Nordic Chamber Music: Nordic Neighbor – Northern Germany
$30 ($10 student/child)
- Tekla Cunningham, baroque violin
- Henry Lebedinsky, harpsichord & organ
- Adaiha MacAdam-Somer, baroque cello & viola da gamba
Baroque violinist Tekla Cunningham ("not only impresses with a flawless technique, but also with her deep understanding of the rhetorical and gestural nature of this repertoire." – musica Dei donum), harpsichord player and organist Henry Lebedinsky ("There was nothing but intimacy and warmth in Lebedinsky's playing. The audience leant in to listen." – Review Vancouver), and baroque cellist and viola da gamba player Adaiha MacAdams-Somer ("provide[s] vibrant and sensitive support at every turn, proving much more than mere accompanists." Classics Today) will explore music from early and baroque Germany and how cross-border exchange of music and musicians influenced both the Nordic region and Northern Germany. Come for the exquisite music, expect to be entirely entertained and educated.
About Nordic Chamber Music
Nordic Chamber Music presents chamber music concerts featuring music from each of the five Nordic countries each year, plus a sixth concert highlighting one of the countries neighboring the region. Musicians from the Pacific Northwest, across the US, and from abroad grace the NCM stage, brining works otherwise unheard in our region. With Laura Loge as Artistic Director, the series is produced by the Northwest Edvard Grieg Society.
https://nordicchambermusic.orgAbout 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 Henry Lebedinsky, harpsichord & organ
About Adaiha MacAdam-Somer, baroque cello & viola da gamba
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/