Classical Uncorked: Rum & Rebellion (Whidbey Island)
$30
José Mauricio Nuñes Garcia — Selected works
Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges — Selected works
Jean Bernard Cerin, baritone
Tekla Cunningham, violin
Henry Lebedinsky, piano
Experience the music behind the turbulent crossroads of politics, the rum industry, and the transatlantic slave trade in the Caribbean, South America, and Europe. Baritone Jean Bernard Cerin joins violinist Tekla Cunningham and pianist Henry Lebedinsky for this unique concert. Hear songs by Black British composer, abolitionist, and merchant Ignatius Sancho as well as by José Mauricio Nuñes Garcia, grandson of sugar cane plantation slaves. The program also includes a violin sonata by Caribbean-born Joseph Boulogne, Chevalier de Saint Georges, who in his later life visited Haiti, as well as works by 19th- and 20th-century Créole composers.
Enjoy this Saturday matinee performance in the welcoming ambiance of the Whidbey Center for the Arts’ Zech Hall along with a selection of exceptional local wines and beer available for purchase at the bar. To ensure your safety, both face coverings and proof of COVID vaccination are required.
The concert will begin at 3pm.
To ensure your safety, both face coverings and proof of COVID vaccination are required.