Whidbey's Saratoga Orchestra presents Passions of Paris - Langley

Whidbey’s Saratoga Orchestra presents PASSIONS OF PARIS, a set of programs on January 28, 2:00pm at First Reformed Church in Oak Harbor and January 29, 2:00pm at Island Church in Langley. Music Director, Anna Edwards will lead the musicians of the orchestra in a program of French Baroque masters including Joseph Bologne and Jean-Baptiste Lully.

Returning as special guest is Tekla Cunningham, baroque violinist and founder of Whidbey Island Music Festival. Tekla serves as concertmaster and orchestra director of Pacific MusicWorks, Artist-in-Residence at the University of Washington and plays regularly with the American Bach Soloists. These concerts mark Saratoga Orchestra’s fifth collaboration with Ms. Cunningham. Tekla will be performing, Violin Concerto, Op. 7 No.1 of Joseph Bologne "Chevalier de Saint-Georges". Bologne was the son of an enslaved woman of Senegalese origin and a French plantation owner. He was a contemporary of Mozart and Haydn, a champion fencer and was music instructor of Marie Antoinette. In recent years a revival of Bologne’s music has piqued an interest in his incredible life story including the upcoming April movie release, “Chevalier.”

Continuing Saratoga Orchestra’s commitment to enhancing the concert going experience, Marta Zekan, “storyteller-in-residence” and former classical radio host and will be weaving insightful commentary throughout the program.

General Admission concert tickets are $30/Adult and $25/Seniors (65+) and Military. Students 17 and under are admitted free. Tickets available at Click Music in Oak Harbor, bayleaf in Coupeville, and Moonraker Books & Blue Sound Music in Langley. Online tickets and further information at www.sowhidbey.com or 360-929-3045.