Biber’s Mystery Sonatas in Thomsen Chapel

Name: Biber’s Mystery Sonatas in Thomsen Chapel
Start: 2023-03-18T19:30:00-07:00
End: 2023-03-18T22:30:00-07:00
Location: Saint Mark’s Cathedral, Seattle

The Mystery Sonatas (also known as Rosary Sonatas) by Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber (1644–1704) are incredibly virtuosic meditations for violin on Jesus’ birth, death, and resurrection. They comprise three sets: The “Joyful,” “Sorrowful,” and “Glorious” Mysteries. Baroque violinist Tekla Cunningham will perform the whole cycle in various area venues this season, offering Set Two—the intensely expressive “Sorrowful Mysteries”—in the intimacy of Saint Mark’s Thomsen Chapel during the season of Lent. Joining her are Henry Lebedinsky on organ and harpsichord, and David Morris on viola da gamba and lirone.

The performance is 7:30 pm to 10:30 pm on Saturday and 2:30 pm to 5:30 pm on Sunday.