Submitted by the Salish Sea Music Festival

Two internationally renowned German period instrument soloists will return to Seattle to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the lifetime of Georg Philipp Telemann, the 18th century’s most prolific composer, with flutist Jeffrey Cohan.

The event, “Telemann Celebration: 250 Years” is 7 p.m., Saturday, March 11 at Brickworks, 150 Nichols Street in Friday Harbor. Suggested donations are $15, $20 or $25 and free for ages 18 and under. This is the fourth of seven 2017 programs presented by the 2017 Salish Sea Early Music Festival.

Harpsichordist Bernward Lohr and violinist Anne Roehrig will be joined by baroque flutist and artistic director Cohan. Telemann (1681-1767), is easily the most famous musician in Germany during his lifetime who garnered a salary about three times that of the younger Johann Sebastian Bach, born four years later. Telemann’s self-confident, effusive and humorous nature and extraordinarily productivity won him the universal respect of his contemporaries.

Harpsichordist Bernward Lohr, director of Hanover’s Musica Alta Ripa, one of Germany’s most active period instrument ensembles, and baroque violinist Anne Röhrig, leader of the Hannoversche Hofkapelle, one of Europe’s premier baroque orchestras, join baroque flutist Cohan for a contrasting and colorful sampling of Telemann’s numerous solos, duos and trios for flute, violin and harpsichord.

Bernward Lohr and Anne Röhrig are both professors at music conservatories in Hanover and also in Nuremburg, Germany. Their more than 30 recordings have garnered awards including the Diapason Dòr, Cannes Classical, German Recording Critics’, and the coveted Echo Klassik award, several times. Both were awarded the 2002 Music Award of Lower Saxony.

“Celebrating Telemann” Schedule:

7 p.m., Saturday, March 11, San Juan Island, Brickworks,150 Nichols Street in Friday Harbor

1 p.m., Sunday, March 12, Orcas Island, Orcas Adventist Fellowship Church, 107 Enchanted Forest Rd. in Eastsound, 378-6632

7 p.m., Sunday, March 12, Lopez Island, Grace Church, 70 Sunset Ln., 468-3477

San Juan Island 2017 Salish Sea Early Music Festival performance schedule: (Each is performed at Brickworks).

7 p.m., Saturday, March 11

Celebrating 250 Years of Telemann: Honoring the Baroque’s most prolific composer. Bernward Lohr, harpsichord; Anne Roehrig, violin; Jeffrey Cohan, baroque flute

7 p.m., Friday, April 14

The Art of Modulation II: A new set of selections from chess master Philidor’s “The Art of Modulation” and other late Baroque works. Linda Melsted, violin; Rom Pokorny, violin; Jeffrey Cohan, baroque flute; Jonathan Oddie, harpsichord

1 p.m., Sunday, May 14

A Century of New Perspective: 1600-1700: Chamber music in transition, including 17th-century trios on both late renaissance and early baroque instruments. Ingrid Matthews, violin; Elisabeth Wright, harpsichord; Jeffrey Cohan, baroque and renaissance flutes

7 p.m., Saturday, June 10

Giuliani’s Guitar: Virtuoso works from the early 19th-century golden age for flute and guitar. John Schneiderman, guitar; Jeffrey Cohan, eight-keyed flute