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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!
TICKETS
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

Bach Cantatas and Concertos
Bach’s cantatas are an endless source of inspiration, comfort and joy. We live in challenging times, and listening to Bach makes everything better. Join us for an afternoon with America’s leading baroque oboist, Debra Nagy, and two renowned Bach singers, Tyler Duncan and Clara Rottsolk, accompanied by a stellar band of baroque specialists. In these cantatas we’ll invite you to sing along in the chorales. Tekla and Debra conclude the program with Bach’s beloved concerto for oboe and violin.
TICKETS
PROGRAM
Cantata: Ich habe genug, BWV 82 by JS Bach
Cantata: Ich bin vergnügt in meinem Glücke, BWV 84, by JS Bach
Cantata: Liebster Jesu, mein Verlangen, by JS Bach
Concerto for oboe and violin and orchestra, BWV 1060 by JS Bach
ARTISTS
Debra Nagy, baroque oboe
Tyler Duncan, baritone
Clara Rottsolk, soprano
Tekla Cunningham, Cynthia Black and Eleanor Legault, baroque violins
Steve Cresswell, baroque viola
Elisabeth Reed, baroque cello
Ross Gilliland, baroque bass and violone
Stephen Price, organ and harpsichord

Bach Cantatas and Concertos
Bach’s cantatas are an endless source of inspiration, comfort and joy. We live in challenging times, and listening to Bach makes everything better. Join us for an afternoon with America’s leading baroque oboist, Debra Nagy, and two renowned Bach singers, Tyler Duncan and Clara Rottsolk, accompanied by a stellar band of baroque specialists. In these cantatas we’ll invite you to sing along in the chorales. Tekla and Debra conclude the program with Bach’s beloved concerto for oboe and violin.
TICKETS
PROGRAM
Cantata: Ich habe genug, BWV 82 by JS Bach
Cantata: Ich bin vergnügt in meinem Glücke, BWV 84, by JS Bach
Cantata: Liebster Jesu, mein Verlangen, by JS Bach
Concerto for oboe and violin and orchestra, BWV 1060 by JS Bach
ARTISTS
Debra Nagy, baroque oboe
Tyler Duncan, baritone
Clara Rottsolk, soprano
Tekla Cunningham, Cynthia Black and Eleanor Legault, baroque violins
Steve Cresswell, baroque viola
Elisabeth Reed, baroque cello
Ross Gilliland, baroque bass and violone
Stephen Price, organ and harpsichord

FREE Pop- up concert at Whidbey Farm and Market: the Orphan, the Fencer and the Genius
Grab and ice cream cone and a coffee and enjoy a program of delightful baroque duos for 2 violins by Maddelena Laura Sirmen, Joseph de Bologne, and W.A. Mozart. in the charming courtyard of Whidbey Farm and Market.
This is a FREE family concert!
With Tekla Cunningham and Katherine Kyme, violins

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

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.