Sweet Bird Classics in Seattle:
- Claire Cowie
SBC is providing technical assistance for a phenomenal collaboration in March.
On March 4, 5, and 6, 2010, Sweet Bird Classics partners with Pacific Musicworks and Seattle Chamber Players to produce Songs of War I Have Seen, a unique juxtaposition of two masterworks created nearly 400 years apart.
Heiner Goebbels’ Songs of War I Have Seen draws on Gertrude Stein’s journal about everyday life in Occupied France during World War II. Musically, Jacobean viol music meets contemporary chamber music.
Claudio Monteverdi’s pioneering Il Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorida was created as entertainment for a carnival party in 1625, and combines a poignant drama with vocal fireworks.
The performances take place at Seattle’s unique concert space On the Boards.
The American Handel Festival 2011
Sweet Bird Classics is bringing the 30-year-old American Handel Festival to Seattle in March 2011. This is a three-week, citywide festival, incorporating some 18 concerts and a host of lectures, symposia, and educational activities.
