CHIMACUM —The Port Townsend Chamber Music Series will present a concert at 2 p.m. Saturday.
The free event will be at Lutheran Church of the Redeemer, 45 Redeemer Way, Chimacum.
The program will include the premieres of two pieces, “Recuerdo/On the Ferry” for Bassoon, Cello and Narrator, and “Do You Consider Yourself a Nature Poet?” for Bassoon, Cello and Narrator by local composer Philip Hirschi.
“One composition features Edna St. Vincent Millay’s famous ‘Recuerdo,’ which is a short, punchy poem filled with memorable images,” Hirschi said. “For our second composition, we wanted something by a local poet that was nature-oriented. We were so glad to discover our own Kathryn Hunts’ ‘Do You Consider Yourself a Nature Poet?’ It’s very dramatic, very musical. After reading it slowly several times, the musical ideas just started coming.”
Also on the program are Violin Sonata No. 5 in F major, Op. 24 by Ludwig van Beethoven, Pavane, Op. 50 for Saxophone Quartet by Gabriel Fauré, arranged by Eddie Jennings, Classics for Saxophone Quartet by George Gershwin, Duet for Two Cellos Op. 22, No. 1 by Friedrich August Kummer, Sonata for Flute and Piano, FP 164 by Francis Poulenc, and Hungarian Dance #1 and #5 for Piano Duo by Johannes Brahms.
Featured artists include Tamara Rotz, flute; Kristina Holm, bassoon; Karl Perry, violin; Pat Gunning, Philip Hirschi and Pamela Roberts, cello; Jessica Larson, Michael Carroll and Sung-Ling Hsu, piano; Merion Wright, narrator; and the saxophone quartet of Vincent Oneppo, Al Thompson, Stephanie M. Neumann and Jonathan Doyle.
“We greatly appreciate the willingness of these 14 musicians and one poet, sharing their artistic talents with our community,” said Hsu, the co-artistic director. “The free nature of these programs helps ensure that everyone in our community can attend.”
For more information, visit ptsymphony.org/ chamber-music-series-musicians.
