAY TOASTTOWN HALL SEATTLE’S FIFTH ANNUAL

Featuring sonatas for piano and violin; arias including L’amerò, sarò costante from Il re Pastore for soprano and obbligato violin; and the beloved Kegelstatt Trio for clarinet, viola, and piano.

Pianist Byron Schenkman will be joined by soprano Linda Tsatsanis, violinist Liza Zurlinden, violist Jason Fisher, and clarinetist Sean Osborn. And as always, there will be chocolates, sparkling beverages, prizes, and a good time for all!

Jan. 27, 2014

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Ingrid Matthews has long been established as one of the leading baroque violinists of her generation. She founded the Seattle Baroque Orchestra with Byron Schenkman in 1994, and served as Music Director until stepping down from that position in 2013. First prize-winner in the 1989 Erwin Bodky International Competition for Early Music, Matthews has performed extensively around the world as soloist, guest director, or concertmaster with many prominent period-instrument ensembles including the New York Collegium, the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, the Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra, Tafelmusik, and many others. Matthews has won international critical acclaim for a discography ranging from the earliest solo violin repertoire through the Sonatas and Partitas of J.S. Bach. The latter recording was named by Third Ear’s Classical Music Listening Companion as “the finest complete set of these works,” and the critic for American Record Guide writes “this superb recording is my top recommendation for this music… on either modern or period instruments.” Ingrid Matthews has served on the faculties of the University of Toronto, the University of Washington, Indiana University, the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, the International Baroque Institute at Longy, and Amherst Early Music, and is currently on the faculty of Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle. In addition to her musical work, she is active as a visual artist.

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MOZART BIRTHDAY TOASTTOWN HALL SEATTLE’S FIFTH ANNUAL

Featuring sonatas for piano and violin; arias including L’amerò, sarò costante from Il re Pastore for soprano and obbligato violin; and the beloved Kegelstatt Trio for clarinet, viola, and piano.

Pianist Byron Schenkman will be joined by soprano Linda Tsatsanis, violinist Liza Zurlinden, violist Jason Fisher, and clarinetist Sean Osborn. And as always, there will be chocolates, sparkling beverages, prizes, and a good time for all!

Jan. 27, 2014

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Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonata in G Major, BWV 1019(1685-1750)

Allegro Largo -- Cembalo solo: Allegro Adagio Allegro

Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonata in B Minor, BWV 1014

Adagio Allegro Andante Allegro

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November 24, 2013

BACH SONATAS WITH INGRID MATTHEWSIngrid Matthews * violinByron Schenkman * harpsichord

Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite in A Minor (harpsichord solo), BWV 807

Prélude Allemande Courante Sarabande Bourrées I and II Gigue

Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonata in A Major, BWV 1015

Dolce Allegro Andante un poco Presto

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8 Judith Linsenberg, recorder, is one of the leading exponents of the recorder in the US and has been acclaimed for her “virtuosity,” “expressivity,” and “fearless playing.” She has performed extensively throughout the United States and Europe, including solo appearances at the Hollywood Bowl, Lincoln Center, and the Montreal Recorder Festival; and has been featured with such leading American ensembles as the San Francisco Symphony, the San Francisco and Los Angeles Operas, the Oregon Symphony, LA Chamber Orchestra, Philharmonia Baroque, American Bach Soloists, the Portland and Seattle Baroque Orchestras, the Oregon and Carmel Bach Festivals, and others. Ms. Linsenberg is Artistic Director of the Baroque ensemble Musica Pacifica whose performances and eight recordings on the Virgin Classics and Dorian labels have received international acclaim. She has recorded for Virgin Classics, Dorian, Solimar, harmonia mundi usa, Koch International, Reference Recordings, Musical Heritage Society, Drag City Records (with Joanna Newsom), and Hännsler Classics. A Fulbright scholar to Austria, she was awarded the Soloist Diploma with Highest Honors from the Vienna Academy of Music. She is a summa cum laude graduate of Princeton University, holds a doctorate in early music from Stanford University, and has been a visiting professor at the Vienna Conservatory and the Indiana University Early Music Institute.

Curtis Foster, historical oboes and recorders, is rapidly emerging as one of the most exciting new musical voices of the next generation of early musicians. Praised for his “brilliantly introverted charm” (Seattle Times), he has appeared as principle oboe with the Seattle and Pacific Baroque Orchestras, the Newberry Consort, Victoria Baroque Players, American Opera Theater, Pacific Collegium, Toronto’s Classical Music Consort, and others. He has also been heard with Pacific Musicworks, Indianapolis Baroque Orchestra, Chicago Opera Theater, Baroque Band, and the Jeune Orchestre Atlantique. Festival performances include the Vancouver, Bloomington, and Chicago Early Music Festivals, and the Phoenix Bach Festival. He has recorded for ATMA Classique, Cedille Records and Indiana University Press. Originally from Wichita, Kansas, Mr. Foster now makes his home in Seattle. He is a graduate of Indiana University’s Early Music Institute.

