26th Summer Concert Season of the Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival

The August 2023 Festival will soon be here, along with some long-anticipated warm weather! Artistic Director Aloysia Friedmann is putting the finishing touches on a brilliant series of concerts for this season’s Festival featuring a lineup of renowned musicians and composers. We heartily welcome back OICMF Artistic Advisor and pianist Jon Kimura Parker, the Miró Quartet, violinist Nikki Chooi, oboists Nathan Hughes and Alecia Lawyer, cellists Bion Tsang and Oliver Aldort, and bassist Chad Wesselkamper, and we are excited to get to know several Festival newcomers, including violinists Yura Lee and Karolina Mikolajczyk, flutist Sandy Hughes, oboists Ann Lemke and Mary Lynch VanderKolk, and accordionist Iwo Jedynecki!

Schedule:

Friday, August 4, 2023

7:30pm: Trailblazer (live only)

Johann Sebastian Bach (arr. I. Jedynecki)
Goldberg Air and Variations (excerpts) for accordion and violin
Iwo Jedynecki accordion
Karolina Mikolajczyk violin

Ernö Dohnányi   
Serenade in C Major for string trio
Jun Iwasaki violin
Yura Lee viola
Oliver Aldort cello

Alyssa Morris   
Trailblazer for two oboes, English horn, and string trio (2023)
In memory of Laila Storch –West Coast Premiere
Alecia Lawyer oboe
Mary Lynch VanderKolk oboe
Ann Lemke English horn
Daniel Ching violin
Aloysia Friedmann viola
Oliver Aldort cello

César Franck
Offertoire for solo accordion
Iwo Jedynecki accordion

Ástor Piazzolla   
Escualo for violin and accordion
Karolina Mikolajczyk violin
Iwo Jedynecki accordion

Marcin Blazewicz
Night Full of Sins for violin and accordion (2019)
Karolina Mikolajczyk violin
Iwo Jedynecki accordion

Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco   
Aria for oboe and strings
Alecia Lawyer oboe
Jun Iwasaki, Daniel Ching, Karolina Mikolajczyk violins
Aloysia Friedmann, Yura Lee viola
Oliver Aldort cello

~INTERMISSION~

Ludwig van Beethoven   
Serenade in D Major for flute, violin, and viola
Sandy Hughes flute
Daniel Ching violin
Aloysia Friedmann viola

Tickets: $40 Adults, $10 ages 6–18

Saturday, August 5, 2023

5:30pm: Trailblazer (live & livestream)

Johann Sebastian Bach (arr. I. Jedynecki)
Goldberg Air and Variations (excerpts) for accordion and violin
Iwo Jedynecki accordion
Karolina Mikolajczyk violin

Ernö Dohnányi   
Serenade in C Major for string trio
Jun Iwasaki violin
Yura Lee viola
Oliver Aldort cello

Alyssa Morris   
Trailblazer for two oboes, English horn, and string trio (2023)
In memory of Laila Storch –West Coast Premiere
Alecia Lawyer oboe
Mary Lynch VanderKolk oboe
Ann Lemke English horn
Daniel Ching violin
Aloysia Friedmann viola
Oliver Aldort cello

César Franck
Offertoire for solo accordion
Iwo Jedynecki accordion

Ástor Piazzolla   
Escualo for violin and accordion
Karolina Mikolajczyk violin
Iwo Jedynecki accordion

Marcin Blazewicz
Night Full of Sins for violin and accordion (2019)
Karolina Mikolajczyk violin
Iwo Jedynecki accordion

Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco   
Aria for oboe and strings
Alecia Lawyer oboe
Jun Iwasaki, Daniel Ching, Karolina Mikolajczyk violins
Aloysia Friedmann, Yura Lee viola
Oliver Aldort cello

~INTERMISSION~

Ludwig van Beethoven   
Serenade in D Major for flute, violin, and viola
Sandy Hughes flute
Daniel Ching violin
Aloysia Friedmann viola

Tickets: $40 Adults, $10 ages 6–18; Livestream Tickets: Free (https://oicmf.org/purchase-tickets)

