An evening of early 19th-century chamber music including the guitar.  Neil and Tamara Caulkins will be joined by Hal Ott (flute), Jeff Snedeker (horn), and John Michel (cello) for performances of works by Henry, Dickhut, Burgmuller, and Carulli. Admission to the Ellensburg performance is free, and to the performance in Soap Lake is by donation.

Tamara and Neil will perform the following program on period instruments on April 6th, in Spokane WA as part of the NW Guitar Festival.  For more information, go to https://northwestguitarfestival.org/.

Tamara & Neil Caulkins

19^th Century Classical Guitar Duets

 

Allegro Moderato, Op. 21                               (Benigne) Henry (fl. 1818)

Andantino

Polaca

 

Duet # Three, Op. 34                                         Antoine de Lhoyer (1768-1852)

            Allegreto Moderato

            Andante Sostenuto

            Rondo Allegro

 

Caprice                                                                A.H. Varlet (fl. 1821)

 

Mr. and Mrs. Caulkins’ playing has been described as “altogether exciting!” (by Fanfare, New Jersey), “a striking debut album” (by Guitar Review, New York), and as “A well-matched team” (by Guitar International, Wiltshire, England). Their scholarly publications have been published in the US, England, Japan, and Germany. They studied at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Madrid, Spain and hold Master of Music degrees from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

The duo has commissioned several new works for two guitars including Three Cherokee Legends by Sarah Pierce, Kootenai East, Op. 56 by Michael E. Young, Pentamerisms by Michael Daugherty, and Water Leaves by Bruce Reiprich.

They are currently bringing the nineteenth-century repertoire to life through research in archival sources and a study of historically informed performance practices. Neil plays a replica, built by Scot Tremblay, of a seven string guitar made in Mirecourt, France in 1840, and Tamara plays an original anonymous French instrument from about 1825.

 

A duet for regular guitar and terz guitar by J.K. Metz (1806-1856).  Tamara plays an original French instrument from around 1820.  Neil Plays a seven-string guitar built by Scot Tremblay (http://scottremblayguitars.com/) modeled after an 1840 French instrument by Aubrey-Marie.

Here is a live recording of the Rondo from the Serenade pour Guitarre, Flute et Cor, Op. 4 by Christian Dickhut (?-1829) performed by Neil Caulkins (guitar), Dr. Hal Ott (flute), and Dr. Jeff Snedeker (horn).

Here is a live recording of the Adagio from the Serenade pour Guitarre, Flute et Cor, Op. 4 by Christian Dickhut (?-1829) performed by Neil Caulkins (guitar), Dr. Hal Ott (flute), and Dr. Jeff Snedeker (horn).

Here is a live recording performed by Neil Caulkins on guitar and Dr. Hal Ott on flute.

Here is a live recording of the Andante con Dolceza and the Andantino Amoroso Boleros from the Serenade for guitar and flute by Charles Blum (1786-1844).  The guitar is played by Neil Caulkins and the flute by Dr. Hal Ott.

Here is a live recording of Sonate pour Guitar et Flute, Op. 24 by Theodor Gaude (1782-1846) performed by Neil Caulkins on guitar and the wonderful Dr. Hal Ott on flute.

Pot-Pourri pour Violoncelle et Guitare by Friederich Dotzauer (1783-1860) performed live by Neil Caulkins and the incomparable Kara Hunnicutt.  The movements are marked Poco Adagio, Andante, Larghetto, Andante, and Presto.