Thursday, June 2
La Marina
“Weirdly Wonderful Winds” Friends of the Berkeley Library in cooperation with SFEMS present La Marina (Carlo Benedetti, cornetto; John Harris and Brian Taylor, sackbuts; Robin Houston and Peggy Murray, dulcians) performing a concert of Renaissance music.
12 PM
Central Library (5th floor, Art & Music Department)
2090 Kittredge St., Berkeley
FREE
510-981-6100
Sunday, June 5
Berkeley Festival presents Davitt Moroney, Harpsichord
“For Alan Curtis: Music by Louis Couperin, Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, and François Couperin” A musical tribute to a pioneer of early music, featuring works by three giants of the baroque harpsichord. More information . . .
12 PM
International House
2299 Piedmont Ave, Berkeley
Tickets online $40, $15 students under age 30 with ID
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Berkeley Festival Fringe: Junior Recorder Society & Barbary Coast Recorder Orchestra
“Morning Song, Evening Hymn: Music to Awaken and Inspire” The Junior Recorder Society and Barbary Coast Recorder Orchestra present a free concert on all sizes of recorders. The JRS, now in its 19th year, is directed by Louise Carslake and Hanneke van Proosdij. Children age 7–16 will play a variety of recorder ensemble music. The 35-member BCRO, now in its fifth year, will be conducted by BCRO directors Frances Feldon and Greta Hryciw. Music by Bach, Grieg, Isaac, Lully, Purcell, Senfl and more! JRS and BCRO are educational outreach programs of Voices of Music. More information . . .
12 PM
BAMPFA (Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive)
2155 Center St, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 9472
FREE Admission
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Berkeley Festival Fringe: Ashworth, Baum, Jones And Moss
Heinrich Schütz-Kleine geistliche Konzerte The two volumes of Kleine geistliche Konzerte of Heinrich Schütz, written during the 1630s, offer a wealth of settings of sacred texts from settings for solo voice with continuo to almost every possible combination of voices. This program offers solos, duos, trios and quartets for the unusual voicing of two sopranos and two tenors. Also on the program will be Schütz’s Osterdialog and the lovely but rarely heard Klaglied, which Schütz is thought to have composed and sung for his own wife Magdalena’s funeral in 1625. With Jennifer Ashworth and Ann Moss, sopranos; Kevin Baum and Ben Jones, tenors; Rich Savino, theorbo; William Skeen, viola da gamba; and Andy Canepa, organ. More information . . .
1 PM
St. Mary Magdalene
2005 Berryman Street, Berkeley
Suggested donation of $20
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Berkeley Festival Fringe: Liaison
“The Nature of Love” Melinda Becker, mezzo soprano; Susie Fong, harpsichord; Hallie Pridham, cello; Danielle Sampson, mezzo soprano; Tatiana Senderowicz, theorbo, perform an Italian program featuring works of Monteverdi, Vivaldi, et al. More information . . .
1 PM
Loper Chapel, First Congregational Church
2345 Channing Way, Berkeley
Tickets available at the door. Price: $20 General, $10 Student.
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Berkeley Festival Fringe: Nuovo Barocco with Composer Sheli Nan
An Oratorio for our Time-Last Stop Café Composer Sheli Nan and ROCKiT OPERA Musical Productions, a company dedicated to social critique through a musical lens, are partnering with co-producer Suzanne Siskel, former editor of the Harvard Lampoon. Together they are pleased to present An Oratorio for our Time-Last Stop Café. This Oratorio is based on the 17th-century Venetian form. The tenor sings our story, with the chorus in corresponding roles. There is a petit sermonette between scenes 2 and 3. As the musicians sing in our three short tableaux we witness the dilemma we face as baby boomers when our juvenescence and our approaching obsolescence collide. Last Stop Café is witty, fun intense and provocative. Come join us at the Yogi’s Retreat, the Gambling Den (where you can open up that 918kiss app without judgement), and the Liminal Café as we explore our lives in our Nuovo Barocco adventure! The program also includes a sonata for harpsichord and violin and 4 suites for harpsichord and virginals. With Jonathan Smucker, Tenor; Gabrielle Traub, Soprano; Sara Hagenbuch, Soprano; Deborah Rosengaus, Soprano; Kirk Eichelberger, Bass; Jonathan Salzedo, Harpsichord; Claire-Jeanne Martin, Violin; Mosa Tsay, Cello; Kai Echardt, Bass; Rachel Condry, Clarinet; Joanna Martin Berg, Flute; Luçik Aprahämian, Conductor and Artistic Director. More information . . .
2 PM
Berkeley City Club, The Drawing Room
2315 Durant Avenue, Berkeley
Tickets available at the door. Prices: $20. SFEMS,WEKA,EMA members, $25. General, $30. Preferred Seating
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Berkeley Festival presents ¡SACABUCHE!, Linda Pearse, Artistic Director
“Intimate Voices-Seventeenth-Century Italian Motets with Trombones” The exact specification of instruments in vocal/instrumental music begins in the final decades of the sixteenth century in Italy and gains momentum in the early decades of the seventeenth, including in church music. Trombones, in particular, are increasingly specified and were often used interchangeably with voices. The polyphonic motets on this program are some of the first music to include explicit, idiomatic instrumental parts. These exquisite works will be contrasted with virtuosic, Italian instrumental music. Voices, cornetto, recorder, violins, sackbuts, theorbo and organ offer a feast for the ears and soul. With Rita Lilly, soprano; Vicki St. Pierre, contralto; Steven Rickards, countertenor; Sumner Thompson, tenor; Peter Becker, bass; John Lenti, theorbo; Peter Sykes, organ; Martha Perry, James Andrewes, baroque violins; Matt Jennejohn, cornetto/recorder; Christopher Canapa, Catherine Motuz, sackbuts; and Linda Pearse, bass sackbut. More information . . .
4 PM
BAMPFA (Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive)
2155 Center St, Berkeley
Tickets online $42, $15 students under age 30 with ID
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Berkeley Festival Fringe: The Handel Opera Project & Berkeley Chamber Opera
Abduction from the Seraglio by W.A. Mozart
7:30–10:15 PM
Christian Science Org. At University Hall
2601 Durant Avenue, Berkeley
Tickets available at the door. Prices: $30 General, $10 Students.
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