Wednesday, February 11
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
Friday, February 13
Clerestory
“Love and the Knight” The a cappella men’s ensemble Clerestory celebrates Valentine’s Day with a musical homage to the medieval King Charlemagne. The concert features music from the earliest days of European cathedrals to the High Renaissance masters who followed, including Gregorian and Ambrosian chant, the mysticism of Hildegard von Bingen, the love songs of the French troubadours, and the woven polyphony of the Flemish masters. Let courtly love and gallant songs transport you back in time. The concert will run just over an hour with no intermission.
8 PM
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church
2300 Bancroft Way, Berkeley
$15–$25
Tickets
[email protected]
South Bay Recorder Society
Monthly meeting, guest conductor David Hogan Smith. New members and guests welcome.
7:30–10 PM
First Congregational Church of San Jose
1980 Hamilton Ave (at Leigh), San Jose
408-358-0878 or [email protected]
Saturday, February 14
Live at Mission Blue
“Masters of the Baroque” Elizabeth Blumenstock, violin; JungHae Kim, harpsichord; and John Dornenburg, viola da gamba, perform works of Bach, Abel, Leclair, Marais, Rameau, Buxtehude.
8 PM (Pre-concert talk with Bruce Lamott: 7:30 PM)
Mission Blue Cultural Center
475 Mission Blue Dr., Brisbane$20/$15
Tickets
Marin Baroque presents Calextone
“The Art of Courtly Love” Calextone (Allison Zelles Lloyd, voice and harp; Shira Kammen, vielle and harp; Frances Blaker, hammered dulcimer and recorders; and Letitia Berlin, recorders and douçaine) perform music of love from 15th-century France, including works by Josquin, Dufay, and Binchois. Come join us for this very special Valentine’s Day music!
8 PM Reception immediately follows the concert
First Presbyterian Church
72 Kensington Rd, San Anselmo
Tickets: $20/general admission, $15/seniors & students, $5/children (10 & under). brownpapertickets.com, 415-497-6634, www.marinbaroque.org, [email protected]
SFEMS Valentine’s Day Collegium
“Venetian Baroque” SFEMS presents a special collegium workshop for recorders, early brass & winds, strings, and singers with Baroque Workshop Director Linda Pearse. We will be studying and playing double-, triple-, and quadruple-choir works by Andrea and Giovanni Gabrieli, Adrian Willaert, as well as works by their German colleagues and disciples, including Hans Leo Hassler, Michael Praetorius, and others. Read more . . .
9 AM–4 PM (Registration opens at 8:30; be ready to play by 9)
Eden United Church of Christ
21455 Birch Street, Hayward.
Workshop Fees for SFEMS members are $45 before February 1 and $50 after February 1. For non-members the fee is $50 before February 1, $55 after February 1. Half-Day fees (please specify morning or afternoon when registering) are $30/35 before February 1; $35/40 after February 1. Download an enrollment form or register online. For more information, contact Katie Hagen at [email protected] or 510-842-5256.
Sunday, February 15
MusicSources
“Harpsichord Suites, Tombeaux, Lamentations” Alina Rotaru, Europe’s newest sensation in the harpsichord world, is acclaimed for her hypnotic interpretations of 17th-century repertoire. She offers us a feast of music by keyboard virtuosi from the courts of Europe, including works of Weckmann, Froberger, Kerll and Louis Couperin.
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]
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