QUILCENE — Concerts in the Barn will host its third and final weekend of free chamber music concerts at 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
All concerts are free to the public and no tickets are required. The farm opens to visitors at noon each concert day.
At 1 p.m., the barn doors open so that patrons can reserve their seats, either on comfortable pews or hay bales in the loft. Concerts begin at 2 p.m.
Guests artists are members of the Carpe Diem String Quartet — Charles Wetherbee, violin; Marisa Ishikawa, violin; Korine Fujiwara, viola; and Gregory Sauer, cello.
For its final concerts, the Carpe Diem String Quartet will take on the works of Shostakovich and Tchaikovsky, two Russian giants in the composing world, interposed with a romantic interlude of a Mendelssohn quartet: Dmitri Shostakovich — String Quartet No. 11 in F minor, Op. 122; Felix Mendelssohn — String Quartet Op. 44 No. 2 in E minor; and Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky — String Quartet No. 1 in D Major.
Concertgoers can sit inside the barn or outside on the knoll, where music is aired. Families are warmly welcomed.
Patrons with mobility issues are encouraged call the festival office at 360-732-0732 to make sure their needs will be accommodated.
Concertgoers are encouraged to pack a picnic and enjoy the farm environs before the music begins. Inside the milking shed, patrons can purchase cider from Finn River Cidery and wines from Joe Euro’s The Wine Seller.
Profits from all these beverages will go to fund Jefferson Youth and Music groups. Free bottled water also is available.
For more information, call 360-732-0732 or go to www.concertsinthebarn.org.
