Whidbey Island Music Festival presents Bach Festival 2023: The Italian Concerti
$30 (student free)
- Tekla Cunningham, baroque violin
- Shelby Erin Mass, baroque violin
- Anthony Allen, baroque flute & baroque violin
- Steve Creswell, baroque viola
- Adaiha MacAdam-Somer, baroque cello
- Ross Gilliland, baroque bass
- Henry Lebedinsky, harpsichord
Johann Sebastian Bach — Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, BWV 1041
Johann Sebastian Bach — Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major, BWV 1050
The Whidbey Island Music Festival kicks off the fall season with a Bach Festival, featuring three of J.S. Bach's most enduring works - the Orchestral Suite in B minor featuring Anthony Allen on baroque flute (which includes the "badinerie"), the beloved A minor violin concerto, and the joyful fireworks of the 5th Brandenburg Concerto. Join us for a reception after the show at the Freeland location of Penn Cove Brewery.
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/About Shelby Erin Mass, baroque violin
Shelby Mass is a violinist currently based in Seattle, Washington. She has a master's degree in baroque violin from the Historical Performance Institute at the Jacobs School of Music, where she studied with Stanley Ritchie and Ingrid Matthews. She also holds a bachelor's degree in violin performance from Miami University of Ohio where she studied with Harvey Thurmer and was awarded Outstanding Music Scholar.
Since joining Seattle's musical community, she has played with Byron Schenkman and Friends, the North Corner Chamber Orchestra, the Saratoga Orchestra, the Northwest Sinfonietta, Music at Epiphany Parish, and the McCall Mountain Symphony. Shelby became involved in Early Music through the Cincinnati Early Music Festival, the Bloomington Early Music Festival and the Bloomington Bach Cantata Project. While living in Indiana she also enjoyed playing with the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra, the Columbus Indiana Philharmonic, and the Terre Haute Symphony Orchestra, among others.
About Steve Creswell, baroque viola
Steve Creswell, viola and violin, believes in the nurturing power of the musical project. Originally from the Midwest, Steve has lived for 20-plus years in the Pacific NW and treasures many experiences with audiences and small ensembles here, from the North Corner Chamber Orchestra to baroque orchestras in Seattle, Portland, and Vancouver. Steve has toured with groups including La Monica from LA and Opera Lafayette in Washington, DC and New York. More locally he has collaborated with the Lafayettte Quartet (no direct relation to Opera) and has devoted countless hours to musical education for young people in programs in and out of the school districts.
https://www.nocco.org/steve-creswellAbout Adaiha MacAdam-Somer, baroque cello
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 Ross Gilliland, baroque bass
About Henry Lebedinsky, harpsichord
St. Augustine's in-the-Woods Episcopal Church
5217 South Honeymoon Bay RoadFreeland, WA 98249
United States