Tuesday, October 4
Sacramento Recorder Society
Regular meeting for recorder players, with guest conductor Glen Shannon. 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, October 5
San Francisco Early Music Society
SFEMS Annual Membership Meeting. President’s annual report, nomination and election of new Directors, Affiliates’ reports, and members’ forum are some of the agenda. All members welcome and encouraged to attend. Refreshments!
7–8:15 PM
The Musical Offering
2430 Bancroft Way, Berkeley
Free and open to all members
Information: 510-528-1725, [email protected]
Friday, October 7
California Bach Society, Paul Flight, Director
J.S. Bach St. Matthew Passion. Artistic Director Paul Flight leads an all-star cast of singers and players in J.S. Bach’s stunning St. Matthew Passion. For this masterwork, hailed as the greatest setting of the Passion story in Western music, the 40-voice chorus will be joined by the treble voices of Berkeley’s Kairos Youth Choir, an orchestra of early music specialists led by concertmaster Carla Moore, and stellar soloists tenor Brian Thorsett as Evangelist, baritone Sepp Hammer as Jesus, and soprano Jennifer Paulino, mezzo-soprano Danielle Sampson, tenor Mark Bonney, and bass-baritone Marc Pantus.
7:30 PM
First Unitarian Universalist Church
1187 Franklin at Geary, San Francisco
Doors open 30 minutes prior to each performance.
Tickets: $40 (discounts for advance purchase, seniors, students, and under 30)
650-485-1097, http://www.calbach.org, [email protected]
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
http://www.symbolicsolutions.com/ebrs-web2015/index.html
Voices of Music
The Voice of the Viol. Joanna Blendulf, Adaiha MacAdam-Somer, Farley Pearce & Elisabeth Reed, viols; with Phoebe Rosquist, voice; David Tayler, archlute; and Hanneke van Proosdij, keyboards, innaurate a new viol ensemble, which will specialize in solo and ensemble music for the viola da gamba. The Voice of the Viol is directed by Adaiha MacAdam-Somer as part of Voices of Music.
8 PM
Old First Church
1751 Sacramento St., San Francisco
Tickets: $40 general, $35 senior SFEMS/EMA/ARS member, $5 Student with valid ID Free to Voices of Music subscribers.
415-260-4687, http://www.voicesofmusic.org/
Saturday, October 8
California Bach Society, Paul Flight, Director
J.S. Bach St. Matthew Passion. Artistic Director Paul Flight leads an all-star cast of singers and players in J.S. Bach’s stunning St. Matthew Passion. For this masterwork, hailed as the greatest setting of the Passion story in Western music, the 40-voice chorus will be joined by the treble voices of Berkeley’s Kairos Youth Choir, an orchestra of early music specialists led by concertmaster Carla Moore, and stellar soloists tenor Brian Thorsett as Evangelist, baritone Sepp Hammer as Jesus, and soprano Jennifer Paulino, mezzo-soprano Danielle Sampson, tenor Mark Bonney, and bass-baritone Marc Pantus.
7:30 PM
First Methodist Church
625 Hamilton at Webster, Palo Alto
Doors open 30 minutes prior to each performance.
Tickets: $40 (discounts for advance purchase, seniors, students, and under 30)
650-485-1097, http://www.calbach.org, [email protected]
Second Saturday Chamber Music Series
English Country Dancing with Shira Kammen, violin; Jim Oakden, recorders; and Andy Canepa, harpsichord. Dance to live early music. The caller and experienced dancers teach you the dance and dance it with you. It is simple and SO FUN!
1–4 PM
St. Mary Magdalen Catholic Church 2005 Berryman Street, Berkeley, California (parking lot next to the church)
Tickets available online at englishcountrydancing.BPT.ME
Suggested Donation $20
Viola da Gamba Society/Pacifica Chapter
Monthly viol consort playing with guest coach Frances Blaker. Players of all levels welcome. Newcomers please phone ahead.
9 AM–3 PM
Hillside Church
1422 Navellier Street, El Cerrito
RSVP. Please email or phone ahead.
[email protected]
Sunday, October 9
California Bach Society, Paul Flight, Director
J.S. Bach St. Matthew Passion. Artistic Director Paul Flight leads an all-star cast of singers and players in J.S. Bach’s stunning St. Matthew Passion. For this masterwork, hailed as the greatest setting of the Passion story in Western music, the 40-voice chorus will be joined by the treble voices of Berkeley’s Kairos Youth Choir, an orchestra of early music specialists led by concertmaster Carla Moore, and stellar soloists tenor Brian Thorsett as Evangelist, baritone Sepp Hammer as Jesus, and soprano Jennifer Paulino, mezzo-soprano Danielle Sampson, tenor Mark Bonney, and bass-baritone Marc Pantus.
3:30 PM
Hertz Hall
University of California, Berkeley
Doors open 30 minutes prior to each performance.
Tickets: $40 (discounts for advance purchase, seniors, students, and under 30)
650-485-1097, http://www.calbach.org, [email protected]
Second Sundays Concert Series
“Ecstasies and Anguish” Varja Voices, Karen Clark, Director, will perform selections from their just-released CD, O Eterne Deus: Music of Hildegard von Bingen (on the Music&Arts label). St. Hildegard von Bingen’s music, fearlessly expressing her ecstatic visions and feminine theology, is undergoing an enormous revival which is splendidly brought to life in the rapturous performances by the seven members of Vajra Voices. In this program Vajra Voices exhibits the contrasting exuberant free-verse chant of the 12th century St. Hildegard von Bingen with the intricate 14th century polyphony of Guillaume de Machaut. A soaring evening to culminate this series!
7:30 PM
Swedenborgian Church
2107 Lyon Street (corner of Washington St.), San Francisco
$20
Tickets online or at the door
Information
Women’s Antique Vocal Ensemble (WAVE), Cindy Beitmen, Director
“Mission Project” The Womens Antique Vocal Ensemble (WAVE) will present a concert of Renaissance and baroque music from archival sources in Latin America, particularly the Cathedral at Guatemala City. Featured composers will include Cristóbal de Morales, Tomás Luis de Victoria, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Sebastian Durón, José de Torres, Hernando Franco, Juan Gutiérrez de Padilla, Juan García Zéspedes, and Juan de Araujo.
3 PM
St. Albert Priory Chapel
6172 Chabot Road, Oakland
Free
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