Classical Chamber Music for Violin, Cello and Fortepiano ¬– Mozart, J.S. Bach, Haydn, and Beethoven –
CECILIA ARCHULETA, VIOLIN, NATHAN WHITTAKER, CELLO, TAMARA FRIEDMAN, PIANO
Variations from the Piano Trio in G major, Hob. XV/25 (1795) Joseph Haydn (1732–1809)
Sonata No. 6 in D major, from the Six Solos for Violin and Violoncello, Op. 12 (1783) Jean-Baptiste Sébastien Bréval (1753–1823)
Piano Trio in B-flat major, K. 502 (1786) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–91)
From the Partita No. 2 in D minor for Unaccompanied Violin, BWV 1004 Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
Piano Trio in E-flat major, Op. 1 No. 1 (1795) Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
Program Subject to Change
Violinist Cecilia Archuleta has performed internationally as an orchestral musician and soloist. She has appeared as soloist with the Mexico City Philharmonic and, by special request of the First Lady of Mexico, has played before the President of Mexico. Her freelance career in California brought numerous celebrity engagements, including a concert for Princess Grace of Monaco and a performance of the Bach Double Concerto with Jack Benny. Cecilia is one of the most sought-after violinists in the Pacific Northwest, where she participated for twelve seasons in the Olympic Music Festival, was a founding member of the Onyx Chamber Players, is a member of the Northwest Sinfonietta, frequently appears on Gallery Concerts, and has played with the Northwest Puppet Center, the Seattle Baroque Orchestra and the Seattle Symphony. Next season she will be a founding member of a new period-instrument ensemble, the Op. 20 String Quartet, whose debut concert in November will celebrate the Haydn-Year (the quartet’s name honors Haydn’s first mature opus of string quartets, a genre that he created).
Cellist Nathan Whittaker has enjoyed praise as a recitalist, chamber, and orchestral musician in the United States and Europe. A graduate of Indiana University, he has studied with Peter Wiley, Helga Winold, Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi, Emilio Colon, Stanley Ritchie, and Robert Marsh. He has been principal cellist of the Columbus Indiana Philharmonic and associate principal cellist of the Terre Haute Symphony Orchestra, and has twice been appointed cellist at the American Institute of Musical Studies in Graz, Austria. As a Baroque cellist Nathan has performed with such artists as Stanley Ritchie, Rachel Barton Pine, and Ingrid Matthews. Currently pursuing a doctorate at the University of Washington, studying with Toby Saks, he performs as a soloist and with the Bellevue Ballet, the Yakima Symphony, and the Seattle Baroque Orchestra. Next season Nathan will be the cellist in the new period-instrument ensemble, the Op. 20 String Quartet.
Tamara Friedman, praised by the Seattle Times for the depth, wit, and humor of her performances, is a graduate of the Mannes College of Music, where she studied with noted Mozart specialist Lilian Kallir. She has collaborated in concert with such artists as Stanley Ritchie, Jaap Schröder, and Max van Egmond, and has appeared in Seattle and San Francisco with violinist Elizabeth Blumenstock as the Duo Amadeus. A resident of Seattle in the winter and Sanford in the summer, she has performed in the Pacific Northwest on the Gallery Concerts, Allegro Baroque and Beyond, Mostly Nordic, and Belle Arte series and for the Governor’s Chamber Music Festival. With a grant from the Jack Straw Artist Support Program she has recorded a compact disc of early Romantic character pieces on her 1815 Streicher (Viennese-style) grand piano, issued by Kreisler Records, which has also released a compact disc of her 2007 Gallery Concerts recital performed on her 1867 Chickering (Boston) grand piano.
Violinist Cecilia Archuleta has performed internationally as an orchestral musician and soloist. She has appeared as soloist with the Mexico City Philharmonic and, by special request of the First Lady of Mexico, has played before the President of Mexico. Her freelance career in California brought numerous celebrity engagements, including a concert for Princess Grace of Monaco and a performance of the Bach Double Concerto with Jack Benny. Cecilia is one of the most sought-after violinists in the Pacific Northwest, where she participated for twelve seasons in the Olympic Music Festival, was a founding member of the Onyx Chamber Players, is a member of the Northwest Sinfonietta, frequently appears on Gallery Concerts, and has played with the Northwest Puppet Center, the Seattle Baroque Orchestra and the Seattle Symphony. Next season she will be a founding member of a new period-instrument ensemble, the Op. 20 String Quartet, whose debut concert in November will celebrate the Haydn-Year (the quartet’s name honors Haydn’s first mature opus of string quartets, a genre that he created).
Cellist Nathan Whittaker has enjoyed praise as a recitalist, chamber, and orchestral musician in the United States and Europe. A graduate of Indiana University, he has studied with Peter Wiley, Helga Winold, Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi, Emilio Colon, Stanley Ritchie, and Robert Marsh. He has been principal cellist of the Columbus Indiana Philharmonic and associate principal cellist of the Terre Haute Symphony Orchestra, and has twice been appointed cellist at the American Institute of Musical Studies in Graz, Austria. As a Baroque cellist Nathan has performed with such artists as Stanley Ritchie, Rachel Barton Pine, and Ingrid Matthews. Currently pursuing a doctorate at the University of Washington, studying with Toby Saks, he performs as a soloist and with the Bellevue Ballet, the Yakima Symphony, and the Seattle Baroque Orchestra. Next season Nathan will be the cellist in the new period-instrument ensemble, the Op. 20 String Quartet.
Tamara Friedman, praised by the Seattle Times for the depth, wit, and humor of her performances, is a graduate of the Mannes College of Music, where she studied with noted Mozart specialist Lilian Kallir. She has collaborated in concert with such artists as Stanley Ritchie, Jaap Schröder, and Max van Egmond, and has appeared in Seattle and San Francisco with violinist Elizabeth Blumenstock as the Duo Amadeus. A resident of Seattle in the winter and Sanford in the summer, she has performed in the Pacific Northwest on the Gallery Concerts, Allegro Baroque and Beyond, Mostly Nordic, and Belle Arte series and for the Governor’s Chamber Music Festival. With a grant from the Jack Straw Artist Support Program she has recorded a compact disc of early Romantic character pieces on her 1815 Streicher (Viennese-style) grand piano, issued by Kreisler Records, which has also released a compact disc of her 2007 Gallery Concerts recital performed on her 1867 Chickering (Boston) grand piano.