Wednesday, January 20
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
San Francisco Recorder Society
Monthly playing session with conductor Greta Hryciw. 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, [email protected]
arssanfrancisco.org/
Thursday, January 21
Humanities West
“The Music of the Spanish Golden Age with Richard Savino” Humanities West Salon at the Rex, featuring Richard Savino, David Morris and Ann Moss. Vihuelist and guitarist Richard Savino and friends will explore the rich and and varied musical repertoire of the Siglo de Oro, the Spanish golden age. Included will be settings of villancicos, romances and tonos humanos performed alongside solo fantasias, tientos, danzas and diferencias from the 16th and 17th centuries, including works of Luis Milan, Alonso Mudarra, Diego Ortiz, Jose Marin, Juan Hidalgo, and Gaspar Sanz.
6–7:30 PM
Hotel Rex
562 Sutter Street, San Francisco
$25
415-392-4400 www.cityboxoffice.com
More information
Friday, January 22
American Bach Soloists, Jeffrey Thomas, Artistic Director
“Bach Favorites” ABS’s 27th subscription season opens with an all-Bach program that displays the composer’s genius in a variety of settings. Maestro Thomas leads his ABS forces in two brilliant cantatas, Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147 (“Heart and Mouth and Deed and Life”), a work best known for the beloved chorale setting, “Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring,” and Wachet! betet! betet! wachet!, BWV 70 (“Watch! Pray! Pray! Watch!”), a bold and urgent setting of a text about the Day of Judgment. Violinist Tatiana Chulochnikova, the 2016 recipient of The Jeffrey Thomas Award, will be featured in a pair of thrilling instrumental works. Exhibiting the dazzling technique and bravura style that have made her one of today’s most exciting new Baroque violinists, Chulochnikova will perform her own transcription for solo violin of Bach’s organ Toccata and Fugue in D Minor and the Concerto for Violin in E Major.
8 PM
St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church,
3 Bay View Ave., Belvedere
$30–$72
Tickets online or 415-621-7900
Saturday, January 23
American Bach Soloists, Jeffrey Thomas, Artistic Director
“Bach Favorites” ABS’s 27th subscription season opens with an all-Bach program that displays the composer’s genius in a variety of settings. Maestro Thomas leads his ABS forces in two brilliant cantatas, Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147 (“Heart and Mouth and Deed and Life”), a work best known for the beloved chorale setting, “Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring,” and Wachet! betet! betet! wachet!, BWV 70 (“Watch! Pray! Pray! Watch!”), a bold and urgent setting of a text about the Day of Judgment. Violinist Tatiana Chulochnikova, the 2016 recipient of The Jeffrey Thomas Award, will be featured in a pair of thrilling instrumental works. Exhibiting the dazzling technique and bravura style that have made her one of today’s most exciting new Baroque violinists, Chulochnikova will perform her own transcription for solo violin of Bach’s organ Toccata and Fugue in D Minor and the Concerto for Violin in E Major.
8 PM
First Congregational Church
Dana and Durant Streets, Berkeley
$30–$72
Tickets online or 415-621-7900
Live at Mission Blue
Benvenue Fortepiano Trio (Monica Huggett, violin; Eric Zivian, fortepiano; Tanya Tomkins, violoncello) with Carla Moore, violin; and Jody Levitz, viola, perform music of Robert Schumann, including the Kinderszenen, Op. 15; Piano Trio No. 3, Op. 110; and the Piano Quintet, Op. 44.
8 PM
Mission Blue Cultural Center
475 Mission Blue Dr., Brisbane
$20
www.LiveAtMissionBlue.com
Mid-Peninsula Recorder Orchestra
“The Foating City, Music of Renaissance Venice” Greg Ingles leads a workshop featuring the music performed in the streets, courts and churches of 16th-century Venice. Music will include works of Adriano Willaert, and Cipriano de Rore, as well as Andrea and Giovanni Gabrieli. Bring a music stand and a lunch. Snacks and beverages will be provided.
9:30 AM to 4:30 PM
Holy Trinity Episcopal Church
330 Ravenswood Ave., Menlo Park
MPRO, SFEMS and ARS Members, $50; Non members: $55
Download a flyer and registration form
For further information, please visit the orchestra’s website at mpro-online.org or telephone Leslie Pont at 650-941-3065.
Sunday, January 24
American Bach Soloists, Jeffrey Thomas, Artistic Director
“Bach Favorites” ABS’s 27th subscription season opens with an all-Bach program that displays the composer’s genius in a variety of settings. Maestro Thomas leads his ABS forces in two brilliant cantatas, Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147 (“Heart and Mouth and Deed and Life”), a work best known for the beloved chorale setting, “Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring,” and Wachet! betet! betet! wachet!, BWV 70 (“Watch! Pray! Pray! Watch!”), a bold and urgent setting of a text about the Day of Judgment. Violinist Tatiana Chulochnikova, the 2016 recipient of The Jeffrey Thomas Award, will be featured in a pair of thrilling instrumental works. Exhibiting the dazzling technique and bravura style that have made her one of today’s most exciting new Baroque violinists, Chulochnikova will perform her own transcription for solo violin of Bach’s organ Toccata and Fugue in D Minor and the Concerto for Violin in E Major.
4 PM
St. Mark’s Lutheran Church,
1111 O’Farrell St., San Francisco
$30–$72
Tickets online or 415-621-7900
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