Tuesday, October 7
Sacramento Recorder Society
Regular meeting for recorder players, with guest conductor Louise Carslake. Newcomers welcome. Bring recorders, stand, and other early instruments. Music provided. Refreshments.
6:45–9:30 PM
Friends Meeting House
890 57th St., between H and J, Sacramento.
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Wednesday, October 8
Mid-Peninsula Recorder Orchestra
Regular meeting, for players of recorder, early winds or early strings. Bring your instrument(s) and music stand.
7:30–9:30 PM
Music Room number 060, J.L. Stanford Middle School
480 E. Meadow, Palo Alto
650-591-3648 or mpro-online.org
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan, conductor
“Steven Isserlis, Boccherini, and Haydn” Cellist Steven Isserlis is featured soloist in a concert celebrating the charm and wit of the Classical era. Renowned for performances which combine authenticity with energetic dynamism, Steven Isserlis plays C.P.E. Bach’s inventive Concerto for Violoncello in A major, Wq 172, full of unexpected twists and turns, and Boccherini’s elegant Concerto for Violoncello No. 7 in G major, G. 480. Nicholas McGegan leads energetic performances of two carefree and playful symphonies by Joseph Haydn, No. 57 in D major and No. 67 in F major.
8PM
Miner Auditorium, SFJAZZ Center,
201 Franklin St., San Francisco
$25–$100
510-642-9988, tickets
Thursday, October 9
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan, conductor
“Steven Isserlis, Boccherini, and Haydn” Cellist Steven Isserlis is featured soloist in a concert celebrating the charm and wit of the Classical era. Renowned for performances which combine authenticity with energetic dynamism, Steven Isserlis plays C.P.E. Bach’s inventive Concerto for Violoncello in A major, Wq 172, full of unexpected twists and turns, and Boccherini’s elegant Concerto for Violoncello No. 7 in G major, G. 480. Nicholas McGegan leads energetic performances of two carefree and playful symphonies by Joseph Haydn, No. 57 in D major and No. 67 in F major.
7:30 PM
Bing Concert Hall
327 Lasuen St., Stanford
$30–$95
650-724-2464, tickets
Friday, October 10
Angelorum and Varja Voices
“In Celebration of the Divine Feminine” Varja Voices, Karen Clark, director; Angelorum Medieval Harp Choir, Cheryl Ann Fulton, director; with guest Roy Whelden, vielle, perform music of Hildegard von Bingen, medieval mystic and saint, who saw music as an opportunity for the human being to connect to the divine. This program joins voices and instruments to highlight Hildegard’s music and text honoring the Divine Feminine.
7:30 PM
Kensington Community Church
52 The Arlington, Kensington
$18 general, $15 seniors, $12 students, available at the door
KDFC and Philharmonia Baroque
“Sessions: The Nights of Madrid” Join celebrated cellist Steven Isserlis, conductor Nicholas McGegan, and host Hoyt Smith of Classical KDFC for an after-hours concert mixing Classical concertos with dialogue, multimedia, and a free reception afterwards. Selections will include Luigi Boccherini’s Musica notturna delle strade di Madrid, depicting nocturnal street scenes in Madrid, Spain; the “Celebrated Minuet” used in countless films and quoted by Nigel Tufnel in This is Spinal Tap; Boccherini’s elegant cello concerto in G major; and C.P.E. Bach’s inventive concerto in A major. After the concert, join Nic, Steven, and musicians in the lobby for conversation and free wine generously donated by Boisset Family Estates.
8 PM
ODC Theatre
3153 17th St, San Francisco
$25
tickets
Saturday, October 11
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan, conductor
“The 2014 Family Concert:
Steven Isserlis and the 3 C’s: Classical Cello Concertos” Join us for the annual Family Concert, a FREE event designed for children ages 4–12 in Berkeley’s First Congregational Church. Guest artist (and children’s book author) Steven Isserlis leads a lively program of Classical cello music alongside Music Director Nicholas McGegan and the Orchestra. This fun-filled, interactive presentation includes opportunities for the audience to sing and play instruments alongside the Orchestra in the Grand Finale. (We will tune participants’ instruments to A=430, just below concert “A” to match the Orchestra’s historically accurate instruments. Downloadable music supposedly will be posted on line. After the concert, Orchestra musicians will demonstrate their instruments up close and answer questions.
