Monday, February 15
Flanders Recorder Quartet
The Bay Area Recorder Societies jointly present a day-long workshop and ensemble coaching for intermediate to advanced players. with the Flanders Recorder Quartet (Tom Beets, Paul Van Loey, Joris Van Goethem, and Bart Spanhove). 4 class choices each for the 3 sessions, followed by a Large Group session or Ensemble Coaching (maximum 4 Ensembles). Bring instruments (pitch: A=440, not counting Ensembles), music stand, and sack lunch. Music is included in workshop fee; PDFs may be sent beforehand upon request. Coffee, tea, and snacks will be provided for the breaks. The lunch break is short, so bringing a sack lunch is recommended. A list of nearby eating places will also be available.
8:45 AM–4 PM
Foothill Presbyterian Church
5301 McKee Rd., San Jose
Workshop Fees $60 includes three 75-minute small-group playing sessions and one hour large-group session. Private Lessons or Ensemble Coaching add $80 per student/group (check for space availability).For more info, contact Michèle Kelly at [email protected].More info about the FRQ is available on their website at www.flanders-recorder-quartet.be
Prescott Lectures
“The Glories of Baroque Chamber music.” John Prescott, Ph.D., presents a series lectures exploring on the varieties of baroque chamber music, from viol consorts to cantatas to suites for solo instruments, trio sonatas, quartets, and more. No previous musical experience necessary. Read more. Day 1: “Music for viols”
9:30 AM to Noon
St. Mary Magdalen Church
2005 Berryman St., Berkeley
$25/$20 per session, $100/$85 full week
[email protected]
Tuesday, February 16
Prescott Lectures
“The Glories of Baroque Chamber music.” John Prescott, Ph.D., presents a series lectures exploring on the varieties of baroque chamber music, from viol consorts to cantatas to suites for solo instruments, trio sonatas, quartets, and more. No previous musical experience necessary. Read more. Day 2: “solo sonatas and suites”
9:30 AM to Noon
St. Mary Magdalen Church
2005 Berryman St., Berkeley
$25/$20 per session, $100/$85 full week
[email protected]
Wednesday, February 17
Prescott Lectures
“The Glories of Baroque Chamber music.” John Prescott, Ph.D., presents a series lectures exploring on the varieties of baroque chamber music, from viol consorts to cantatas to suites for solo instruments, trio sonatas, quartets, and more. No previous musical experience necessary. Read more. Day 3: “Chamber music for voices and instruments”
9:30 AM to Noon
St. Mary Magdalen Church
2005 Berryman St., Berkeley
$25/$20 per session, $100/$85 full week
[email protected]
Thursday, February 18
Prescott Lectures
“The Glories of Baroque Chamber music.” John Prescott, Ph.D., presents a series lectures exploring on the varieties of baroque chamber music, from viol consorts to cantatas to suites for solo instruments, trio sonatas, quartets, and more. No previous musical experience necessary. Read more. Day 4: “Chamber music for various instruments, trio sonatas and Telemann’s Paris Quartets”
9:30 AM to Noon
St. Mary Magdalen Church
2005 Berryman St., Berkeley
$25/$20 per session, $100/$85 full week
[email protected]
Friday, February 19
Prescott Lectures
“The Glories of Baroque Chamber music.” John Prescott, Ph.D., presents a series lectures exploring on the varieties of baroque chamber music, from viol consorts to cantatas to suites for solo instruments, trio sonatas, quartets, and more. No previous musical experience necessary. Read more. Day 5: “The legacy—chamber music in the early Classical period”
9:30 AM to Noon
St. Mary Magdalen Church
2005 Berryman St., Berkeley
$25/$20 per session, $100/$85 full week
[email protected]
SFEMS presents Ensemble Caprice
“Salsa Baroque” Ensemble Caprice (Matthias Maute and Sophie Larivière, recorder & traverso; David Jacques, baroque guitar; Susie Napper, baroque cello; Ziya Tabassian, percussion) perform music from colonial Latin America, where a unique and infectious musical style developed, blending Spanish polyphony and popular music with the colonies’ distinctive, African and Native American rhythms and languages. New musical forms also developed in this cultural melting pot, such as the chacona and pasacalle, which spread first to Spain and Italy, then across Europe, affecting musical tastes and inspiring composition in ways that continue to this day. Ensemble Caprice performs works of 17th- and 18th-century maestros de capilla from the great colonial cathedrals in Mexico City, Puebla, Lima, La Paz, and beyond. Their program also features works by composers who brought music of the Americas back to Europe, such as Santiago de Murcia, and the first generation of European composers influenced by it, including Andrea Falconieri and H.I.F. Biber. Read more . . .
8 PM
First Presbyterian Church (NEW VENUE!)
