Wednesday, March 16
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
Musica Pacifica
“The Foggy Dew: Baroque and Traditional Music from the British Isles” Acclaimed Celtic fiddler Laura Risk joins Musica Pacifica (Judith Linsenberg, recorders: Elizabeth Blumenstock, violin; David Morris, viola da gamba; Katherine Heater, harpsichord, and Peter Maund, percussion) for a program that will include arrangements of lively Celtic tunes from Scotland, Ireland, French Canada, and Cape Breton, alongside English divisions, English Country Dance music, and art music by such composers as Purcell, Locke and Matteis, crowned by Purcell’s famous Three Parts Upon a Ground.
8 PM
First Baptist Church
305 North California Ave., Palo Alto
$30/$25/$12
Tickets online or 510-444-4113 (Advanced purchase guarantees reserved seats)
Thursday, March 17
Voices of Music
“The Art of the Countertenor” Direct from London, countertenor sensation Christopher Lowrey joins Voices of Music for Arias of Handel, Bach and Vivaldi. From suave and beautiful sacred music to dramatic and virtuosic opera arias, this concert will be a feast for the ears. Christopher Lowrey, countertenor will be joined by Lisa Grodin, Kati Kyme, Carla Moore, Maxine Nemerovski, Farley Pearce, Elisabeth Reed, and Gabrielle Wunsch, baroque strings; Hanneke van Proosdij, recorder, organ & harpsichord, and David Tayler, archlute.
8 PM
All Saints’ Episcopal Church
555 Waverly, Palo Alto
$5–$40
Tickets online or 415-260-4687
Friday, March 18
American Bach Soloists
“Bach’s Birthday Concert” Internationally acclaimed organ recitalist, Jonathan Dimmock, is currently the organist for the San Francisco Symphony and Principal Organist at the California Palace of the Legion of Honor. He holds the unique distinction of having been the only American Organ Scholar of Westminster Abbey and is one of the few organists in the world to tour on six continents. He is founding director of Artists’ Vocal Ensemble (AVE), co-founder of American Bach Soloists, and founding president of Resonance, an organization that uses music in international conflict resolution. To celebrate Bach’s birthday, Mr. Dimmock has created an all-Bach program that celebrates the master’s genius as composer for “the king of instruments,” performing on one of the Bay Area’s most treasured tracker organs. Favorite gems and a few lesser known yet brilliant works will add up to a sensational special event. Featured pieces include the “Dorian” Toccata & Fugue in D Minor, the Prelude and “Wedge” Fugue in E Minor, the”Jig” Fugue in G Major, and more.
8 PM
St. Mark’s Lutheran Church
1111 O’Farrell St., San Francisco
$25
Tickets online or 415-621-7900
Junior Bach Festival
63rd annual Junior Bach Festival opens. The Junior Bach Festival is dedicated to touching young lives by promoting the study and performance of the music of Johann Sebastian Bach. Presented annually about the time of Bach’s birthday, March 21, the Festival features in concert some of the finest young musical talent in California (ages 6 to 18), chosen by audition. Tickets are $17 general admission, $12 Seniors, $5 for students 12 and under, except where noted. This year we have a new FAMILY PACKAGE, where ALL family members (parents, siblings and grandparents) may attend a single concert for $50. This applies for all concerts except #4 and #9. Tickets are available onsite at concerts. More concert details at www.juniorbach.org. Performances are scheduled the weekends of March 18–20 and March 25–27. Ten concerts (all different) at venues around the Bay Area feature young people performing works of Johann Sebastian Bach.
7:30 PM
St. Bede’s Episcopal Church
2560 Sand Hill Rd., Palo Alto
925-837-1683, [email protected], or www.juniorbach.org.
Magnificat, Warren Stewart, Director
Dieterich Buxtehude, Membra Jesu Nostri. Since Magnificat first performed this music in 1996, the cycle of seven cantatas has become the composer most performed and recorded work. Each of the cantatas is built around three stanzas from the medieval poem Salve mundi salutare, also know as Rhythmica oratio. The program will open with the dramatic cantata Fürwahr er trug unsere Krankheit (BuxWV 31), a setting of Isaiah 53, which survives as Buxtehude’s only autograph score. Sopranos Catherine Webster and Jennifer Paulino, countertenor Andrew Rader , tenor David Kurtenbach and bass Robert Stafford join instrumentalists Rob Diggins, Jolianne Einem, Julie Jeffrey, Hallie Pridham, 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.
Voices of Music
“The Art of the Countertenor” Direct from London, countertenor sensation Christopher Lowrey joins Voices of Music for Arias of Handel, Bach and Vivaldi. From suave and beautiful sacred music to dramatic and virtuosic opera arias, this concert will be a feast for the ears. Christopher Lowrey, countertenor will be joined by Lisa Grodin, Kati Kyme, Carla Moore, Maxine Nemerovski, Farley Pearce, Elisabeth Reed, and Gabrielle Wunsch, baroque strings; Hanneke van Proosdij, recorder, organ & harpsichord, and David Tayler, archlute.
