Dance Mix
NeoRetro Chamber Strings
​Saratoga Orchestra’s String ensemble takes to the stage threading musical ideas and stories spanning 300 years. From Boccherini’s rich Rococo palette to the vibrant and dynamic energy of 21st century composer, Jesse Montgomery, the works on this program are highly complimentary of each other. We are excited to continue our musical partnership with Tekla Cunningham, founder of Whidbey Island Music Festival and baroque violin specialist, and pleased to introduce guitarist Brig Urias, a rising force in the classical guitar world.  A student of legendary guitarist, Christopher Parkening, Urias will bring a fresh perspective to our Dance Mix of the old and new.

Luigi Boccherini: 
La Musica Notturna della strade di Madrid, Op.30/6
Night Music of the streets of Madrid

Peter Warlock: 
Capriol Suite
arr. Christopher Parkening

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
III. Valse from Four Novelletten, Op. 52 
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Luigi Boccherini: 
"Fandango" from Guitar Quintet in D major, G448

Maria Newman:
Concerto Grosso in C minor, Op. 34, No 4

Jessie Montgomery:
Strum

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May 23, 2020
Saturday - 7:30 pm
​Pre-concert chat 6:45pm
Whidbey Island Center for the Arts
Seattle, WA98115
May 24, 2020
Sunday - 3:00 pm
​Pre-concert chat 2:15pm
First Reformed Church - Oak Harbor
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Brig Urias is a young classical guitarist based in San Francisco. He holds a Master of Music degree from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, where he studied with Judicaël Perroy. In 2016, Brig completed a Bachelor of Arts degree in music at Pepperdine University under the direction of Christopher Parkening. There, he was inducted into the Iota Omicron chapter of the Pi Kappa Lambda honor society and was selected as that year’s outstanding graduate in music. Born in Washington, Brig began his studies at age 9 and grew up taking lessons at Rosewood Guitar in Seattle. Since then, he has performed in the United States and Europe, participated in master classes with a number of prominent performers, and recorded videos for Guitar Salon International in Santa Monica, California.

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Tekla Cunningham specializes in baroque violin, viola and viola d'amore. She is concertmaster of Stephen Stubbs' Pacific MusicWorks, principal second violin with Seattle Baroque Orchestra & Soloists, and plays regularly as concertmaster and principal player with the American Bach Soloists in California. She directs the Whidbey Island Music Festival, a summer concert series presenting vibrant period-instrument performances of repertoire ranging from Monteverdi to Beethoven. Ms. Cunningham can be heard on recordings with the American Bach Soloists, Apollo’s Fire, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Tafelmusik, Seattle Baroque Orchestra, San Francisco Bach Choir, various movie soundtracks including Disney’s Casanova, La Monica’s recent release The Amorous Lyre, a recording of repertoire of Merula and his contemporaries, and the Novello Quartet’s recording of Haydn’s Op. 50 string quartets. These concerts mark the third year Tekla has served as guest concertmaster and collaborator with Saratoga Orchestra’s chamber music concert.
Saratoga Orchestra of Whidbey Island
P.O. Box 1524 | Langley, WA 98260
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