Tuesday, August 8, 2023

6:30pm: Pre-Concert Talk (free)

Oboe Lore featuring Alecia Lawyer, Ann Lemke, and Mary Lynch VanderKolk with Aloysia Friedmann and Jon Kimura Parker

7:30pm: Orcas~trations: Voice of the Whale (live only)

Robert Schumann   
Scherzo from string quartet, Op. 41 No. 1
Miró Quartet
Daniel Ching violin
William Fedkenheuer violin
John Largess viola
Joshua Gindele cello

Samuel Barber   
Adagio from string quartet, Op. 11
Miró Quartet

Alyssa Morris   
“Yellow” from Four Personalities for oboe
Alecia Lawyer oboe
Jon Kimura Parker piano

Clémence de Grandval   
Andante and Final for English horn and piano
Ann Lemke English horn
Jon Kimura Parker piano

Ennio Morricone   
“Gabriel’s Oboe” from The Mission for oboe and strings
Mary Lynch VanderKolk oboe

Daniel Ching, Nikki Chooi, William Fedkenheuer, Jun Iwasaki, Karolina Mikolajczyk violins
John Largess, Yura Lee violas
Bion Tsang cello

John Corigliano   
The Red Violin Caprices for solo violin (1999)
Nikki Chooi violin

Wojciech Kostrzewa   
The Hollywood Fantasy for violin and accordion (2019)
Karolina Mikolajczyk violin
Iwo Jedynecki accordion

~INTERMISSION~

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart   
Duo in B-flat Major, K. 424 for violin and viola
Jun Iwasaki violin
Yura Lee viola

George Crumb   
Vox Balaenae (Voice of the Whale) for flute, cello, and piano (1971)
Sandy Hughes flute
Bion Tsang cello
Jon Kimura Parker piano

Tickets: $45 Adults, $10 ages 6–18

Wednesday, August 9, 2023

1:00pm: Children’s Concert - Orcas Center Front Lawn (by the Whale)

Our youngest audience is invited to enjoy and be inspired by music performed by Festival artists! FREE (no tickets required)(In case of inclement weather, we’ll move to the North Deck outside the Madrona Room)

4:30pm: Pre-Concert Talk (free)

Oboe Lore featuring Alecia Lawyer, Ann Lemke, and Mary Lynch VanderKolk with Aloysia Friedmann and Jon Kimura Parker

5:30pm: Orcas~trations: Voice of the Whale (live & livestream)

Robert Schumann   
Scherzo from string quartet, Op. 41 No. 1
Miró Quartet
Daniel Ching violin
William Fedkenheuer violin
John Largess viola
Joshua Gindele cello

Samuel Barber   
Adagio from string quartet, Op. 11
Miró Quartet

Alyssa Morris   
“Yellow” from Four Personalities for oboe
Alecia Lawyer oboe
Jon Kimura Parker piano

Clémence de Grandval   
Andante and Final for English horn and piano
Ann Lemke English horn
Jon Kimura Parker piano

Ennio Morricone   
“Gabriel’s Oboe” from The Mission for oboe and strings
Mary Lynch VanderKolk oboe

Daniel Ching, Nikki Chooi, William Fedkenheuer, Jun Iwasaki, Karolina Mikolajczyk violins
John Largess, Yura Lee violas
Bion Tsang cello

John Corigliano   
The Red Violin Caprices for solo violin (1999)
Nikki Chooi violin

Wojciech Kostrzewa   
The Hollywood Fantasy for violin and accordion (2019)
Karolina Mikolajczyk violin
Iwo Jedynecki accordion

~INTERMISSION~

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart   
Duo in B-flat Major, K. 424 for violin and viola
Jun Iwasaki violin
Yura Lee viola

George Crumb   
Vox Balaenae (Voice of the Whale) for flute, cello, and piano (1971)
Sandy Hughes flute
Bion Tsang cello
Jon Kimura Parker piano

Tickets: $45 Adults, $10 ages 6–18; Livestream Tickets: Free (https://oicmf.org/purchase-tickets/)

Friday, August 11, 2023

6:30pm: Pre-Concert Talk (free)

