Cathedral Guitarist Mark Hilliard Wilson: Music from the Twilight of the Sun King & Dawn of the New World
$18 suggested donation
Francesco Corbetta — Selected works
Carlos Moscardini — Selected works
Quique Sinesi — Selected works
We are happy to introduce a new concert series featuring our own Cathedral musicians in the intimate space of the Cathedral Chapel, with Friday performances at 2:00pm and 7:30pm. For the first of three Chapel Concerts in the 2019-2020 season, Cathedral Guitarist Mark Hilliard Wilson offers music from the twilight of the Sun King and the dawn of the New World – chaconnes and chacareras, milongas and menuets, from the palaces of Versailles to the cafés of Buenos Aires. Wilson weaves a tapestry of dances that sing of past glories, lost loves, and the possibility of renewal. This program will feature a wide range of music. Starting with the court of the Sun King, Louis the IVX with composers Francesco Corbetta and Francois Couperin we then move to music that refers to another Sun King, Quetzalcoatl, the second in the pantheon of the Aztecs and the music that emerged when the elements of European art music collided with indigenous and African influences. The second half of the concert will feature the music of neglected guitar greats Carlos Moscardini and Quique Sinese.
About Mark Hilliard Wilson
Mark Hilliard Wilson is an active performer, teacher, and director of the Seattle Guitar Orchestra, which he founded in 1999. As cathedral guitarist at Seattle's St. James Cathedral, he has performed there weekly since 2006. Wilson has written or arranged more than 200 works, and avidly explores new venues for the performance of classical music while addressing contemporary issues through concert programming. Music has always been everything to Wilson, from the barrel organs he heard in his childhood in Holland to the symphony orchestras in Washington, DC and country bands in Weiser, Idaho. He continues to study and embrace the wonder of new places and the creativity of the wonderful artists of every stripe in the world.
https://markhilliardwilson.com/