Salish Sea Music Festival features Silvius Leopold Weiss

June 2, 2018 7:00 am
Contributed image Slvius Leopold Weiss was a lutenist of the Baroque period and teacher of Frederick the Great, featured in this image.
Contributed image Slvius Leopold Weiss was a lutenist of the Baroque period and teacher of Frederick the Great, featured in this image.

Submitted by the Salish Sea Music Festival

The final performance of the 2018 Salish Sea Early Music Festival will be at 7 p.m., Friday, June 8 at Brickworks in Friday Harbor.

“Silvius Leopold Weiss” will feature the baroque lutenist Oleg Timofeyev from Iowa City and local Jeffrey Cohan, on the one-keyed Baroque flute. They will play reconstructions of music by Silvius Leopold Weiss (1687-1750), the most prolific and highly esteemed lutenist of the Baroque era. Admission is free with the suggested donation, 18 and under are free.