Wednesday, April 9
Mid-Peninsula Recorder Orchestra
Regular meeting, for players of recorder, early winds or early strings. Bring your instrument(s) and music stand.
7:30–9:30PM
Music Room number 060, J.L. Stanford Middle School
480 E. Meadow, Palo Alto.
650-591-3648 or mpro-online.org
Thursday, April 10
Voices of Music
Alessandro Scarlatti, Lamentations of Jeremiah (1708), plus works of George Frideric Handel and Antonio Vivaldi. With soloists Kirsten Blaise, soprano; Elizabeth Blumenstock, Kati Kyme, Maxine Nemerovski & Gabrielle Wunsch, violins; Lisa Grodin, viola; Shirley Hunt, cello; Farley Pearce, violone; David Tayler, theorbo; and Hanneke van Proosdij, organ. This concert will use a new edition, based on Scarlatti’s original manuscript.
8 PM
All Saints’ Episcopal Church
555 Waverley St., Palo Alto.
$40/$35
Tickets
Friday, April 11
MusicSources
“An 18th Century French Musical Portrait.” A newly discovered painting of French origin was recently purchased in auction at Sotheby’s. The musical instrument in the painting is a vielle àroue. By coincidence, the painting’s purchaser also owns the very instrument it depicts. Curtis Berak, owner of both painting and instrument, will give MusicSources audiences an exclusive, in person viewing of these twin treasures, together for the first time and never before displayed publicly. Music of the French Baroque will be performend, and guests will enjoy complimentary wine and refreshments. A Benefit For MusicSources
7 PM
Northbrae Community Church, Haver Hall
941 The Alameda, Berkeley
info@musicsources, www.musicsources.org, 510-528-1685
South Bay Recorder Society
Monthly meeting, guest conductor Louise Carslake. New members and guests welcome.
7:30–10PM
First Congregational Church
1980 Hamilton Ave at Leigh, San Jose
408-358-0878 or [email protected]
Voices of Music
Alessandro Scarlatti, Lamentations of Jeremiah (1708), plus works of George Frideric Handel and Antonio Vivaldi. With soloists Kirsten Blaise, soprano; Elizabeth Blumenstock, Kati Kyme, Maxine Nemerovski & Gabrielle Wunsch, violins; Lisa Grodin, viola; Shirley Hunt, cello; Farley Pearce, violone; David Tayler, theorbo; and Hanneke van Proosdij, organ. This concert will use a new edition, based on Scarlatti’s original manuscript.
8 PM
St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church
3 Bayview Ave., Belvedere
$40/$35
Tickets
Saturday, April 12
Live at Mission Blue
“The Spirit of Improvisation” Corde à Vide (Jubal Falks, baroque violin; and Lorna Peters, harpsichord) perform works of Bach, Biber, Muffat, Pandolfi, and Rebel.
8PM Pre-concert talk by Bruce Lamott at 7:30
Mission Blue Center, 475 Mission Blue Drive, Brisbane.
$20/$15
Tickets
St. Mary Magdalen Church
Music for the Service of Shadows during Holy Week, featuring François Couperin’s Trois Leçons de Ténèbres and works for gamba and harpsichord by Marin Marais. With Rita Lilly & Luciana Miranda, sopranos; Lynn Tetenbaum, viola da gamba; and Andy Canepa, harpsichord.
8 PM
St. Mary Magdalen Church
2005 Berryman St., Berkeley
$15/$10 advance, $20/$15 door
http://tenebrae.brownpapertickets.com
Viola da Gamba Society/Pacifica Chapter
Monthly viol consort playing with guest coach Yukimi Kambe. Players of all levels welcome.
9AM–3PM
Hillside Church
1422 Navellier Street, El Cerrito.
Newcomers please email or phone ahead. [email protected], 831-420-1618
Voices of Music
Alessandro Scarlatti, Lamentations of Jeremiah (1708), plus works of George Frideric Handel and Antonio Vivaldi. With soloists Kirsten Blaise, soprano; Elizabeth Blumenstock, Kati Kyme, Maxine Nemerovski & Gabrielle Wunsch, violins; Lisa Grodin, viola; Shirley Hunt, cello; Farley Pearce, violone; David Tayler, theorbo; and Hanneke van Proosdij, organ. This concert will use a new edition, based on Scarlatti’s original manuscript.
8 PM
St. Mark’s Lutheran Church
1111 O’Farrell St., San Francisco
$40/$35
Tickets
Sunday, April 13
First Lutheran Choir, Katherine McKee, Director of Music
J.S. Bach, St. John Passion (1725 version). With soloists Colby Roberts (Evangelist); Frederick Matthews (Christus); Claire Kelm, Jacque Wilson, and Thomas Hart; Jin Kyung Lim, Organist; and full period orchestra.
4 PM
First Lutheran Church
600 Homer Ave., Palo Alto
$5–$12
650-322-4669 [email protected], flcpa.org
Voices of Music
Alessandro Scarlatti, Lamentations of Jeremiah (1708), plus works of George Frideric Handel and Antonio Vivaldi. With soloists Kirsten Blaise, soprano; Elizabeth Blumenstock, Kati Kyme, Maxine Nemerovski & Gabrielle Wunsch, violins; Lisa Grodin, viola; Shirley Hunt, cello; Farley Pearce, violone; David Tayler, theorbo; and Hanneke van Proosdij, organ. This concert will use a new edition, based on Scarlatti’s original manuscript.
7:30 PM
St. Mary Magdalen Church
2005 Berryman St., Berkeley
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