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Dancing with the Sun King
Renowned Baroque dancer and choreographer Anna Mansbridge will enthrall you with her wit, grace and charm in this sumptuous program of French baroque dances. With Tekla Cunningham, baroque violin, Henry Lebedinsky, and Tess Roberts, viola da gamba.
Handel's Harp
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 arias featuring the harp from Esther and Julius Caesar, trio sonatas by Handel and Roman (the "Swedish Handel") and Handel's beloved Lasica chi'io pianga in an arrangement for harp.
Tess Altiveros, soprano
Bryan Boehnke, recorder
Tekla Cunningham, baroque violin
Maxine Eilander, baroque harp
Ryan Farris, baroque cello and viola da gamba
Stephen Stubbs, baroque guitar and lute
Henry Lebedinsky, organ and harpsichord
Mozart and Mendelssohn Quintets
Festival favorites Cynthia Freivogel, William Skeen, Katherine Kyme and Stef Creswell join forces with director Tekla Cunningham for Mozart and Mendelssohn string quintets. Both Mozart and Mendelssohn were child prodigies with a gift for joyful, soaring melodies as well as moments that tug on the heart strings. Ignite your joy with electric afternoon of string quintets on period instruments!
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PROGRAM
String quintet in G minor, WA Mozart
Quintet in B flat major, Felix Mendelssohn
ARTISTS
Cynthia Freivogel, Tekla Cunningham and Katherine Kyme, classical violins
Tekla Cunningham, Katherine Kyme and Stef Creswell, classical violas
William Skeen, classical cello
Mozart and Mendelssohn Quintets
Festival favorites Cynthia Freivogel, William Skeen, Katherine Kyme and Steve Creswell join forces with director Tekla Cunningham for Mozart and Mendelssohn string quintets. Both Mozart and Mendelssohn were child prodigies with a gift for joyful, soaring melodies as well as moments that tug on the heart strings. Ignite your joy with electric afternoon of string quintets on period instruments!
PROGRAM
String quintet in G minor, WA Mozart
Quintet in B flat major, Felix Mendelssohn
ARTISTS
Cynthia Frievogel, Tekla Cunningham and Katherine Kyme, classical violins, Steve Creswell and Tekla Cunningham, viola
William Skeen, classical cello
Baroqu-en Hearts
BAROQU-EN HEARTS: Baroque Music to celebrate the highs and lows of love for Valentine’s Day
Coupeville Waterfront Wednesday Series: the Orphan, the Fencer and the Genius
Join us for Waterfront Wednesday on Front Street in Coupeville Waterfront for delightful duos for 2 violins by Maddelena Laura Sirmen, Joseph de Bologne, and W.A. Mozart!
A FREE event in partnership with the Coupeville Historic Waterfront Association.
With Tekla Cunningham and Katherine Kyme, violins
Ensemble Artifice: A garden of musical delights
Ensemble Artifice returns with a garden of musical delights from the 17th century. Inspired by Johann Pachelbel’s collection “Musikalischer Ergötzung” (Musical Delights), Ensemble Artifice explores the singular beauty of this wonderful repertoire. Even if you’ve never been to a classical or early music concert, you know Pachelbel from his famous “Canon in D”. If you love the Canon in D, you’ll love the soul stirring beauty of this repertoire for soprano, strings and continuo from Buxtehude, Becker, Tunder, Rosenmüller, Bernhard and Weichlein.
Coupeville Waterfront Wednesday Series
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. A FREE event in partnership with the Coupeville Historic Waterfront Association.
Spanish Nights with Sherezade Panthaki and Pacific MusicWorks
Star soprano Sherezade Panthaki returns to the Whidbey Island Music Festival singing arias from Handel’s first opera, Almira. Written when Handel was just 19 years old, Almira was a roaring success, and enjoyed 20 performances in Hamburg when it opened. Pacific MusicWorks performs the most beautiful, most thrilling arias from this early masterwork. Spanish composer Irribaren’s thrilling cantata “Prosigue acorde Lira” rounds out the program along with instrumental works by Corelli, Boccherini, Soler and Pla.
“Panthaki is a new trailblazing type among the new female singers of old music…when she sings it is not simply an aria, it is an event” Hannoversche Allgemeine
Spanish Nights with Sherezade Panthaki and Pacific MusicWorks
Star soprano Sherezade Panthaki returns to the Whidbey Island Music Festival singing arias from Handel’s first opera, Almira. Written when Handel was just 19 years old, Almira was a roaring success, and enjoyed 20 performances in Hamburg when it opened. Pacific MusicWorks performs the most beautiful, most thrilling arias from this early masterwork. Spanish composer Irribaren’s thrilling cantata “Prosigue acorde Lira” rounds out the program along with instrumental works by Corelli, Boccherini, Soler and Pla.
“Panthaki is a new trailblazing type among the new female singers of old music…when she sings it is not simply an aria, it is an event” Hannoversche Allgemeine
The Influencers: J. S. Bach and his circle
Kick off the summer festival season with musical fireworks! J.S. Bach was deeply influenced by his musical milieu which included composers and composers from all over Europe. His circle of influences included Pisendel, concertmaster of Dresden’s legendary orchestra, Telemann, a close friend and penpal, Böhm, one of his teachers and Couperin the famous French composer. Join us for a sparkling afternoon of music for baroque violin, viola da gamba and harpsichord by Bach and the influencers!