Olympic Music Festival

The Quick and Easy
Who: You, your family, your hubby or your lover
What: Washington's Best Classical Musical Festival
When: Saturday, June 28 through Sunday September 7, 2008.
Where: Everybody needs to Dance every once in awhile

25th Anniversary Season
Imagine a turn-of-the-century dairy farm nestled on 55 acres of tranquil farmland on Washington's beautiful Olympic Peninsula...the sounds of exquisite chamber music floating in the air. Inside the beautiful barn, world-renowned musicians clad in blue jeans are enthralling Northwest natives and visitors with outstanding music from the most-beloved classical composers. From late June through early September, performances are held every Saturday and Sunday afternoon at 2pm.

Saturday, June 28 through Sunday September 7, 2008.

Pack a picnic, bring your friends, and spend a wonderful day roaming the Festival grounds before the concert. We've got plenty of picnic tables, donkeys to amuse you (and eat your leftovers), and places to explore in our unique pastoral environment!

Festival History
In 1966, Alan Iglitzin and other members of the Philadelphia String Quartet moved to Seattle to become the University of Washington's Quartet-in-Residence, a position it held until 1982. During its 30-year tenure, the Quartet made numerous international tours and recorded much of the chamber music repertoire.

In 1984, Mr. Iglitzin fulfilled a lifelong dream by founding the Olympic Music Festival on Washington's Olympic Peninsula. While he originally intended the Festival to be a summer home for the Philadelphia String Quartet, Mr. Iglitzin soon discovered that Northwest audiences were seeking an idyllic setting for the enjoyment of chamber music.

Since its opening season, the Festival has grown from three weekends to twelve. Today, more than 12,000 people attend "Concerts in the Barn" every summer, many coming from as far away as Canada and California. During the summer, Festival performances are broadcast by Classical KING-FM and throughout the year on National Public Radio's "Performance Today."

In 1998, Governor Gary Locke recognized Mr. Iglitzin's contribution to cultural life in the Northwest by awarding him the Washington State Governor's Arts Award. Mr. Iglitzin also received the award in 1973 as a member of the Philadelphia String Quartet.

In keeping with the Festival's mission of making chamber music more accessible, the Festival has always included enduactional aspects. While formal instrument classes are no longer available on the Festival grounds, Karen Iglitzin, former first violinist of the Philadelphia String Quartet, directs a program that trains young people from the Pacific Northwest in the art of chamber music.

The Olympic Music Festival, voted "Best Classical Music Festival"
by readers of The Seattle Weekly.

2008 Season Program

June 28 & 29
Beethoven The Last Sonatas
Beethoven: Piano Sonata in E Major, Op. 109
Beethoven: Piano Sonata in A flat Major, Op. 110
Beethoven: Piano Sonata in C minor, Op. 111
Paul Hersh

July 5 & 6
All Mozart - The Festival Quartet and Paul Hersh
Mozart: String Quartet in D Major, K. 575
Mozart: Piano Quartet in G minor, K. 478
Mozart: String Quintet in D Major, K. 593
Charles Wetherbee, Korine Fujiwara,
Alan Iglitzin, Clancy Newman, Paul Hersh

July 12 & 13
Beethoven Quartet Masterworks
The Festival Quartet
Beethoven: String Quartet in F Major, Op. 18, No. 1
Beethoven: String Quartet in F minor, Op. 95
Beethoven: String Quartet in C Major, Op. 59, No. 3
Charles Wetherbee, Korine Fujiwara, Alan Iglitzin
Clancy Newman

July 19 & 20
All Time Favorites for Violin & Piano
Moskowski: Sonata for two Violins, Op 15 Gershwin/Heifetz: Transcriptions from "Porgy
and Bess"
Williams: Theme from Schindler's List
Weill: Wie lange noche?
Massenet: Meditation from Thais
Brahms/Heifetz: Contemplation
Ponce/Heifetz: Estralita
Elgar: Salut D'Amour
Alabanez/Kreisler: Tango
Kreisler: Liebeslied
Kreisler: Liebesfreud
Rosza: Miklos Rosza
DeSarasate: Navarra
Charles Wetherbee, Korine Fujiwara,
Lisa Emenheiser

July 26 & 27
Handel/Halvorsen: Passacaglia Duo for
Violin and Cello
Kodaly: Duo for Violin and Cello in G Major, Op.7
Mozart: String Trio in E flat Major, "Divertimento,"
K. 563
Elisa Barston, Alan Iglitzin, Amy Sue Barston

August 2 & 3
Dohnanyi: String Trio in C Major, "Serenade,"
Op. 10
Schubert: Piano Trio in B flat Major, Op. 99
Faure: Piano Quartet in C minor, Op. 15
Elisa Barston, Alan Iglitzin, Amy Sue Barston,
Paul Hersh

August 9 & 10
All Dvorak Festival
Dvorak: "Cypresses" for String Quartet, B152
Dvorak: Piano Quartet in D Major, Op. 23
Dvorak: String Quartet in F Major, "American,"
Op. 96
Stefan Hersh, Ellen Jewett, Alan Iglitzin,
Julian Hersh, Paul Hersh

August 16 & 17
Quartet Masterworks
Haydn: String Quartet in D Major, Op. 76, No. 5
Shostakovitch: String Quartet No. 8, Op. 110
Beethoven: String Quartet in F Major, Op. 135
Stephan Hersh, Ellen Jewett, Alan Iglitzin,
Julian Hersh

August 23 & 24
Turina: Piano Quartet in A minor, Op. 67
Brahms: Sonata for Violin and Piano in D minor,
Op. 108
Beethoven: Piano Trio in E flat, Op.1, No. 1
Michi Wiancko, Alan Iglitzin, Paul Wiancko,
Paul. Hersh

August 30 & 31
The Amazing Clarinet
Haydn: String Quartet in B flat Major, "Sunrise,"
Op. 76, No. 4
Mozart: Clarinet Quintet in A Major, K. 581
Weber: Clarinet Quintet in B Major, Op. 34
Michi Wiancko, Alisa Rose, Alan Iglitzin,
Paul Wiancko, Teddy Abrams

September 6 & 7
The N-E-W Trio
Mozart: Piano Trio in B flat Major, K.502
Ravel: Piano Trio
Brahms: Piano Quartet in G minor, Op. 25, No. 1
Andrew Wan, Gal Nyska, Alan Iglitzin, Julio Elizalde