During the Festival, Ten concerts on the Orcas Center Main Stage, five repeated concerts performed on back-to-back evenings with the same repertoire and artists. The first of each pair begins at 7:30 and the second begins at 5:30, and all concerts are followed by receptions with beverages and small bites. For those of you who are unable to see the concerts in person, all five of our 5:30 pm concerts are also livestreamed. We also take the Festival “on the road” (across the Salish Sea, actually) to Lopez Island for an afternoon concert.

Festival Schedule:

Gryphon Trio Returns:

Ludwig van Beethoven    

Trio in D Major, Op. 70, No. 1 Ghost – 1st movement
Gryphon Trio
Annalee Patipatanakoon violin
Roman Borys cello
Jamie Parker piano

Kelly-Marie Murphy    

Give Me Phoenix Wings to Fly – 1st movement
Gryphon Trio

Dinuk Wijeratne    

Love Triangle
Gryphon Trio

Frédéric Chopin    

Polonaise in A-flat Major, Heroic
Illia Ovcharenko piano

Viktor Kosenko    

Dreams for cello and piano
Roman Borys cello
Illia Ovcharenko piano

Franz Schubert    

Trio No. 1 in B-flat Major, D. 898 – 1st movement
Gryphon Trio

~INTERMISSION~

Johannes Brahms    

Piano Quartet in G minor, Op. 25
Gryphon Trio
Aloysia Friedmann viola

Date and Time:
Friday August 2, 7:30pm
Saturday August 3, 5:30pm

Tickets:
$40 Adult / $10 Student 6-8
A $2 fee is added to each Orcas Center Main Stage ticket purchased

Hamlet Concerts:

Sunday, August 4, for the residents of Olga, West Sound, and Deer Harbor

Virtuoso Violins:

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
(arr. J. Milone)    

Don Giovanni for four violins and double bass
Cho-Liang Lin violin
Margaret Batjer violin
Jeff Thayer violin
Robyn Bollinger violin
David Grossman double bass

Dmitri Shostakovich    

Piano Trio No. 1 in C minor, Op. 8
Gryphon Trio
Annalee Patipatanakoon violin
Roman Borys cello
Jamie Parker piano

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart    

Piano Concerto in A Major, K. 414
Illia Ovcharenko piano
Festival Strings Chamber Orchestra

~INTERMISSION~

Ernö Dohnányi    

Piano Quintet No. 1 in C minor
Margaret Batjer violin
Jeff Thayer violin
Aloysia Friedmann viola
Robert DeMaine cello
Jon Kimura Parker

Festival Strings Chamber Orchestra
Violin: Margaret Batjer, Robyn Bollinger, Cho-Liang Lin, Annalee Patipatanakoon, Jeff Thayer
Viola: Aloysia Friedmann, Eileen Swanson
Cello: Roman Borys, Robert DeMaine
Bass: David Grossman

Date and Time:
Tuesday August 6, 7:30pm
Wednesday August 7, 5:30pm

Tickets:
$40 Adult / $10 Student 6-8
A $2 fee is added to each Orcas Center Main Stage ticket purchased

Children’s Concert (free, no tickets required)

The Story of Babar, the Little Elephant (and lots more musical fun)
Words by Jean de Brunhoff – Music by Francis Poulenc
Adam Stern narrator Illia Ovcharenko piano

Date and Time: Wednesday August 7, 1:00pm

Orcas~trations: Twos and Tangos:

Pre-Concert Event: Gryphon Trio Tangos
Annalee Patipatanakoon violin
Roman Borys cello
Jamie Parker piano

Festival Concert:

Johann Sebastian Bach    

Concerto in D minor for two violins, BWV 1043
Margaret Batjer violin
Cho-Liang Lin violin
Festival Strings Chamber Orchestra
Jon Kimura Parker harpsichord

Clara Schumann    

Romances for violin and piano
Robyn Bollinger violin
Illia Ovcharenko piano

Nicoló Paganini    

Duo for violin and guitar
Jeff Thayer violin
Mak Grgic guitar

~INTERMISSION~

Christos Hatzis    

Old Photographs
Gryphon Trio
Annalee Patipatanakoon violin
Roman Borys cello
Jamie Parker piano

Pablo de Sarasate    

Navarra for two violins and piano
Cho-Liang Lin violin
Margaret Batjer violin
Jon Kimura Parker piano

Gerardo Matos Rodríguez    

La Cumparsita for solo guitar
Mak Grgic guitar

Django Reinhardt and Stéphane Grappelli (arr. A. Eng)    

Minor Swing and Djangology for violin and guitar
Robyn Bollinger violin
Mak Grgic guitar

Astor Piazzolla (arr. J. Milone)    