8 PM
St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church
3 Bay View Ave., Belvedere
$5–$40
Tickets online or 415-260-4687
Saturday, March 19
Cal Performances presents L’Arpeggiata
“Mediterraneo” Works by Monteverdi, Kapsberger, Falconiero, Kircher, Vitale, Cazzati, and Matteis, as well as improvisations and traditional songs from 17th-century Italy. For its energetic program, the much-admired early music collective L’Arpeggiata takes as its starting point the songs historically sung by the Greek inhabitants of southern Italy, tracking the music as it spread into the “olive frontier” of France, Turkey, Northern Africa, and Portugal. The ensemble’s instrumentalists join with a cast of expressive vocalists to perform songs and tarantellas that combine improvisational prowess with earthy melodies and driving dance rhythms.
8 PM
First Congretational Church
2345 Channing Way, Berkeley
$42 and up
Tickets online or 510-642-9988
Junior Bach Festival
63rd annual Junior Bach Festival continues. The Junior Bach Festival is dedicated to touching young lives by promoting the study and performance of the music of Johann Sebastian Bach. Presented annually about the time of Bach’s birthday, March 21, the Festival features in concert some of the finest young musical talent in California (ages 6 to 18), chosen by audition. Tickets are $17 general admission, $12 Seniors, $5 for students 12 and under, except where noted. This year we have a new FAMILY PACKAGE, where ALL family members (parents, siblings and grandparents) may attend a single concert for $50. This applies for all concerts except #4 and #9. Tickets are available onsite at concerts. More concert details at www.juniorbach.org. Performances are scheduled the weekends of March 18–20 and March 25–27. Ten concerts (all different) at venues around the Bay Area feature young people performing works of Johann Sebastian Bach.
2 PM and 7:30 PM concerts (different)
Christ Episcopal Church
815 Portola Road, Portola Valley
925-837-1683, [email protected], or www.juniorbach.org.
Magnificat, Warren Stewart, Director
Dieterich Buxtehude, Membra Jesu Nostri. Since Magnificat first performed this music in 1996, the cycle of seven cantatas has become the composer most performed and recorded work. Each of the cantatas is built around three stanzas from the medieval poem Salve mundi salutare, also know as Rhythmica oratio. The program will open with the dramatic cantata Fürwahr er trug unsere Krankheit (BuxWV 31), a setting of Isaiah 53, which survives as Buxtehude’s only autograph score. Sopranos Catherine Webster and Jennifer Paulino, countertenor Andrew Rader , tenor David Kurtenbach and bass Robert Stafford join instrumentalists Rob Diggins, Jolianne Einem, Julie Jeffrey, Hallie Pridham, John Dornenburg and Jillon Stoppels Dupree.
4 PM
St. John’s Presbyterian Church
2727 College Ave., Berkeley
$35/$32/$12
800-595-4849 or www.magnificatbaroque.tix.com.
Information at Magnificat’s blog and website.
Musica Pacifica
“The Foggy Dew: Baroque and Traditional Music from the British Isles” Acclaimed Celtic fiddler Laura Risk joins Musica Pacifica (Judith Linsenberg, recorders: Elizabeth Blumenstock, violin; David Morris, viola da gamba; Katherine Heater, harpsichord, and Peter Maund, percussion) for a program that will include arrangements of lively Celtic tunes from Scotland, Ireland, French Canada, and Cape Breton, alongside English divisions, English Country Dance music, and art music by such composers as Purcell, Locke and Matteis, crowned by Purcell’s famous Three Parts Upon a Ground.
7:30 PM
St. Alban’s Episcopal Church
1501 Washington St., Albany
$30/$25/$12
Tickets online or 510-444-4113 (Advanced purchase guarantees reserved seats)
South Bay Recorder Society
“Yin and Yang – Music Terrestrial and Celestial” – Geta Haug-Hryciw directs SBRS’s Spring workshop, in which players will pull together elements of both sacred and profane, exemplifying their symbiotic relationship. Greta has chosen music to amuse and hopefully enlighten all who attend, whether intermediate or advanced players. Recorders and other “soft” instruments are all welcome. Some of the music is texted, and players are encouraged to sing, if they wish.
9:30 AM to 4:30 PM
First Congregational Church of San José
1980 Hamilton Avenue (at Leigh), San Jose
For information about the SBRS chapter or workshop, contact Liz Brownell (650-223-7139) or visit the SBRS website
Voices of Music
“The Art of the Countertenor” Direct from London, countertenor sensation Christopher Lowrey joins Voices of Music for Arias of Handel, Bach and Vivaldi. From suave and beautiful sacred music to dramatic and virtuosic opera arias, this concert will be a feast for the ears. Christopher Lowrey, countertenor will be joined by Lisa Grodin, Kati Kyme, Carla Moore, Maxine Nemerovski, Farley Pearce, Elisabeth Reed, and Gabrielle Wunsch, baroque strings; Hanneke van Proosdij, recorder, organ & harpsichord, and David Tayler, archlute.
