Thursday, May 26
Berkeley Art Museum Pacific Film Archive
Early Music Film Series presents Mark Morris Dance Group: L’Allegro, Il Penseroso, ed Il Moderato. Mark Morris is well loved by Bay Area patrons for the remarkable live performances that he has presented at Cal Performances over the years. His full-length dance staging of George Frideric Handel’s oratorio L’allegro, il penseroso ed il moderato in Madrid was captured on film by Vincent Bataillon in 2014. An extraordinary achievement that celebrates the pictorial beauty of this glorious work through inspired choreography and set design, this production is a tremendous meeting of talent—Handel, John Milton, Mark Morris—performed under the baton of Jane Glover and the Teatro Real Orchestra and Chorus, Madrid. Sheer delight! Photographed by Cécile Trelluyer. Music by George Frideric Handel, after poems by John Milton, adapted by Charles Jennens and James Harris. Choreographed by Mark Morris. With Teatro Real Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Jane Glover and the Mark Morris Dance Group. (In English, 97 mins, Color, Blu-ray, From WNET)
7 PM
BAMPFA
2155 Center St., Berkeley
Free Admission
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Friday, May 27
New Esterházy Quartet
“From Bohemia’s Fields and Groves” The New Esterházy Quartet (Lisa Weiss and Kati Kyme, violin; Anthony Martin, viola; and William Skeen, violoncello) perform Quartet No. 11 in C Major, Op. 61 (1881) and Two Waltzes, Op. 54, No. 1 & 4 (1880) by Antonin Dvořák, as well as Quartet No. 2 in D Minor by Bedřich Smetana. The Czech people’s struggle for national independence has faced many tribulations in the past four centuries. In the latter half of the 19th century, Austrian culture and politics predominated, and the people’s efforts to free themselves from this were an important part of life in the region’s villages and cities. Each in their own way, Smetana and Dvořák both found ways to blend their individual strivings with the political aspirations of the Czech people, giving their music not only personal expression, but also a definite Czech character. Read more . . .
8PM
Hillside Club
2286 Cedar Street (at Arch), Berkeley
$20, tickets for this Friday concert sold only at the door
Saturday, May 28
New Esterházy Quartet
“From Bohemia’s Fields and Groves” The New Esterházy Quartet (Lisa Weiss and Kati Kyme, violin; Anthony Martin, viola; and William Skeen, violoncello) perform Quartet No. 11 in C Major, Op. 61 (1881) and Two Waltzes, Op. 54, No. 1 & 4 (1880) by Antonin Dvořák, as well as Quartet No. 2 in D Minor by Bedřich Smetana.The Czech people’s struggle for national independence has faced many tribulations in the past four centuries. In the latter half of the 19th century, Austrian culture and politics predominated, and the people’s efforts to free themselves from this were an important part of life in the region’s villages and cities. Each in their own way, Smetana and Dvořák both found ways to blend their individual strivings with the political aspirations of the Czech people, giving their music not only personal expression, but also a definite Czech character. Read more . . .
4PM
St. Mark’s Lutheran Church
1111 O’Farrell Street (at Franklin), San Francisco
$25 (discounts for SFEMS members, seniors, and students)
415-520-0611 www.newesterhazy.org
Sunday, May 29
Berkeley Art Museum Pacific Film Archive
Early Music Film Series presents Le Roi Danse (The King Is Dancing; Gérard Corbiau, France, 2000). This lavish costume drama set in seventeenth-century France, which uses considerable poetic license, is told through the eyes of court composer Jean-Baptiste Lully. It offers a vivid illustration of a young Louis XIV, who used his love of dance to project his image to the world and strengthen his hold on power. Lully and playwright Molière create elaborately choreographed ballets, featuring the young Louis, who transforms himself from the young dauphin into the Sun King. Gérard Corbiau’s film conveys the splendor of court life more than fact and features music performed by Reinhard Goebel and Musica Antiqua Köln. Written by Eve de Castro, Andrée Corbiau, Gérard Corbiau. Photographed by Gérard Simon. Music by Jean-Baptiste Lully. With Benoît Magimel, Boris Terral, Tchéky Karyo, Colette Emmanuelle. (In French with English subtitles, 109 mins, Color, 35mm, From Tamasa Distribution)
7:30 PM
BAMPFA
2155 Center St., Berkeley
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New Esterházy Quartet
“From Bohemia’s Fields and Groves” The New Esterházy Quartet (Lisa Weiss and Kati Kyme, violin; Anthony Martin, viola; and William Skeen, violoncello) perform Quartet No. 11 in C Major, Op. 61 (1881) and Two Waltzes, Op. 54, No. 1 & 4 (1880) by Antonin Dvořák, as well as Quartet No. 2 in D Minor by Bedřich Smetana. The Czech people’s struggle for national independence has faced many tribulations in the past four centuries. In the latter half of the 19th century, Austrian culture and politics predominated, and the people’s efforts to free themselves from this were an important part of life in the region’s villages and cities. Each in their own way, Smetana and Dvořák both found ways to blend their individual strivings with the political aspirations of the Czech people, giving their music not only personal expression, but also a definite Czech character. Read more . . .
4PM
All Saints’ Episcopal Church,
555 Waverley Street (at Hamilton), Palo Alto
$25 (discounts for SFEMS members, seniors, and students)
415-520-0611 www.newesterhazy.org
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