Whidbey Island Music Festival: An Excess of Pleasure
$39.19 (students free)
- Bryan Boehnke, recorder
- Tekla Cunningham, violin
- Adaiha MacAdam-Somer, viola da gamba
- John Lenti, theorbo
Matthew Locke — Selected works
Nicola Matteis — Selected works
Marco Uccellini — Selected works
Francesco Geminiani — Selected works
What happens when the great English composers of the 17th Century—Purcell and Locke—meet the new wave of Italian arrivals—Matteis, Uccellini and Geminiani? Overflowing with vitality and and brio, this music will put a spring in your step and bring a smile to your face!
About Tekla Cunningham, violin
Baroque violinist Tekla Cunningham delights in bringing the music of the baroque, classical and romantic eras to life with vivid and expressive historically informed performances.
Praised as "a consummate musician whose flowing solos and musical gestures are a joy to watch", her performances have been described as "ravishingly beautiful" and "stellar". Her greatest musical love is music of the baroque and chamber music of all stripes, though she can’t seem to quit Johannes Brahms. She is co-artistic director of Pacific MusicWorks in Seattle, artist-in-residence at the University of Washington and founder and director of the Whidbey Island Music Festival.
Tekla plays regularly as concertmaster and principal player with the American Bach Soloists. Her new release 'Stylus Phantasticus' with Pacific MusicWorks is delighting critics. "Tekla is a marvel…an endlessly songful bird". Early Music America describes the recording as "played with verve, the music presented here reaffirms the old notion that instrumental music can have the flair of any theatrical spectacle. … a stellar vessel for the boldest showmanship".
Tekla plays on a violin made by Sanctus Seraphin in Venice in 1746.
http://www.teklacunningham.com/About Adaiha MacAdam-Somer, viola da gamba
Multi-instrumentalist Adaiha MacAdam-Somer is currently adjunct professor of cello at Linfield University in Portland. She is equally at home on the cello, baroque cello, and all branches of the viola da gamba family. She performs regularly with a variety of ensembles, including Portland Baroque Orchestra and Seattle Baroque Orchestra, and serves as artistic director of Voice of the Viol.
https://orpheuspdx.org/people/adaiha-mcadam-somer/About John Lenti, theorbo
St. Augustine's in-the-Woods Episcopal Church
5217 South Honeymoon Bay RoadFreeland, WA 98249
United States