8 PM
St. Mark’s Lutheran Church
1111 O’Farrell St. (at Gough) St, San Francisco
$5–$40
Tickets online or 415-260-4687
Sunday, March 20
Euphora Project
“Ávila: Musicians & Mystics of Sixteenth Century Spain” Through both new and ancient music, this program explores themes of contemplation grounded in repetitive musical forms, and mysticism and poetic vision illuminated through the art of improvisation. Using the writings of Teresa of Ávila (The Way of Perfection and The Interior Castle) and John of the Cross (Spiritual Canticle and Dark Night of the Soul) as genesis, this music seeks to divine a glimpse of poetry and mysticism through fleeting and free spirited improvisation, contemplative solos and dramatic songs, with quiet instrumental meditations and select recitations interspersed. The program features selections from the vihuela literature of the Golden Age of Spain, medieval music associated with contemplative pilgrimage and Marian devotion, and new music setting the mystical works of Teresa of Ávila and John of the Cross in meditative solos and reflective songs.
California Jazz Conservatory (formerly The Jazzschool)
2087 Addison St., Berkeley.
$20
Tickets online
Junior Bach Festival
63rd annual Junior Bach Festival continues. The Junior Bach Festival is dedicated to touching young lives by promoting the study and performance of the music of Johann Sebastian Bach. Presented annually about the time of Bach’s birthday, March 21, the Festival features in concert some of the finest young musical talent in California (ages 6 to 18), chosen by audition. Tickets are $17 general admission, $12 Seniors, $5 for students 12 and under, except where noted. This year we have a new FAMILY PACKAGE, where ALL family members (parents, siblings and grandparents) may attend a single concert for $50. This applies for all concerts except #4 and #9. Tickets are available onsite at concerts. More concert details at www.juniorbach.org. Performances are scheduled the weekends of March 18–20 and March 25–27. Ten concerts (all different) at venues around the Bay Area feature young people performing works of Johann Sebastian Bach.
4 PM
Old First Presbyterian Church
1751 Sacramento Street, San Francisco
$20/$17/$5 – This concert
925-837-1683, [email protected], or www.juniorbach.org.
Magnificat, Warren Stewart, Director
Dieterich Buxtehude, Membra Jesu Nostri. Since Magnificat first performed this music in 1996, the cycle of seven cantatas has become the composer most performed and recorded work. Each of the cantatas is built around three stanzas from the medieval poem Salve mundi salutare, also know as Rhythmica oratio. The program will open with the dramatic cantata Fürwahr er trug unsere Krankheit (BuxWV 31), a setting of Isaiah 53, which survives as Buxtehude’s only autograph score. Sopranos Catherine Webster and Jennifer Paulino, countertenor Andrew Rader , tenor David Kurtenbach and bass Robert Stafford join instrumentalists Rob Diggins, Jolianne Einem, Julie Jeffrey, Hallie Pridham, 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.
Musica Pacifica
“The Foggy Dew: Baroque and Traditional Music from the British Isles” Acclaimed Celtic fiddler Laura Risk joins Musica Pacifica (Judith Linsenberg, recorders: Elizabeth Blumenstock, violin; David Morris, viola da gamba; Katherine Heater, harpsichord, and Peter Maund, percussion) for a program that will include arrangements of lively Celtic tunes from Scotland, Ireland, French Canada, and Cape Breton, alongside English divisions, English Country Dance music, and art music by such composers as Purcell, Locke and Matteis, crowned by Purcell’s famous Three Parts Upon a Ground.
8 PM
Schroeder Hall, Green Music Center
1801 E. Cotati Ave., Rohnert Park
$25/$15
Tickets online or 877-914-2224
Junior Bach Festival
63rd annual Junior Bach Festival continues. The Junior Bach Festival is dedicated to touching young lives by promoting the study and performance of the music of Johann Sebastian Bach. Presented annually about the time of Bach’s birthday, March 21, the Festival features in concert some of the finest young musical talent in California (ages 6 to 18), chosen by audition. Tickets are $17 general admission, $12 Seniors, $5 for students 12 and under, except where noted. This year we have a new FAMILY PACKAGE, where ALL family members (parents, siblings and grandparents) may attend a single concert for $50. This applies for all concerts except #4 and #9. Tickets are available onsite at concerts. More concert details at www.juniorbach.org. Performances are scheduled the weekends of March 18–20 and March 25–27. Ten concerts (all different) at venues around the Bay Area feature young people performing works of Johann Sebastian Bach.
7:30 PM
Unitarian Universalist Church
1 Lawson Road, Kensington
925-837-1683, [email protected], or www.juniorbach.org.
Voices of Music
“The Art of the Countertenor” Direct from London, countertenor sensation Christopher Lowrey joins Voices of Music for Arias of Handel, Bach and Vivaldi. From suave and beautiful sacred music to dramatic and virtuosic opera arias, this concert will be a feast for the ears. Christopher Lowrey, countertenor will be joined by Lisa Grodin, Kati Kyme, Carla Moore, Maxine Nemerovski, Farley Pearce, Elisabeth Reed, and Gabrielle Wunsch, baroque strings; Hanneke van Proosdij, recorder, organ & harpsichord, and David Tayler, archlute.
7:30 PM
St. Mary Magdalen Church
2005 Berryman St., Berkeley
$5–$40
Tickets online or 415-260-4687
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