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BACH AND BONGOS

SUNDAY, MAY 24

2:30PM | FIELD HALL STAGE

JUAN DE FUCA FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS 2026

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Join us for Bach and Bongos, a fun program of Bach, Improvisations, virtuosic Ysaÿe and more featuring Turkish cellist Efe Baltacıgil, Japanese percussionist Mari Yoshinaga, Seattle Symphony concertmaster Noah Geller, and winners from our Rapasky Community Music Scholarship Program. Please purchase a festival pass and check out the amazing lineup of diverse artists from every genre and tradition.

Students under 18 are FREE!

Opening Night: A Night at the Opera

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Field Arts & Events Hall

Saturday, August 22
7pm
6:15pm pre-concert talk with Classic KING FM 98.1’s Lisa Bergman

Ottornio Resphigi | Il Tramonto for mezzo soprano and string quartet (1914)
Gabriela Lena Frank | El Mundo for mezzo soprano and string quartet (World Premiere)
Erno Dohnanyi | Piano Quintet No 1 in C minor, Op 1 (1902)

Join us for a special Opening Night 2026, featuring Music on the Strait’s first journey into the operatic world. Renowned mezzo soprano Abigail Nims performs Resphigi’s deeply expressive Il Tramonto (The Sunset) as well as El Mundo, a world premiere arrangement by our composer-in-residence, Gabriela Lena Frank, recent winner of a Pulitzer Prize. We close our program with Erno Dohnanyi’s richly melodic Piano Quintet in C minor, welcoming back pianist August Baik, who impressed audiences with his Music on the Strait debut earlier this year!

Abigail Nims, mezzo-soprano
Kristin Lee, violin
James Garlick, violin
Maiya Papach, viola
Silver Ainomäe, cello
August Baik, piano

Dvorak’s “American” Quintet

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Maier Hall @ Peninsula College

Sunday, August 23
3pm
2:15pm pre-concert talk with Classic KING FM 98.1’s Lisa Bergman

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Flute Quartet in D Major, K 285 (1777)
Ernest Bloch | Violin Sonata No.2, B.58 “Poeme Mystique” (1924)
Antonin Dvořák | Viola Quintet in F major, Op 97 “American” (1893)

Composed during his summer in Spilville, Iowa in 1893, Dvorak’s “American” Quintet features an extra viola, adding richness and sonority to the string texture. We are pleased to welcome Maiya Papach and Rebecca Albers, principal violists of the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra and Minnesota Orchestra for this performance. Virtuoso flutist Demarre McGill opens the program with Mozart’s lively Flute Quartet and violinist Kristin Lee, a favorite of last year’s festival, performs Bloch’s fantastical and seldom performed Violin Sonata “Poeme Mystique.”

Demarre McGill, flute
Kristin Lee, violin
James Garlick, violin
Maiya Papach, viola
Rebecca Albers, viola
Silver Ainomäe, cello

A Special Evening with the Takács Quartet

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Maier Hall @ Peninsula College

Friday, August 29
7pm
6:15pm pre-concert talk with Classic KING FM 98.1’s Lisa Bergman

Ludwig Van Beethoven | String Quartet in B-flat, Op 18 No 6 (1801)
Gabriela Lena Frank | Quijotadas (2007)
Franz Schubert | String Quartet No. 14 in D Minor, D.810, “Death and the Maiden” (1824)

There is no better place to hear the world’s top string quartet than the intimate and acoustically pristine Maier Hall. Join us for a historic moment as cellist Mihai Marcia joins the ensemble for his first official performance. Following an early and beloved Beethoven quartet, the quartet will perform Gabriela Lena Frank’s inventive Quijotadas and Scubert’s transcendent masterpiece Death in the Maiden: an evening you won’t want to miss.

