Anacortes Early Music: Time Stands Still
$30 (students age 18 & under free); cash or check at the door only
- Tekla Cunningham, baroque violin
- Stephen Stubbs, lute
- Maxine Eilander, baroque harp
- Tess Roberts, viola da gamba
- Danielle Reutter-Harrah, soprano
Baroque violinist Tekla Cunningham, Baroque harpist Maxine Eilander, Grammy-winning lutenist Stephen Stubbs, and soprano Danielle Reutter-Harrah will be joined by Pacific MusicWorks Young Artist of the Year, viola da gambist Tess Roberts, in a survey of the golden age of English song—where Time may indeed Stand Still. The richness of music from 17th-century Britain set the tone for our own Appalachian tradition.
About Anacortes Early Music Concert Series
The Anacortes Early Music Concert Series has brought historically informed performances featuring world-renowned musicians and rising stars to Anacortes for over a decade. Historically informed performance (period performance) is an approach in Western music which adheres to the knowledge, as it is currently known, of the instruments and performance practice of the period in which the music was conceived. Access to examples of earlier musical instruments and historical treatises are the basis on which period performance is formed. Instruments corresponding to the period of the music being performed are used, as well as technique and aesthetics of the period. Anacortes Early Music is a project of the Anacortes Arts Foundation.
https://www.anacortesartsfoundation.org/events.htmlAbout 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 Stephen Stubbs, lute
About Maxine Eilander, baroque harp
http://www.pacificmusicworks.org/team_member/maxine-eilander/
About Tess Roberts, viola da gamba
Emerging viola da gamba player Tess Roberts has been exploring the world of early music through the viol since age 11. Recent performances include appearances with Tekla Cunningham for Heinrich Biber's Glorious Mystery Sonatas, the University of Washington Baroque Ensemble, Seattle's Medieval Women's Choir, and guest appearances with Seattle Historical Arts for Kids.
Tess has also enjoyed teaching opportunities at Seattle Historical Arts for Kids, UC Davis, the University of Washington, and has recently opened a private viola da gamba studio in Seattle. She is currently studying with Caroline Nicolas after graduating from the studios of Lee Innman and Shulamit Klinerman. She leads casual play-in and coaching sessions of historical music and performance practices for the local viol community. She hopes to broaden her teaching to early childhood music education with a global music focus, by studying Ethnomusicology at the University of Washington as she prepares for graduate studies in Gamba performance in Europe.