Sanctuary in the City: Violin Duos
Free (donations accepted)
- Cynthia Keiko Black, baroque violin & viola
- Tekla Cunningham, baroque violin
Jean-Marie Leclair — Selected works
Maddalena Laura Sirmen (Lombardini) — Selected works
Take a break from the hustle and bustle of the work week and join Pacific MusicWorks' for our FREE monthly lunchtime concert series, Sanctuary in the City. Featuring: Tekla Cunningham, baroque violin and Cynthia Keiko Black, violin with music by Mozart, Leclaire, and Sirmen.
Enjoy this concert in the gorgeous acoustic of Christ Our Hope at the Josephinum, where Downtown meets Belltown. Founded in 2009 by Grammy Award-winning lutenist and conductor Stephen Stubbs, PacificMusicWorks inspires audiences with music and music theater worthy of the world stage, presentingfresh takes on beloved baroque masterpieces and joyfully exploring new and unknown works, with a growing emphasis on outreach to underserved and diverse communities throughout King County. PMW amplifies the voices of historically excluded populations through a commitment to employing artists of color and through ongoing research and presentation of works by women, composers of color, and members of the LGBTQ+ community from the 17th Century to the present.
About Cynthia Keiko Black, baroque violin & viola
About Tekla Cunningham, baroque 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/