Tango Suite for four violins and bass
Cho-Liang Lin violin
Robyn Bollinger violin
Margaret Batjer violin
Jeff Thayer violin
David Grossman bass

Festival Strings Chamber Orchestra
Violin: Margaret Batjer, Robyn Bollinger, Cho-Liang Lin, Annalee Patipatanakoon, Jeff Thayer
Viola: Aloysia Friedmann, Eileen Swanson
Cello: Roman Borys, Robert DeMaine
Bass: David Grossman

Date and Time:

Friday August 9, 7:30pm
6:30pm Pre-Concert Event: Gryphon Trio Tangos (free, open to the public)

Saturday August 10, 5:30pm
4:30pm Pre-Concert Event: Gryphon Trio Tangos (free, open to the public)

Tickets:
$45 Adult / $10 Student 6-8
A $2 fee is added to each Orcas Center Main Stage ticket purchased

Chamber Music on Lopez Island:

Ludwig van Beethoven

Trio in D Major, Op. 70, No. 1 Ghost – 1st movement
Gryphon Trio
Annalee Patipatanakoon violin
Roman Borys cello
Jamie Parker piano

Gioacchino Rossini    

Duet in D Major for cello and double bass
Robert DeMaine cello
David Grossman double bass

Frédéric Chopin    

Polonaise in A-flat Major, Heroic
Illia Ovcharenko piano

Viktor Kosenko    

Dreams for cello and piano
Roman Borys cello
Illia Ovcharenko piano

Antonín Dvorák    

Terzetto in C Major for two violins and viola
Jeff Thayer violin
Cho-Liang Lin violin
Aloysia Friedmann viola

Clara Schumann    

Romances for violin and piano
Robyn Bollinger violin
Illia Ovcharenko piano

Django Reinhardt and Stéphane Grappelli (arr. A. Eng)    

Minor Swing & Djangology for violin and guitar
Robyn Bollinger violin
Mak Grgic guitar

Date: Monday August 12, 3:00pm

Location: Lopez Center, 204 Village Rd, Lopez Island

Tickets: $40 Adult / $10 Student 6-18

Sizzling Strings and Killer Keys:

Pre-Concert Talk: Winning a Competition
with Illia Ovcharenko, Jon Kimura Parker, and Aloysia Friedmann

Concert:

Antonio Vivaldi    

Guitar Concerto in D Major, RV 93
Mak Grgic guitar
Festival Strings Chamber Orchestra

Gioacchino Rossini    

Duet in D Major for cello and double bass
Robert DeMaine cello
David Grossman double bass

Antonín Dvorák    

Terzetto in C Major for two violins and viola
Jeff Thayer violin
Cho-Liang Lin violin
Aloysia Friedmann viola

~INTERMISSION~

Joseph Haydn    

Quartet in B-flat Major, Op. 76, No. 4, Sunrise – 1st movement
Miró Quartet
Daniel Ching violin
William Fedkenheuer violin
John Largess viola
Joshua Gindele cello

Sergei Rachmaninoff    

Suite No. 2 for two pianos in C minor, Op. 17
Illia Ovcharenko piano 1
Jon Kimura Parker piano 2

Festival Strings Chamber Orchestra
Violin: Daniel Ching, William Fedkenheuer, Cho-Liang Lin, Jeff Thayer
Viola: Aloysia Friedmann, John Largess, Eileen Swanson
Cello: Robert DeMaine, Joshua Gindele
Bass: David Grossman

Date and Time:
Tuesday August 13, 7:30pm
Wednesday August 14, 5:30pm

Tickets:
$40 Adult / $10 Student 6-8
A $2 fee is added to each Orcas Center Main Stage ticket purchased

Teenage Genius:

Zoran Krajacic    

Homage a Fernando Sor
Homage a Lobos
Mak Grgic guitar

Luigi Boccherini    

Fandango movement from D Major Guitar Quintet, G. 488
Mak Grgic guitar
Miró Quartet
Daniel Ching violin
William Fedkenheuer violin
John Largess viola
Joshua Gindele cello

César Franck    

Sonata in A Major for cello and piano
Robert DeMaine cello
Jon Kimura Parker piano

~INTERMISSION~

Felix Mendelssohn    

String Octet in E-flat Major, Op. 20
Daniel Ching violin
William Fedkenheuer violin
Annalee Patipatanakoon violin
Jeff Thayer violin
Aloysia Friedmann viola
John Largess viola
Roman Borys cello
Joshua Gindele cello

Date and Time:
Friday August 16, 7:30pm
Saturday August 17, 5:30pm

Tickets:
$40 Adult / $10 Student 6-8
A $2 fee is added to each Orcas Center Main Stage ticket purchased

Fest Date: August 2 - 17, 2024

Location: Orcas Center, 917 Mound Baker Road, Eastsound, WA 98245

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