Submitted by The Salish Sea Early Music Festival

The Salish Sea Early Music Festival will perform “Springtime Baroque: Airs for Spring” April 6 at 1 p.m. at Grace Church. This concert features soprano Arwen Myers, harpsichordist Elisabeth Wright and baroque flutist Jeffrey Cohan in a spring-inspired program of music by Handel, Bach, Couperin and others from the first half of the 18th century, performed on instruments with which these musicians would have been familiar.

Selections offered in this Springtime Celebration are to include selections from the Easter Oratorio by Johann Sebastian Bach, the cantata “Orphée” by Louis-Nicolas Clérambault, airs celebrating spring by Toussaint Bordet for soprano with flute, Couperin’s harpsichord solos “Les Fauvétes Plaintives” and “La Linote-éfarouchée”, both evocative of bird calls, and “Singe, Seele” (“Sing, my soul”) and “Flammende Rose” (“Flaming Rose”) from Georg Frideric Handel’s “9 German Arias”. Admission is by suggested donation (a free-will offering) of $20 to $30. Those 18 and under are free.

About the Artists

Soprano Arwen Myers performs early and modern repertoire with many of the nation’s premiere ensembles including Portland Baroque Orchestra, Early Music Vancouver, Pacific MusicWorks, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, American Bach Soloists, Seraphic Fire, Bach Akademie Charlotte and Bach Collegium San Diego. Based in Portland, Oregon, she is the executive and co-artistic director of Northwest Art Song.

Harpsichordist Elisabeth Wright has taught for almost 4 decades at Indiana University School of Music and as one of America’s most highly respected harpsichordists has collaborated with numerous artists of international renown.

Baroque flutist Jeffrey Cohan is the artistic director of the Salish Sea Early Music Festival and has performed in 25 countries on flutes from the Renaissance through the present.