Whidbey Island Music Festival: Handel's Harp
$35 (students free)
- Tess Altiveros, soprano
- Tekla Cunningham, baroque violin
- Maxine Eilander, baroque harp
- Ryan Dakota Farris, baroque cello & viola da gamba
- Stephen Stubbs, baroque guitar & lute
- Bryan Boehnke, recorder
- Henry Lebedinsky, organ & harpsichord
Johan Helmich Roman — Selected works
George Frideric Handel — Alexander's Feast, HWV 75 (selected arias TBA)
Handel's youthful genius refreshes our own creativity and joy. His tunefulness, inventiveness and sheer brilliance knows no equal! Pacific MusicWorks returns with a program including organ obbligato concertos by Handel and Roman, works featuring the baroque harp and arias from Alexander's Feast.
About Tess Altiveros, soprano
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 Maxine Eilander, baroque harp
http://www.pacificmusicworks.org/team_member/maxine-eilander/
About Ryan Dakota Farris, baroque cello & viola da gamba
Ryan Dakota Farris is an up-and-coming conductor and performer in the Pacific Northwest community. He is currently pursuing his doctorate in Orchestral Conducting at the University of Washington where he is the conductor of the Campus Philharmonia Orchestras and assistant conductor of the University of Washington Symphony Orchestra. Ryan has served as cover conductor for professional orchestras across the country, including the Auburn Symphony in Washington and the Boulder Philharmonic in Colorado. He has served as an assistant conductor for Colorado MahlerFest, Greater Boulder Youth Orchestras, and works a sectional conductor for Harmonia Orchestra & Chorus. Ryan was a proud student of the late maestro Michael Jinbo at the Pierre Monteux School and Music Festival in Maine for five summers. He has also studied with many notable conductors including Ludovic Morlot, David Rahbee, Nicholas Carthy, Donald Schleicher, Kensho Watanabe, and Tiffany Lu.
Ryan has served as principal cellist with the Boulder Opera Company, Seattle Philharmonic Strings, and the University of Washington Symphony. He has appeared as a featured soloist with the South Puget Sound College Orchestra, and regularly performs in chamber music groups across the region. Before moving to Seattle, he performed regularly with some of Colorado's best orchestras, including the Boulder Philharmonic, Fort Collins Symphony, and Colorado MahlerFest. Ryan also composes his own music, performs on viola da gamba with the UW Baroque Ensemble, and busts out the traditional Irish fiddle with acclaimed Seattle-based Celtic group Cavort.
https://music.washington.edu/people/ryan-d-farrisAbout Stephen Stubbs, baroque guitar & lute
About Henry Lebedinsky, organ & harpsichord
The Fritz Cornell Nordic Hall at Whidbey Island Nordic Lodge
63 Jacobs RdCoupeville, WA 98239
United States