1140 Cowper Street at Lincoln, Palo Alto
Tickets: General $40, Seniors $36, SFEMS Members $34, Students $12
Tickets online or 510-528-1725
Saturday, February 20
SFEMS presents Ensemble Caprice
“Salsa Baroque” Ensemble Caprice (Matthias Maute and Sophie Larivière, recorder & traverso; David Jacques, baroque guitar; Susie Napper, baroque cello; Ziya Tabassian, percussion) perform music from colonial Latin America, where a unique and infectious musical style developed, blending Spanish polyphony and popular music with the colonies’ distinctive, African and Native American rhythms and languages. New musical forms also developed in this cultural melting pot, such as the chacona and pasacalle, which spread first to Spain and Italy, then across Europe, affecting musical tastes and inspiring composition in ways that continue to this day. Ensemble Caprice performs works of 17th- and 18th-century maestros de capilla from the great colonial cathedrals in Mexico City, Puebla, Lima, La Paz, and beyond. Their program also features works by composers who brought music of the Americas back to Europe, such as Santiago de Murcia, and the first generation of European composers influenced by it, including Andrea Falconieri and H.I.F. Biber. Read more . . .
7:30 PM
St. John’s Presbyterian Church
2727 College Avenue, Berkeley
Tickets: General $40, Seniors $36, SFEMS Members $34, Students $12
Tickets online or 510-528-1725
San Francisco Renaissance Voices, Katherine McKee, Music Director
“Renaissance Music for Multiple Choirs: Promenade Across the Continent.” Works for multiple choirs—a musical sampler from across Europe, including Scotland, Italy, Germany, Spain, and the Lowlands. The grand Promenade around Europe will include a northerly jaunt into Scotland, with excerpts from Robert Carver’s Missa dum Sacrum Mysterium. On the Continent we’ll visit the lowlands for Josquin’s 24-voice motet Qui habitat and music by exiled Englishman Peter Philips; tour Germany and Austria for works by Handl, Hassler, and Praetorius; and take a southern excursion for the brilliance of Spanish composers Victoria, Raval, and Guerrero, as well as favorites by that quintessential international genius Orlando di Lasso, including O la, o che bon eccho. SFRV is delighted to be joined for a piece by SFRV: The Next Generation, our newly formed young performers choir of students 12–17 years of age making their debut under our Director of Educational Programs, Derek Tam.
7:30 PM
Seventh Avenue Presbyterian Church
1329 Seventh Avenue, San Francisco
Tickets $30 General, $25 Student/Senior
Sunday, February 21
MusicSources
Harpsichordist Ian Pritchard in recital.
5 PM
St. Mary Magdalen Church
2005 Berryman Street, Berkeley
$30 non members, $25 MusicSources members and seniors, $10 students 18 yrs. or younger
510-528-1685 or
[email protected]
SFEMS presents Ensemble Caprice
“Salsa Baroque” Ensemble Caprice (Matthias Maute and Sophie Larivière, recorder & traverso; David Jacques, baroque guitar; Susie Napper, baroque cello; Ziya Tabassian, percussion) perform music from colonial Latin America, where a unique and infectious musical style developed, blending Spanish polyphony and popular music with the colonies’ distinctive, African and Native American rhythms and languages. New musical forms also developed in this cultural melting pot, such as the chacona and pasacalle, which spread first to Spain and Italy, then across Europe, affecting musical tastes and inspiring composition in ways that continue to this day. Ensemble Caprice performs works of 17th- and 18th-century maestros de capilla from the great colonial cathedrals in Mexico City, Puebla, Lima, La Paz, and beyond. Their program also features works by composers who brought music of the Americas back to Europe, such as Santiago de Murcia, and the first generation of European composers influenced by it, including Andrea Falconieri and H.I.F. Biber. Read more . . .
4 PM
St. Mark’s Lutheran Church
1111 O’Farrell at Gough, San Francisco
Tickets: General $40, Seniors $36, SFEMS Members $34, Students $12
Tickets online or 510-528-1725
San Francisco Renaissance Voices, Katherine McKee, Music Director
“Renaissance Music for Multiple Choirs: Promenade Across the Continent.” Works for multiple choirs—a musical sampler from across Europe, including Scotland, Italy, Germany, Spain, and the Lowlands. The grand Promenade around Europe will include a northerly jaunt into Scotland, with excerpts from Robert Carver’s Missa dum Sacrum Mysterium. On the Continent we’ll visit the lowlands for Josquin’s 24-voice motet Qui habitat and music by exiled Englishman Peter Philips; tour Germany and Austria for works by Handl, Hassler, and Praetorius; and take a southern excursion for the brilliance of Spanish composers Victoria, Raval, and Guerrero, as well as favorites by that quintessential international genius Orlando di Lasso, including O la, o che bon eccho. SFRV is delighted to be joined for a piece by SFRV: The Next Generation, our newly formed young performers choir of students 12–17 years of age making their debut under our Director of Educational Programs, Derek Tam.
4 PM
St. Bede’s Episcopal Church
2650 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park
Tickets $30 General, $25 Student/Senior
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