Wednesday, May 20
Berkeley Baroque Strings, Kati Kyme, Music Director
“Telemann in the Springtime!” Concerti, Ouvertures, and a guest appearance by William Skeen, viola da gamba.
7:30 PM
St. Clements Episcopal Church
2837 Claremont Blvd., Berkeley
Refreshments served afterwards
Donations gratefully accepted
San Francisco Recorder Society
Monthly playing session with guest conductor Frederick Palmer. New members and guests welcome.
7:30 PM–9:30 PM
Christ Church Lutheran
1090 Quintara St. (at 20th Ave.), San Francisco.
Non-members $10 fee applied to membership.
For more information contact Florence Kress: 415-731-9709, arssanfrancisco.org/
Saturday, May 23
The Albany Consort
“Countertenor in the Baroque” The Albany Consort will perform music for chamber orchestra and the rare vocal range of countertenor, with featured works by Johann Sebastian Bach, Henry Purcell, George Frideric Handel, and Georg Philipp Telemann.
7 PM
Westminster Presbyterian Church
1100 Shasta Avenue (at the Alameda), San Jose
Suggested Donation $10
www.AlbanyConsort.com, [email protected], 408-294-7447
Chora Nova, Paul Flight, Conductor
George Frideric Handel’s pastoral opera Acis and Galatea, with Ann Moss, soprano, as Galatea; Mark Alexander Bonney, tenor, as Acis; and Ben Kazez, baritone, as Polyphemus. Also Henry Purcell motets Beati omnes qui timent Dominum and Jehova, quam multi sunt hostes mei. The ensemble will be accompanied by a full baroque orchestra.
8 PM
First Congregational Church
2345 Channing (entry on Dana near Durant), Berkeley
$10–$25
www.choranova.org
Sunday, May 24
Coro Ciconia, Asher Davidson, Director
“Machaut’s Messe and Other Glories” Singers Peter Fisher, Cheryl Koehler, Catharine Lucas, Jean McAnerny, Stphen Pitcher, Ralph Prince, Scott Robinson, and Richard Walker perform Guillaume de Machaut’s Messe de Nostre Dame, the first known setting of the complete Mass Ordinary. Also on the program are settings of Alma Redemptor Mater by Johannes Ockeghem and Guillaume Dufay; and selections of works by Philippe de Vitry, Antonio Zacara da Teramo, Johannes Ciconia, Josquin des Pres, and Antoine Brumel.
7 PM
Good Shepherd Episcopal Church
1823 9th St. (at Hearst), Berkeley
Suggested donation $20 ($10 reduced)
Information 818-331-7504
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