Wednesday, September 23
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
Friday, September 25
Magnificat, Warren Stewart, Director
Il Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda and other works of Claudio Monteverdi. Grammy Award-winning tenor Aaron Sheehan returns to interpret the Testo role in Il Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda and renowned soprano Christine Brandes makes her Magnificat debut in the role of Clorinda. Brandes will also sing Monteverdi’s ‘love letter’ Se i languidi miei sguardi. The program also includes two of of the five “vanitas” settings that stand at the beginning of Monteverdi’s magisterial collection of sacred music, Selva morale et spirituale (1640). Soprano Jennifer Paulino, countertenor Andrew Rader and bass Robert Stafford complete an ensemble that includes instrumentalists Rob Diggins, Jolianne Einem, David Wilson, John Dornenburg and Jillon Stoppels Dupree.
8 PM First Presbyterian Church
1140 Cowper Street, Palo Alto
$35/$32/$12
800-595-4849 or www.magnificatbaroque.tix.com. Information at Magnificat’s blog and website.
Saturday, September 26
Magnificat, Warren Stewart, Director
Il Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda and other works of Claudio Monteverdi. Grammy Award-winning tenor Aaron Sheehan returns to interpret the Testo role in Il Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda and renowned soprano Christine Brandes makes her Magnificat debut in the role of Clorinda. Brandes will also sing Monteverdi’s ‘love letter’ Se i languidi miei sguardi. The program also includes two of of the five “vanitas” settings that stand at the beginning of Monteverdi’s magisterial collection of sacred music, Selva morale et spirituale (1640). Soprano Jennifer Paulino, countertenor Andrew Rader and bass Robert Stafford complete an ensemble that includes instrumentalists Rob Diggins, Jolianne Einem, David Wilson, John Dornenburg and Jillon Stoppels Dupree.
8 PM
First Congregational Church
2345 Channing Way, Berkeley
$35/$32/$12
800-595-4849 or www.magnificatbaroque.tix.com.
Information at Magnificat’s blog and website.
Prescott Lectures
“The Glories of Renaissance and Baroque Keyboard Music” John Prescott, Ph.D., presents a series of talks on the development of keyboard music from its beginnings in late Renaissance Italy, England, and Spain, through the baroque, to the era of Haydn and Mozart. Day 3: “Toucher le Clavcin” The sumptuous world of French keyboard music. Composers of the French baroque reveled in the sheer sonorous beauty of the harpsichord in highly stylized dance movements, and quirky and humorous character pieces. Read more . . .
1–3:30 PM
St. Mary Magdalen Church
2005 Berryman St., Berkeley
$25 per session ($20 SFEMS members), $100/$85 full course
[email protected]
Singers’ Retreat
Weekend workshop for singers, studying and performing works of Renaissance polyphony. Dr. William Mahrt will direct singers in a Spanish Vespers for St. Michael the Archangel, including chant, psalms, hymns, and a Magnificat setting. Featured composers will include Tomás Luis de Victoria, Cristobal de Morales, Francisco Guerrero, and Antonio de Cabezón. Rehearsal will be broken by Dr. Mahrt’s mini-lectures on the composers and repertory. Continuous snack table included.
9 AM Saturday through 5:30 PM Sunday
Braun Music Center
Stanford University, Palo Alto
$125 (includes music)
PRE-REGISTRATION Lee McRae ([email protected], 510-848-5591) or Ralph Prince ([email protected], 510-778-3253)
Sunday, September 27
Magnificat, Warren Stewart, Director
Il Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda and other works of Claudio Monteverdi. Grammy Award-winning tenor Aaron Sheehan returns to interpret the Testo role in Il Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda and renowned soprano Christine Brandes makes her Magnificat debut in the role of Clorinda. Brandes will also sing Monteverdi’s ‘love letter’ Se i languidi miei sguardi. The program also includes two of of the five “vanitas” settings that stand at the beginning of Monteverdi’s magisterial collection of sacred music, Selva morale et spirituale (1640). Soprano Jennifer Paulino, countertenor Andrew Rader and bass Robert Stafford complete an ensemble that includes instrumentalists Rob Diggins, Jolianne Einem, David Wilson, John Dornenburg and Jillon Stoppels Dupree.
4 PM
St. Mark’s Lutheran Church
1111 O’Farrell, San Francisco
$35/$32/$12
800-595-4849 or www.magnificatbaroque.tix.com.
Information at Magnificat’s blog and website.
Musical Waves
“Primarily Bach” Elizabeth Blumenstock, violin, and Elaine Thornburgh, harpsichord, perform transcriptions for violin of some of the Goldberg Variations, the three-part ricercar from “The Musical Offering”, as well as Bach’s own keyboard transcription in G Major after the Adagio from the C Major Suite for unaccompanied violin. Duo pieces to be performed are Bach’s delightful G Major sonata for violin and harpsichord and a sublime Schmelzer sonata with the harpsichord accompanying the violin.
3 PM
510 48th Ave., San Francisco
$20-25 suggested donation
Call 415-387-6890 or email [email protected] to reserve your seats
Singers’ Retreat
William Mahrt directs members of the Singers’ Retreat in a in a Spanish Vespers for St. Michael the Archangel, including chant, psalms, hymns, and a Magnificat setting. Featured composers will include Tomás Luis de Victoria, Cristobal de Morales, Francisco Guerrero, and Antonio de Cabezón.
4 PM
St. Ann Chapel
541 Melville Ave, Palo Alto
Free. Donation requested to benefit the San Francisco Early Music Society.
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