4–5 PM
First Congregational Church
2345 Channing Way (entrance near Dana and Durant Sts.), Berkeley
Reservations required. Click here to reserve your FREE tickets.
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan, conductor
“Steven Isserlis, Boccherini, and Haydn” Cellist Steven Isserlis is featured soloist in a concert celebrating the charm and wit of the Classical era. Renowned for performances which combine authenticity with energetic dynamism, Steven Isserlis plays C.P.E. Bach’s inventive Concerto for Violoncello in A major, Wq 172, full of unexpected twists and turns, and Boccherini’s elegant Concerto for Violoncello No. 7 in G major, G. 480. Nicholas McGegan leads energetic performances of two carefree and playful symphonies by Joseph Haydn, No. 57 in D major and No. 67 in F major.
8 PM
First Congregational Church
$25–$100
2345 Channing Way (entrance near Dana and Durant Sts.), Berkeley
510-642-9988, tickets
Viola da Gamba Society/Pacifica Chapter
Monthly viol consort playing with guest coaches Julie Jeffrey and Peter Halifax Players of all levels welcome. Newcomers please phone ahead.
9 AM–3 PM
Hillside Church
1422 Navellier Street, El Cerrito
RSVP. Please email or phone ahead.
[email protected], 831-420-1618
Sunday, October 12
Musica Pacifica
“Improvisation in the Baroque” Musica Pacifica (Judith Linsenberg, recorder; Elizabeth Blumenstock, violin; David Morris, gamba & cello; and Katherine Heater, harpsichord) perform a program emphasizing the improvisatory aspects of Baroque chamber music. Included will be concertos and trios by Handel and Vivaldi, demonstrating High Baroque techniques of improvised melodic ornamentation. Musica Pacifica also will perform some typical 16th-century ground bass and variation patterns and show how these were used to build more substantial compositions—by improvising on them and then by playing works of masters such as Merula, Uccelini, and Rossi who used these patterns in their own works. Throughout the program, they will discuss the art of basso continuo improvisation and how it developed during the Baroque period. They will also play and discuss their own arrangements of English Country Dance, in which they take traditional folk tunes and improvise melodic lines and harmonies.
California Jazz Conservatory
2087 Addison St, Berkeley
4:30 PM
$15/$12
tickets
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan, conductor
“Steven Isserlis, Boccherini, and Haydn” Cellist Steven Isserlis is featured soloist in a concert celebrating the charm and wit of the Classical era. Renowned for performances which combine authenticity with energetic dynamism, Steven Isserlis plays C.P.E. Bach’s inventive Concerto for Violoncello in A major, Wq 172, full of unexpected twists and turns, and Boccherini’s elegant Concerto for Violoncello No. 7 in G major, G. 480. Nicholas McGegan leads energetic performances of two carefree and playful symphonies by Joseph Haydn, No. 57 in D major and No. 67 in F major.
7:30 PM
First Congregational Church
2345 Channing Way (entrance near Dana and Durant Sts.), Berkeley
$25–$100
510-642-9988, tickets
Redwood Arts Council
“The Kingdoms of Castille” El Mundo, directed by guitarist/lutenist Richard Savino, explores the rich repertoire and close cultural connections between Spain, Latin America and Italy. Featured composers will include José de Orejón y Aparicio (Peru), Santiago de Murcia (Spain/Mexico), Rafael Antonio Castellanos (Guatemala), José Quiroz (Guatemala), and Andrea Falconieri (Viceroyalty of Naples).
4 PM
Occidental Center for the Arts
3850 Doris Murphy Court (Graton Rd & Bohemian Hwy), Occidental
$30 general, $10 student with ID
tickets, 707-874-1124
