This recital brings music for solo baroque violin to life with the stunning choreography of Anna Mansbridge. UW Artist-in-Residence Tekla Cunningham plays works for solo baroque violin by Telemann, Melia Watras and J.S. Bach’s d minor partita, with lute interludes by Robert de Visée and Merula played by John Lenti.
See, hear and feel the heartbreak and solace of Bach’s iconic Ciaccona as embodied on the Meany Hall stage by dancers Tshedzom Tingkhye and Alejandro Frederickson in choreography by Anna Mansbridge. A collaboration with the University of Washington School of Music.
Artists
Tekla Cunningham, baroque violin
Tshedzom Tinghkye and Alejandro Frederickson, dancers
Anna Mansbridge choreography (in collaboration with the dancers)
John Lenti, theorbo
Andrew Smith, lighting designer
Program
Telemann: Fantasia in E flat major, TWV 40:20
Robert de Visèe: Prelude, Logistille, Chaconne des Harlequins
Melia Watras: Recitative e danza
Tarquinio Merula: Foll’è ben che si crede
JS Bach: Partita in d minor for violin, BWV 1004