Takács Quartet

Edward Dusinberre, violin
Harumi Rhodes, violin
Richard O’Neill, viola
Mihai Marcia, cello

Festival Finale with Jeremy Denk and the Takács Quartet

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Field Arts & Events Hall

Sunday, August 30
3 pm
2:15pm pre-concert talk with Classic KING FM 98.1’s Lisa Bergman

Felix Mendelssohn | String Quartet in F minor, Op 80 (1847)
Ludwig Van Beethoven | Piano Sonata in D minor, Op 31 No 2 “The Tempest” (1802)
César Franck | Piano Quintet in F minor (1879)

Our 2026 summer finale concludes with a tempestuous trio of great works, featuring the one-and-only Jeremy Denk in concert with the Takács Quartet. When asked to describe his Sonata in D minor, Beethoven’s reply was characteristically cryptic. “Go and read Shakespeare’s Tempest.” We continue this stormy journey in the brooding key of F minor with Mendelssohn’s Op. 80 Quartet and César Franck’s Piano Quintet.

Takács Quartet

Edward Dusinberre, violin
Harumi Rhodes, violin
Richard O’Neill, viola
Mihai Marcia, cello

Jeremy Denk, piano

Festival Finale Barn

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Music on the Strait is a world-class music festival in beautiful Port Angeles, Washington. This festival celebrates classical music in the singularly beautiful environment of Olympic National Park and the Salish Sea.

"One of the finest chamber-music concerts I’ve ever experienced"
Classical Voice of North America

TICKETS AVAILABLE JUNE 1
DONATE $250+ AND RECEIVE EARLY ACCESS AND DISCOUNTED TICKETS FOR ALL 2026 CONCERTS

Opening Night: A Night at the Opera

Field Arts & Events Hall

Saturday, August 22
7pm
6:15pm pre-concert talk with Classic KING FM 98.1’s Lisa Bergman

Dvorak’s “American” Quintet

Maier Hall @ Peninsula College

Sunday, August 23
3pm
2:15pm pre-concert talk with Classic KING FM 98.1’s Lisa Bergman

A Special Evening with the Takács Quartet

Maier Hall @ Peninsula College

Friday, August 29
7pm
6:15pm pre-concert talk with Classic KING FM 98.1’s Lisa Bergman

Festival Finale with Jeremy Denk and the Takács Quartet

Field Arts & Events Hall

Sunday, August 30
3 pm
2:15pm pre-concert talk with Classic KING FM 98.1’s Lisa Bergman

Help Sustain Music on the Strait!

"One of the finest chamber-music concerts I’ve ever experienced"
Classical Voice of North America

Zach Carstensen,

Seen and Heard International

TICKETS AVAILABLE JUNE 1 DONATE $250+ AND RECEIVE EARLY ACCESS AND DISCOUNTED TICKETS FOR ALL 2026 CONCERTS

Opening Night: A Night at the Opera

Field Arts & Events Hall

Saturday, August 22 7pm 6:15pm pre-concert talk with Classic KING FM 98.1’s Lisa Bergman

Dvorak’s “American” Quintet

Maier Hall @ Peninsula College

Sunday, August 23 3pm 2:15pm pre-concert talk with Classic KING FM 98.1’s Lisa Bergman

A Special Evening with the Takács Quartet

Maier Hall @ Peninsula College

Friday, August 29 7pm 6:15pm pre-concert talk with Classic KING FM 98.1’s Lisa Bergman

Festival Finale with Jeremy Denk and the Takács Quartet

Field Arts & Events Hall

Sunday, August 30 3 pm 2:15pm pre-concert talk with Classic KING FM 98.1’s Lisa Bergman

Help Sustain Music on the Strait!

"One of the finest chamber-music concerts I’ve ever experienced" Classical Voice of North America

Zach Carstensen,

Seen and Heard International

TICKETS AVAILABLE JUNE 1
DONATE $250+ AND RECEIVE EARLY ACCESS AND DISCOUNTED TICKETS FOR ALL 2026 CONCERTS

Saturday, August 22
7pm
6:15pm pre-concert talk with Classic KING FM 98.1’s Lisa Bergman

Sunday, August 23
3pm
2:15pm pre-concert talk with Classic KING FM 98.1’s Lisa Bergman

Friday, August 29
7pm
6:15pm pre-concert talk with Classic KING FM 98.1’s Lisa Bergman

Sunday, August 30
3 pm
2:15pm pre-concert talk with Classic KING FM 98.1’s Lisa Bergman

"One of the finest chamber-music concerts I’ve ever experienced"
Classical Voice of North America