Anna Marsh, bassoon, is originally from Tacoma, WA, and owns six bassoons from the Renaissance to the modern era. She appears regularly with Tempesta di Mare, Opera Atelier, Tafelmusik, Arion Baroque Orchestra, Atlanta Baroque, Seattle Baroque, Opera Lafayette, Ensemble Caprice, Washington Bach Consort and Clarion Music Society. She has been a featured concerto soloist with the Arion Baroque Orchestra in Montreal, The Dryden Ensemble in Princeton, Foundling Orchestra in Providence, Buxtehude Consort in Philadelphia, Americantiga Orchestra in Washington DC. She has also appeared with Musica Angelica on their tours with John Malkovich, The National Cathedral Baroque Orchestra, Trinity Wall Street, Ensemble Voltaire, Apollo’s Fire, Chicago Opera Theater, the Hollywood Bowl, Banff Centre for the Arts, Musica nel Chiostro, Sante Fe Pro Musica, Aradia Ensemble, and many others. She has taught at the Amherst Early Music Festival, San Francisco Early Music Society Baroque Workshop, The Eastman School, the Hawaii Performing Arts Festival, the Los Angeles Music and Art School, The Western Baroque Festival, and Rocky Ridge Early Music Festival. She co-directs the group Ensemble Lipzodes which has recorded two CDs and has toured Ecuador annually for the past 4 years. Anna is ABD for her Doctorate at Indiana University and has recorded for Analekta, ATMA, CBC Radio, NPR, Centaur, Avie, Naxos, the Super Bowl, and Musica Omnia.

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Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto in F Major for recorder, violin, bassoon, and continuo, RV 100(1678-1741)

Allegro (Largo) Allegro

Antonio Vivaldi: Sonata in C Minor for violin, cello, and continuo, RV 83

Allegro Largo Allegro molto

Georg Philipp Telemann: Sonata in F Minor for bassoon and continuo, TWV 41:f1 (1681-1767)

Triste Allegro Andante Vivace

Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto in F Major for recorder, oboe, violin, bassoon, and continuo, RV 99

Allegro Largo Allegro

December 29, 2013

VIVALDI CONCERTOSJudith Linsenberg * recorderCurtis Foster * oboeAnna Marsh * bassoon

intermission

Josef Bodin de Boismortier: Sonata in A Minor for violin, cello, and continuo, op. 37, no. 5(1689-1755)

Vivace Largo Allegro

Georg Philipp Telemann: Sonata in D Minor for recorder, violin, and continuo, TWV 42:d10

Allegro Adagio Allegro Presto

Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto in G Minor for recorder, oboe, violin, bassoon, and continuo, RV 107

Allegro Largo Allegro

Ingrid Matthews * violinNathan Whittaker * celloByron Schenkman * harpsichord

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Jean-Philippe Rameau: Concert no. 4 in B-flat Major for harpsichord, violin, and viol (1683-1764) La Pantomime L’Indiscrète La Rameau

Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre: Sonata no. 4 in G Major for violin, viol, and continuo(1665-1729)

Jean-Féry Rebel: Chaconne in G Major for violin and continuo(1666-1747)

Jean-Philippe Rameau: Concert no. 5 in D Minor for harpsichord, violin, and viol

La Forqueray La Cupis La Marais

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March 16, 2014

RAMEAU CONCERTSIngrid Matthews * violinElisabeth Reed * violByron Schenkman * harpsichord

Jean-Henry D’Anglebert: Tombeau de M. de Chambonnières for harpsichord (1629-1691)

Marin Marais: Suite in A Minor for viol and continuo (book v)(1656-1728)

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Elisabeth Reed teaches baroque cello and viola da gamba at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, where she is co-director of the baroque orchestra. Her playing has been described in the press as, “Intense, graceful, suffused with heat and vigor.” The Seattle Post-Intelligencer said, “Elisabeth Reed provided the authentic baroque sound, with her delicately nuanced and powerful playing of the baroque cello and viola da gamba.” A member of the American Bach Soloists, Voices of Music, and Wildcat Viols, she has also appeared with the Seattle, Portland, and Philharmonia Baroque Orchestras, and at the Boston Early Music Festival, the Berkeley Early Music Festival, the Ohai Festival, the Whidbey Island Music Festival, and the San Luis Obispo Mozart Festival. A graduate of the North Carolina School of the Arts, the Oberlin Conservatory, the Eastman School of Music, and Indiana University’s Early Music Institute, she can be heard on the Virgin Classics, Focus, and Magnatune recording labels. She also teaches baroque cello and viola da gamba at the University of California at Berkeley. Highlights of this current season include performances of Haydn trios with Ian Swensen and Ken Slowik at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C.; 17th-century German chamber music with Monica Huggett in Portland, OR; and the St. John Passion with Steven Stubbs and Pacific Musicworks in Seattle, WA. She is a Guild-certified practitioner of the Feldenkrais Method of Awareness Through Movement, with a focus on working with musicians and performers.

Curtis Daily has served as principal bassist with Portland Baroque Orchestra since 1989 and Seattle Baroque Orchestra since 1993. He also performs with Pacific Baroque Orchestra in Vancouver BC, and in early music festivals across North America. Also active in contemporary chamber music performance, Mr Daily has served as principal bassist for the Portland Chamber Orchestra since 1997 and frequently performs at Chamber Music Northwest in Portland, Oregon, where he has had the privilege of performing with, among others, members of the Emerson, Guarneri, and Tokyo Quartets. He is heard on a number of recordings, including the Grammy winning performance of “Credo”, composed by Krzysztof Penderecki, directed by Helmut Rilling, and performed by the Oregon Bach Festival Orchestra, soloists, and chorus.

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Johann Nepomuk Hummel: Trio in F, op. 22, for violin, cello, and piano

(1778-1837)

Allegro Moderato Andante con variazioni Rondo alla Turca

Franz Schubert: “Arpeggione” Sonata in A Major, D. 821, for viola and piano (1797-1828)

Allegro moderato Adagio Allegretto

intermission

June 15, 2014

SCHUBERT’S “TROUT” QUINTETLiza Zurlinden * violinJason Fisher * violaNathan Whittaker * cello

Franz Schubert: “Trout” Quintet in A Major, D. 667, for violin, viola, cello, bass, and piano

Allegro vivace Andante Scherzo: Presto Thema: Andantino and variations Allegro giusto

Curtis Daily * bassByron Schenkman * piano

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