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Acclaimed guest artist Elizabeth Blumenstock, concertmaster of the Philharmonic Baroque Orchestra (San Francisco), heads up a string quintet of rich, clear period instruments with Cecilia Archuleta, Lindsey Strand-Polyak, Laurel Wells, and Meg Brennand performing three beloved works by Mozart — the highly expressive Quartet in D minor, K. 421, the virtuosic Duo in G major, K. 423, and the lovely Quintet in C major, K. 515.

Celebrated soloist Elizabeth Blumenstock playing her 1660 Andrea Guarneri violin and Tamara Friedman on her fine replica of a 1795 Anton Walter fortepiano will treat you to feast of duo and solo works, with a rare Assaggio for solo violin by Johan Helmich Roman, C. P. E. Bach’s soulful Violin Sonata in C minor, Wq. 78, Ludwig van Beethoven’s jocular Fortepiano Sonata in E-flat major, op. 31 no. 3, and the incomparable Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s tempestuous Violin Sonata in G major/minor, K. 379.

Praised for her “playing at a level of deep-seated feeling,” internationally acclaimed Tanya Tomkins, who was one of the principal violoncellists of the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra for many years, makes her only Seattle appearance this season playing with Tamara Friedman on her richly toned replica of an 1804 Nannette Streicher early Romantic grand piano.  This dynamic duo will take you on a musical journey through J. S. Bach’s Suite No. 1 in G major for Solo Cello, BWV 1007, Beethoven’s magisterial Cello Sonata in A major, op. 69, and Schubert’s seldom-heard masterpiece, the Arpeggione Sonata in D minor, D. 821.  A unique, “must-hear” concert!