*Thursday, May 1**, 2014**at 7:00 PM at Trinity Lutheran Church in Tacoma . please forward* ******SIMPHONIE****** **Elisabeth Wright, harpsichord (Bloomington, Indiana) Susie Napper, viola da gamba (Montreal) Jeffrey Cohan, baroque flute TacomaArt@cityoftacoma.org Elisabeth Wright, Susie Napper and I represented the Northwest early music scene in Europe as the *Seattle Baroque Trio* several decades ago, and are reunited in this exciting program of French baroque trio sonatas and JS Bach. Please join me in celebrating the return to the Northwest of Elisabeth Wright and Susie Napper, two of the towering figures in the international early music scene who play regularly all over the globe. Hope to see you on May Day! Jeffrey During the reign of Louis XIV, "Simphonie" (there were several spellings) referred simply to chamber music for two or more musicians. Our program includes some of the greatest repertoire for these instruments: * Jean-Marie Leclair* /Trio Sonata, Opus 2, No. 8/ * François Couperin* /Second Concert/ from /Concerts Royaux/ * Jean-Philippe Rameau* /Cinquième Concert/from /Pieces de Clavecin en Concerts/ (1741)for obbligato harpsichord with viola da gamba and flute * Jean-Henri D'Anglebert* harpsichord solos * Johann Sebastian Bach* /Trio Sonata/ for viola da gamba and flute, transcribed for this performance from Bach's two versions for viola da gamba solo with obbligato harpsichord, and for two flutes and continuo. ~ + ~ + ~ + ~ . *Listen!* . Harpsichordist Hans Jürgen Schnoor and I performed this /Second Concert/ by Couperin on February 27 in Mount Vernon without viola da gamba. Here are excerpts from this performance, including the /Prélude/ <https://soundcloud.com/simphonie-nouvelle/couperin-2nd-concert-prelude> and the /Echos/ <https://soundcloud.com/simphonie-nouvelle/couperin-2nd-concert-echos-mount-vernon> from the Couperin, as well as the /Andante/ <https://soundcloud.com/simphonie-nouvelle/js-bach-e-minor-andante-mount> from J.S. Bach's Sonata in E Minor and the /Fantasia Cromatica/ <https://soundcloud.com/simphonie-nouvelle/js-bach-fantasia-cromatica-mount-vernon> by J.S. Bach for solo harpsichord from the same program. These excerpts are also all available at https://soundcloud.com/simphonie-nouvelle. ~ + ~ + ~ + ~ ...And on *Northwest Focus* on *Classical KING FM*, Sean MacLean will feature music and concert information for our Salish Sea Early Music Festival program as follows: Tuesday, April 29 Leclair: Trio Sonata in D, Op.2/8 at approximately 8:22pm Wednesday, April 30 Couperin: Royal Concert No.2 at approximately 9:11pm *Trinity Lutheran **Church* · 12115 Park Avenue South in Parkland (Tacoma) · (253) 537-0201 The suggested donation (a free will offering) is $15 or $20, and youth 18 and under are free. www.salishseafestival.org Simphonie To be removed from our list please respond with "remove" in the subject line or body of the email. Many Thanks, and sorry for any inconvenience.