Sanctuary in the City: Tekla Cunningham, baroque violin
Free (Free)
Georg Philipp Telemann — Selected works
Johann Georg Pisendel — Selected works
Join baroque violinist Tekla Cunningham, UW faculty member and director of the Pacific MusicWorks Orchestra, as she performs virtuosic works for unaccompanied violin by J.S. Bach , G.P. Telemann, and Johann Georg Pisendel.
Pacific MusicWorks and Christ Our Hope at the Josephinum present Sanctuary in the City, a new series of FREE noontime concerts at the crossroads of Downtown and Belltown aimed at fostering a spirit of contemplation and respite in the midst of our busy and stressful lives.
About Tekla Cunningham
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/