Conversation with John Wineglass and Michell Marshall with Aloysia Friedmann

7:30pm: From Darkness to Light (live only)

George Walker   
Lyric for strings (1946)
Miró Quartet
Daniel Ching violin
William Fedkenheuer violin
John Largess viola
Joshua Gindele cello

John Williams   
Schindler’s List Theme (1993)
Yura Lee violin
Jon Kimura Parker piano

John Christopher Wineglass
And The Summer Was Over for piano quintet (2023)
Dedicated to all the lost lives, survivors, and descendants of the Jim Crow Era
Nikki Chooi, Jun Iwasaki violins
Aloysia Friedmann viola
Bion Tsang cello
Jon Kimura Parker piano
Michell Marshall reader

Dmitri Shostakovich
Gavotte, Waltz, and Polka for two violins and piano
Yura Lee, Nikki Chooi violins
Jon Kimura Parker piano

Dmitri Shostakovich
Prelude and Scherzo, Op. 11 for string octet
Jun Iwasaki, Yura Lee, Nikki Chooi, William Fedkenheuer violins
John Largess, Aloysia Friedmann violas
Bion Tsang, Annamarie Wellems cellos

Dmitri Shostakovich (Arr. J. Milone)   
“Cheremyushki Galop” from The Gadfly, Op. 97
Jun Iwasaki, Yura Lee, Nikki Chooi, William Fedkenheuer violins
Chad Wesselkamper double bass

~INTERMISSION~

Johann Christian Bach   
Allegro from Quintet in D Major, Op. 22 No. 1 for oboe, violin, viola, cello, and keyboard
Alecia Lawyer oboe
Yura Lee violin
Aloysia Friedmann viola
Annamarie Wellems cello
Jon Kimura Parker piano

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart   
String Quartet in C Major, K. 465 “Dissonance”
Miró Quartet

Tickets: $40 Adults, $10 ages 6–18

Saturday, August 12, 2023

2:00pm: John Wineglass at Orcas Library

Emmy Award-winning composer John Christopher Wineglass will discuss the creative process behind his haunting piano quintet … And The Summer Was Over, inspired by Alice Walker’s short story “The Flowers.” A reading of Walker’s story by Michell Marshall and Q&A will accompany the discussion. FREE (no tickets required)

4:30pm: Pre-Concert Talk (free)

Conversation with John Wineglass and Michell Marshall with Aloysia Friedmann

5:30pm: From Darkness to Light (live & livestream)

George Walker   
Lyric for strings (1946)
Miró Quartet
Daniel Ching violin
William Fedkenheuer violin
John Largess viola
Joshua Gindele cello

John Williams   
Schindler’s List Theme (1993)
Yura Lee violin
Jon Kimura Parker piano

John Christopher Wineglass
And The Summer Was Over for piano quintet (2023)
Dedicated to all the lost lives, survivors, and descendants of the Jim Crow Era
Nikki Chooi, Jun Iwasaki violins
Aloysia Friedmann viola
Bion Tsang cello
Jon Kimura Parker piano
Michell Marshall reader

Dmitri Shostakovich
Gavotte, Waltz, and Polka for two violins and piano
Yura Lee, Nikki Chooi violins
Jon Kimura Parker piano

Dmitri Shostakovich
Prelude and Scherzo, Op. 11 for string octet
Jun Iwasaki, Yura Lee, Nikki Chooi, William Fedkenheuer violins
John Largess, Aloysia Friedmann violas
Bion Tsang, Annamarie Wellems cellos

Dmitri Shostakovich (Arr. J. Milone)   
“Cheremyushki Galop” from The Gadfly, Op. 97
Jun Iwasaki, Yura Lee, Nikki Chooi, William Fedkenheuer violins
Chad Wesselkamper double bass

~INTERMISSION~

Johann Christian Bach   
Allegro from Quintet in D Major, Op. 22 No. 1 for oboe, violin, viola, cello, and keyboard
Alecia Lawyer oboe
Yura Lee violin
Aloysia Friedmann viola
Annamarie Wellems cello
Jon Kimura Parker piano

