Caroline Shaw Concerto for Harpsichord and Strings

Caroline Shaw
Concerto for Harpsichord and Strings
A Sound Salon (formerly Byron Schenkman & Friends) commission, generously sponsored by Diana Carey.
Online concert sponsored by the Susan K Peterson & Paul Taub Fund.


Rachell Ellen Wong, violin
Carmen Lavada Johnson-Pájaro, violin
Andrew Gonzalez, viola
Adaiha Macadam-Somer, cello
Ross Gilliland, bass
Byron Schenkman, harpsichord

0:00 I
4:43 II
9:04 III


“For her new concerto, Shaw says she used the ‘familiar grammar’ of Bach’s period but ‘twisted it into other things to construct a wild, weird, surrealist story — an alternative reality that didn’t happen but that might have existed.” – Thomas May, The Seattle Times


“Shaw recently worked on a Concerto for Harpsichord and Strings with Byron Schenkman, the artistic director of Seattle-based Sound Salon. “It sounds like if Jane Austen took mushrooms and had a little tryst,” she jokes.” - Max Keller, The Nation


“I first met Caroline Shaw nine years ago when I was performing harpsichord concertos at Dumbarton Oaks in Washington, DC and she was their composer-in-residence for that season. It is an honor and a joy to be premiering this beautiful new work by such a distinguished composer. Her music is both learned and accessible, much like that of my favorite 18th-century composers.” Artistic Director, Byron Schenkman


“Concerto for Harpsichord & Strings” was commissioned and premiered in a live concert at Benaroya Hall in Seattle, WA on March 26, 2023, to celebrate the 10th-anniversary season of Byron Schenkman & Friends (now known as Sound Salon).

This online performance premiered Sunday March 10, 2024 in “Inspired by Bach” as part Sound Salon’s Season 11 Virtual Concert Series. View the full concert here    • Inspired by Bach - Sound Salon Season...  

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