Friday, July 31
Vajra Voices & Shira Kammen, vielle
“Music to Celebrate the Divine Feminine” Vajra Voices, Karen Clark, Director, with Shira Kammen, vielle, perform music of Hildegard von Bingen. With support from the Musical Grant Program of the San Francisco Friends of Chamber Music, this concert is the culmination of a week of intense rehearsing in preparation for the recording which we will make in August.
7:30 PM
Good Shepherd Episcopal Church
1823 9th St., Berkeley.
Suggested donation at the door, $20
Valley of the Moon Music Festival
Free Apprenticeship Chamber Concert. Young artists Augusta McKay Lodge, violin; Chris Whitley, violin; Kim Mai Nguyen, viola; Laura Gaynon, cello; and Yuehan Wang, fortepiano, perform Mozart Fortepiano Quartet in G minor, Schumann Violin Sonata in A minor, and Beethoven String Quartet in Eb Major (“Harp”)
7:30 PM
Hanna Boys Center
17000 Arnold Drive, Sonoma
Free
Saturday, August 1
Valley of the Moon Music Festival
Cynthia Freivogel, violin; Monica Huggett, violin; Kim Mai Nguyen, viola; Kati Kyme, viola; Tanya Tomkins, cello; and Eric Zivian, fortepiano, perform Mozart C Major Viola Quintet and Schumann Fortepiano Quartet.
4 PM
Hanna Boys Center
17000 Arnold Drive, Sonoma
$40 general admission; $20 under 30
purchase tickets online or 1-888-596-1027
West Edge Opera presents Monteverdi’s Il ritorno d’Ulisse in Patria
After his long journey home from the Trojan wars, Ulysses, King of Ithaca, returns to find a villainous trio of suitors importuning his faithful queen, Penelope. Ulisse vanquishes the suitors and recovers his kingdom. Constancy and virtue are ultimately rewarded, treachery and deception overcome. Ulysses has been described as the most tender and moving of Monteverdi’s surviving operas, and one which reveals a vocal style of extraordinary eloquence. Early music specialist Nikolas Nackley sings Ulysses and Sara Couden, a current Metropolitan Opera Lindemann Young Artist sings Penelope. Mark Streshinsky directs and Gilbert Martinez conducts. A collaboration with Music Sources Center for Historically Informed Performance.
8 PM
American Steel Studios
1960 Mandela Parkway at 20th Street, Oakland
$84 and $55; a limited number of $20 seats 1 week in advance or at the door.
510-841-1903; www.westedgeopera.org
Sunday, August 2
Valley of the Moon Music Festival
Cynthia Freivogel, violin; Monica Huggett, violin; Kati Kyme, viola; Tanya Tomkins, cello; and Eric Zivian, fortepiano, perform Mozart Sonata in B flat major, K. 570; and Mendelssohn C minor Fortepiano Trio.
4 PM
Hanna Boys Center
17000 Arnold Drive, Sonoma
$40 general admission; $20 under 30
purchase tickets online or 1-888-596-1027
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