Whidbey Island Music Festival | Coupeville Waterfront Wednesday Series
Free
- Tekla Cunningham, baroque violin
- Cynthia Miller Freivogel, baroque violin
- Elisabeth Reed, baroque cello
- John Lenti, lute
Arcangelo Corelli — Selected works
Antonio Vivaldi — Selected works
Join us at the Coupeville Waterfront for some of the greatest hits of the baroque by Handel, Corelli, and Vivaldi. With Ensemble Artifice members Tekla Cunningham, Cynthia Miller Freivogel, Elisabeth Reed, and John Lenti.
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/