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart   
String Quartet in C Major, K. 465 “Dissonance”
Miró Quartet

Tickets: $40 Adults, $10 ages 6–18; Livestream Tickets: Free (https://oicmf.org/purchase-tickets/)

Monday, August 14, 2023

3:00pm: Chamber Music on Lopez Island: Mystical Winds

Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Syrinx for solo flute
Sandy Hughes flute

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)   
Quartet in D Major for flute, violin, viola and cello, K. 285
Allegro
Adagio
Rondo

Sandy Hughes flute
William Fedkenheuer violin
Aloysia Friedmann viola
Annamarie Wellems cello

Caroline Shaw (b.1982)   
Microfictions, Vol. 1 (Northwest Premiere)
I………….. Road signs melted, pointing to cadences
II ………… But the tune was still visible
III ……….. Beneath an oak’s dappled counterpoint
III&1/2 … Between the third and fourth movements
IV ………… A chord that fell from grace
V …………. To the tempo of an undiscovered Mendelssohn song
VI ………… Heard in heavy fragments, obliquely

Miró Quartet
Daniel Ching violin
William Fedkenheuer violin
John Largess viola
Joshua Gindele cello

Composed for the Miró Quartet.

~INTERMISSION~

Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)   
Trio in C minor for violin, cello and piano, Op. 66
Allegro energico e con fuoco
Andante espressivo
Scherzo: Molto allegro quasi presto
Finale: Allegro appassionato

Yura Lee violin
Joshua Gindele cello
Jon Kimura Parker piano

Tickets: $40 Adults, $10 (Age 18 and Younger)

Tuesday, August 15, 2023

6:30pm: Pre-Concert Talk (free)

Conversation with Caroline Shaw and John Largess with Aloysia Friedmann

7:30pm: Mystical Winds (live only)

Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
“Pan” from Six Metamorphoses after Ovid for solo oboe
Nathan Hughes oboe

Claude Debussy (1862-1918)   
Syrinx for solo flute
Sandy Hughes flute

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)   
Quartet in D Major for flute, violin, viola and cello, K. 285
Allegro
Adagio
Rondo
Sandy Hughes flute
William Fedkenheuer violin
Aloysia Friedmann viola
Annamarie Wellems cello

Caroline Shaw (b.1982)   
Microfictions, Vol. 1 (Northwest Premiere)
I ………….. Road signs melted, pointing to cadences
II ………… But the tune was still visible
III ……….. Beneath an oak’s dappled counterpoint
III&1/2 … Between the third and fourth movements
IV ………… A chord that fell from grace
V …………. To the tempo of an undiscovered Mendelssohn song
VI ………… Heard in heavy fragments, obliquely

Miró Quartet
Daniel Ching violin
William Fedkenheuer violin
John Largess viola
Joshua Gindele cello

Composed for the Miró Quartet.

~INTERMISSION~

Émile Paladilhe (1844-1926)   
Solo de Concert for oboe and piano
Nathan Hughes oboe
Jon Kimura Parker piano

Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)   
Trio in C minor, Op. 66, for violin, cello, and piano
Allegro energico e con fuoco
Andante espressivo
Scherzo: Molto allegro quasi presto
Finale: Allegro appassionato

Yura Lee violin
Joshua Gindele cello
Jon Kimura Parker piano

Tickets: $40 Adults, $10 ages 6–18

Wednesday, August 16, 2023

4:30pm: Pre-Concert Talk (free)

Conversation with Caroline Shaw and John Largess with Aloysia Friedmann

5:30pm: Mystical Winds (live & livestream)

Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
“Pan” from Six Metamorphoses after Ovid for solo oboe
Nathan Hughes oboe

Claude Debussy (1862-1918)   
Syrinx for solo flute
Sandy Hughes flute

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)   
Quartet in D Major for flute, violin, viola and cello, K. 285
Allegro
Adagio
Rondo
Sandy Hughes flute
William Fedkenheuer violin
Aloysia Friedmann viola
Annamarie Wellems cello

Caroline Shaw (b.1982)   
Microfictions, Vol. 1 (Northwest Premiere)
I ………….. Road signs melted, pointing to cadences
II ………… But the tune was still visible
III ……….. Beneath an oak’s dappled counterpoint
III&1/2 … Between the third and fourth movements
IV ………… A chord that fell from grace
V …………. To the tempo of an undiscovered Mendelssohn song
VI ………… Heard in heavy fragments, obliquely

Miró Quartet
Daniel Ching violin
William Fedkenheuer violin
John Largess viola
Joshua Gindele cello

Composed for the Miró Quartet.

