most

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concert

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sept 5

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oct 10

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about

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Since 1995, Karen and Jonathan have enjoyed working together on music both modern and ancient. Their concerts frequently combine improvisations with works from the 18^th century, seamlessly woven with the music of now, including pieces written for them. This program includes three pieces written this year (Mason, Kreitler and Pollick) and three from the rich tradition (Vivaldi, Biber, d’Anglebert).

The concert was a live event in Palo Alto on Sun Sept 5. A zoomed and livestreamed recording at the event went out on Sun Oct 10 at 5pm.

venue

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Live on Sunday September 5 at 5pm. First Presbyterian, 1140 Cowper St, Palo Alto

Streamed on and after Sunday October 10 at 5pm PT.

These events are free, but if you would like to make a donation, here’s any easy way to do it

links

For the livestream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5s48JtFUrQ

For the concert program: http://www.albanyconsort.com/kbp-js/KbpJs_202109.pdf

photo

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	Photos are from a recent concert at Stanford Hospital Atrium by Mao Mei Sonkin

their

bios

Karen Bentley Pollick performs a wide range of solo repertoire and styles on violin, viola, piano and Norwegian hardangerfele. A native of Palo Alto, she studied with Camilla Wicks in San Francisco and with Yuval Yaron, Josef Gingold and Rostislav Dubinsky at Indiana. Her award winning discography includes Electric Diamond, Angel, Konzerto and Succubus and Ariel View. On her own record label Ariel Ventures she has produced Dancing Suite to Suite, <amberwood>, Homage to Fiddlers, Bebop for Beagles, Estadio, Russian Soulscapes, and Peace Piece. She filmed Dan Tepfer’s Solo Blues for Violin and Piano in Shoal Creek, Alabama, performed with Paul Dresher’s Electro-Acoustic Ensemble, and recorded extensively with Russian pianist/composer Ivan Sokolov. Pollick continues her multimedia collaborations with Violin, Viola & Video Virtuosity.

While residing in Vilnius, Lithuania she debuted Resonances from Vilna with pianist Jascha Nemtsov in 2014, Nothing is Forever with actor Aiste Ptakauske in 2015, and premiered David A. Jaffe’s violin concerto How Did It Get So Late So Soon? with the Lithuanian National Opera & Ballet Theatre Orchestra at the Tytuvenai Festival with Maestro Robertas Servenikas in 2016. Karen performs on an 1860 violin by Jean Baptiste Vuillaume and a 1987 viola by William Whedbee.

Karen received a Seed Money Grant for Disseminated Performances from New York Women Composers towards solo concerts with electronics in Seattle, Stanford University’s CCRMA, and SPECTRUMNYC in 2018. She is represented on two tracks of Dorothy Hindman’s “Tightly Wound”, released on Innova and winner of #1 Gold Medal in the 2017 Global Music Awards.

Reviewer Michael Huebner, Birmingham News wrote: “Rarely will a recital such as this engage the ear from beginning to end, yet each piece at Birmingham Museum of Art event had a unique style and temperament, reflecting Pollick’s keen sense for gleaning quality in experimental music and giving these scores their rightful due … Pollick not only extended that thread, she vitalized and emboldened it.”

Since moving to California in 1981, British-born harpsichordist Jonathan Salzedo has become a popular Freeway Philharmonic collaborator with many organizations including Jubilate, San Francisco Symphony, Symphony Silicon Valley and Black Box Baroque. With his wife Marion Rubinstein, he co-directs The Albany Consort, now in its 47^th year, which tackles the entire spectrum of baroque music from duos to opera. He performs new music with violinist Karen Bentley Pollick, using the harpsichord in unusual contexts. Once a maker of instruments, Jonathan still enjoys voicing and repair work. He also considers moving harpsichords (generally single-handedly) and tuning them (he is an expert on early tuning systems) to be cherished parts of a harpsichordist's life. Jonathan has two grownup children who are both fine musicians. In his spare time, he sings at Congregation Etz Chayim, Palo Alto, teaches Alexander Technique, and runs a software consulting business.

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