Pacific MusicWorks Underground: Sacred Sensuality
$20 ($15 ages 21-30)
Maria Xaveria Perucona — Selected works
Chiara Margarita Cozzolani — Selected works
Linda Tsatsanis, soprano
Brenna Wells, soprano
Nathan Whittaker, baroque cello
Henry Lebedinsky, organ
17th century Italy saw a flourishing of music behind convent walls, where nuns composed, published, and performed sacred music that blended deep spirituality with richly sensual poetic and musical imagery. Sopranos Linda Tsatsanis and Brenna Wells join baroque ‘cellist Nathan Whittaker and organist Henry Lebedinsky for works by Chiara Margarita Cozzolani, Maria Peruchona, Isabella Leonarda, and more.
Naked City Brewery is a passionate supporter of arts and culture. Oftentimes its handcrafted beers are inspired by a song, film, or person. Every beer tells a story, and each one ferments in its own time. The Screening Room is Naked City's seventy-person dining movie theater, featuring a New American comfort food menu with organic meats, vegetarian, and gluten-free options alongside award-winning craft beers, wines, and ciders.
Admission is $20 ($15 under 30), and includes a complimentary house beer or glass of wine. Find more information at www.nakedcitybrewing.com or www.pacificmusicworks.org/underground.
About Nathan Whittaker
Nathan Whittaker, violoncello, enjoys a unique and diverse career as a concert soloist, chamber musician, recitalist, teacher, and historical cello specialist with concert stops ranging from New York to Seattle to Dubai. He is the Artistic Director of Gallery Concerts (Seattle), a concert series of chamber music on period instruments, and regularly performs with the Trinity Baroque Orchestra, Pacific Baroque Orchestra, New York Baroque Incorporated, ARTek, El Mundo, Fort Greene Chamber Music Society, The Sebastians, and the Pacific Northwest Ballet. Recent appearances include the Caramoor Music Festival, Arizona Early Music Festival, Vancouver Bach Festival, Pacific Baroque Festival, Helicon Society, Berkeley Early Music Festival, Ottawa ChamberFest, the Boston Early Music Festival, and as a guest lecturer at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Paris. He has served on the faculty of Cornish College of the Arts. He can be heard on recordings by ATMA Musique, Harmonia, and Centaur, as well as live broadcasts by NPR, CBC, and KING FM. Dr. Whittaker holds a Doctorate of Musical Arts from the University of Washington and Bachelors and Masters degrees from Indiana University. He performs on a cello of Mario Gadda from 1957, and a baroque cello of Johann Christian Ficker II from c. 1770.
https://www.nathanhwhittaker.com/