~INTERMISSION~

Émile Paladilhe (1844-1926)   
Solo de Concert for oboe and piano
Nathan Hughes oboe
Jon Kimura Parker piano

Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)   
Trio in C minor, Op. 66, for violin, cello, and piano
Allegro energico e con fuoco
Andante espressivo
Scherzo: Molto allegro quasi presto
Finale: Allegro appassionato

Yura Lee violin
Joshua Gindele cello
Jon Kimura Parker piano

Tickets: $40 Adults, $10 ages 6–18; Livestream Tickets: Free (https://oicmf.org/purchase-tickets/)

Friday, August 18, 2023

1:00pm: Open Rehearsal for Seniors - Orcas Center Main Stage

FREE (no tickets required)

7:30pm: Romanticarctica (live only)

Johann Sebastian Bach   
Prelude from Partita No. 3 in E Major, BWV 1006 for solo violin
Yura Lee violin

Johann Sebastian Bach   
Sinfonia from Cantata Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis, BWV 21 for oboe and strings
Sinfonia from Cantata Ich steh mit einem Fuß im Grabe, BWV 156 for oboe and strings
Adagio from Easter Oratorio, BWV 249 for oboe and strings

Nathan Hughes oboe

Daniel Ching, Yura Lee, William Fedkenheuer violins
Aloysia Friedmann, John Largess violas
Joshua Gindele, Ammamarie Wellems cellos
Chad Wesselkamper double bass
Jon Kimura Parker harpsichord

Henning Kraggerud   
Romanticartica for flute, viola, and strings (2021)
Heroes from the Past and Hopes for the Future

Sandy Hughes flute
Aloysia Friedmann viola

Yura Lee, William Fedkenheuer violins
John Largess viola
Annamarie Wellems cello
Chad Wesselkamper double bass

César Franck   
Quintet in F minor for piano and strings
Jon Kimura Parker piano
Miró Quartet
Daniel Ching violin
William Fedkenheuer violin
John Largess viola
Joshua Gindele cello

Tickets: $40 Adults, $10 ages 6–18

Saturday, August 19, 2023

5:30pm: Romanticarctica (live & livestream)

Johann Sebastian Bach   
Prelude from Partita No. 3 in E Major, BWV 1006 for solo violin
Yura Lee violin

Johann Sebastian Bach   
Sinfonia from Cantata Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis, BWV 21 for oboe and strings
Sinfonia from Cantata Ich steh mit einem Fuß im Grabe, BWV 156 for oboe and strings
Adagio from Easter Oratorio, BWV 249 for oboe and strings

Nathan Hughes oboe

Daniel Ching, Yura Lee, William Fedkenheuer violins
Aloysia Friedmann, John Largess violas
Joshua Gindele, Ammamarie Wellems cellos
Chad Wesselkamper double bass
Jon Kimura Parker harpsichord

Henning Kraggerud   
Romanticartica for flute, viola, and strings (2021)
Heroes from the Past and Hopes for the Future

Sandy Hughes flute
Aloysia Friedmann viola

Yura Lee, William Fedkenheuer violins
John Largess viola
Annamarie Wellems cello
Chad Wesselkamper double bass

César Franck   
Quintet in F minor for piano and strings
Jon Kimura Parker piano
Miró Quartet
Daniel Ching violin
William Fedkenheuer violin
John Largess viola
Joshua Gindele cello

Tickets: $40 Adults, $10 ages 6–18; Livestream Tickets: Free (https://oicmf.org/purchase-tickets/)

Date: Friday, August 4, 2023 - Saturday, August 19, 2023

Location: Orcas Center - 917 Mt Baker Rd, Eastsound, WA 98245

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