Tuesday, February 2
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, February 3
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
“All Mozart with Kristian Bezuidenhout” Internationally renowned keyboard artist Kristian Bezuidenhout joins Philharmonia for Mozart’s celebrated Concerto No. 23 in A Major, performed on fortepiano, the instrument for which the work was written. Also on the program are Symphony No. 27 in G Major and Symphony No. 39 in E-flat Major.
7:30 PM
First United Methodist Church
625 Hamilton Ave., Palo Alto
$25–$105
Tickets, 415-392-4400
Thursday, February 4
KDFC and Philharmonia Baroque
“PBO Sessions: Mozart’s piano” Keyboard master Kristian Bezuidenhout will hold you captive as he demonstrates what Mozart intended you to hear when composing some of the best music of all time, on a replica of Mozart’s piano. Hosted by KDFC’s Hoyt Smith, PBO Music Director Nicholas McGegan and Kristian will discuss Mozart’s Concerto No. 23 as one of his most popular piano concertos. Then Nic and the full orchestra will accompany Kris in a performance of the entire work.. PBO Sessions is a complete classical music experience with dialogue, multimedia presentation and exquisite performances. It all takes place in the intimate brick-walled ODC Theater, in San Francisco’s Mission District. Following the concert, stick around to meet Nic, Kris, Hoyt and the orchestra and enjoy a glass of complimentary wine provided by WineWise.
8 PM
ODC Theatre
3153 17th St., San Francisco
tickets $25
Seating capacity 250
Friday, February 5
Barefoot Chamber Concerts
“A Scarlatti Recital” Charles Sherman, harpsichord serves up all the Scarlatti you can eat. There’s no-one like Scarlatti. No-one on any other planet, either. Leave your castanets at home, Charles and Scarlatti will supply the rhythm. Scarlatti, born in Italy, travelled to Portugal as a young man, went native, and stayed largely in the Iberian peninsula for the rest of his life, mostly in Madrid. His skill as a harpsichordist was legendary, and his compositions have the benefit of a unique musical vocabulary with elements from zarzuela, street music, and Spanish baroque church music, all of which are entirely separate from the mainstream European tradition. Charles Sherman is well-known to Bay Area audiences from his regular appearances with Philharmonia, Musica Pacifica, American Bach Soloists and many more groups. Of course, there will be snax.
6 PM
Parish Hall, St. Mark’s Episcopal Church
2300 Bancroft Way, Berkeley
Tickets $15 (new unitary ticket price) 18 and under admitted free and welcome. Purchase at the door or reserve in advance online.
East Bay Chapter, ARS
Monthly playing session with guest conductor Judith Linsenberg. New members and guests welcome.
7:30–10 PM
Zion Lutheran Church
5201 Park Blvd., Oakland.
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Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan, Conductor
“All Mozart with Kristian Bezuidenhout” Internationally renowned keyboard artist Kristian Bezuidenhout joins Philharmonia for Mozart’s celebrated Concerto No. 23 in A Major, performed on fortepiano, the instrument for which the work was written. Also on the program are Symphony No. 27 in G Major and Symphony No. 39 in E-flat Major.
8 PM
Herbst Theatre
401 Van Ness Ave., San Francisco
$25–$105
Tickets, 415-392-4400
Dominic Schaner, lute
“The Myth & Music of Orpheus” Lamentatio Orpheo seeks to unveil the many guises of Melancholy by juxtaposing 16th- and 17th-century lute composers (da Milano, Bakfark, Kapsperger) with poets, mystics and myths of a distant time. Renaissance Lamentations and the story of Orpheus and Eurydice serve as genesis while K. Gibran and W. Blake illuminate the myth and music in poetic exposition. The music slowly unveils Melancholy’s many guises as each composer, poet, and myth details a thread entwined in the cloak of Melancholy: the many lamentations of Orpheus on the death of Eurydice; solitary night-thoughts on life, death and immortality; a lost soul wandering in desolation… Lamentatio Orpheo features the music of Francesco Canova da Milano, Valentin Bakfark and Giovanni Girolamo Kapsperger.
7:30 PM
Many Rivers Books & Tea
130 South Main Street, Suite 101 Sebastopol
707-829-8871
Saturday, February 6
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan, Conductor
“All Mozart with Kristian Bezuidenhout” Internationally renowned keyboard artist Kristian Bezuidenhout joins Philharmonia for Mozart’s celebrated Concerto No. 23 in A Major, performed on fortepiano, the instrument for which the work was written. Also on the program are Symphony No. 27 in G Major and Symphony No. 39 in E-flat Major.
8 PM
First Congregational Church
2345 Channing Way (entrance on Dana near Durant), Berkeley
$25–$105
Tickets, 415-392-4400
San Francisco Recorder Society
“Music of the Low Countries—from Ciconia to Sweelinck” (Tune in to the Recorder XII) Louise Carslake and Hanneke van Proosdij direct SFRS’s twelfth annual workshop day for recorders of all sizes, this year focusing on music from the Low Countries. The coastal region of Western Europe corresponding to modern-day Belgium and the Netherlands is that of the Low Countries, and the very heart of the Northern Renaissance. Culture in the Low Countries was influenced by the Italian Renaissance, its nobles commissioning artists and composers who became known across Europe. Please join us for a day of glorious music from that rich time and place. The San Francisco Recorder Society Workshop prides itself in being particularly open to those who may never have attended a music workshop in the past with sessions organized for players of differing skill levels, from low-intermediate to advanced. If you have friends who play but have been hesitant to attend a workshop for fear of not being “ready” please encourage them to join you at this event. There will be lots of friendly players who will gladly sit next to the newcomers and guide them through the music and the day. Refreshments will be provided, but bring your own lunch.
10 AM–4:30 PM
Christ Church Lutheran
1090 Quintara Street (at 20th Ave.), San Francisco
$45, which includes all music. Early registration encouraged.
Download registration form here or visit www.arssanfrancisco.org
Information: Florence Kress, 415-731-9709, or [email protected]; or Greta Hryciw, [email protected]
Viola da Gamba Society/Pacifica Chapter
Stanford Workshop directed by John Dornenburg, with Julie Jeffrey, David Morris, and Mary Springfels. A one-day workshop consisting of repertory and technique classes and group play.
9 AM–4 PM
Braun Music Center (Music Department)
Stanford University, Palo Alto
$75
Information: [email protected]
Sunday, February 7
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan, Conductor
“All Mozart with Kristian Bezuidenhout” Internationally renowned keyboard artist Kristian Bezuidenhout joins Philharmonia for Mozart’s celebrated Concerto No. 23 in A Major, performed on fortepiano, the instrument for which the work was written. Also on the program are Symphony No. 27 in G Major and Symphony No. 39 in E-flat Major.
7:30 PM
First Congregational Church
2345 Channing Way (entrance on Dana near Durant), Berkeley
$25–$105
Tickets, 415-392-4400
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