Walla Walla Chamber Music Festival

Free: Sounds Like Fun! Kids’ Concert

WWCMF’s Sounds Like Fun series is presented free to the community thanks to the generosity of Columbia REA.

WWCMF Musicians will perform music inspired by literature in the perfect place, the Walla Walla Public Library. You’ll encounter the 47-stringed Concert Grand Pedal Harp, Violins, Viola and Cello. There will be much plucking, plenty of bowing and good fun for all who attend!

Artists: Timothy Christie, Viola; Elizabeth Landis, Harp; Vanessa Moss, violin; Maria Sampen, Violin; Sally Singer Tuttle, c

Time : 10:00 am - 10:40 am

Location : Walla Walla Public Library

Tasting Music - Edgar Allen Whoa!

André Caplet (1878-1925)

Conte Fantastique d’après La Masque de la Mort Rouge

For harp and string quartet

“There were much glare and glitter and piquancy and phantasm…” - Edgar Allen Poe, The Masque of the Red Death

“Merci, Edgar!” said French composer, André Caplet, upon reading the words above from Poe’s Masque of the Red Death. Maybe he said that, maybe he didn’t. Doesn’t matter! These are the qualities Caplet brings to life in his work for harp and string quartet, Conte Fantastique d’après La Masque de la Mort Rouge (1924). Glare. Glitter. Piquancy. Phantasm.

A pandemic rages. An eccentric aristocrat invites hundreds of nobles to ride out the storm in his castle, enjoying opulent parties and masked balls. There are seven chambers, each decorated to the point of embodiment of a different color: Blue, Purple, Green, Orange, White, Violet and Black. In the outer rooms, the vibe is light and merry. As the action progresses deeper into the castle, things take a decidedly morbid turn. Vincent Price makes a cameo (I think).

Are you intrigued? We visit Echolands Winery for this performance sure to echo in the annals of WWCMF lore for years to come.

Artists: Timothy Christie, viola; Elizabeth Landis, harp; Vanessa Moss, violin; Maria Sampen, violin; Sally Singer Tuttle, cello

Time :  6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Location : Echolands Winery