Wednesday, January 13
UC Davis Music Department
The Orlando Consort performs selections of motets and masses by Cipriano de Rore, as well as three treatments of Anchor che col partire, including one by faculty composer Pablo Ortiz.
8 PM
Robert and Margrit Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts
One Shields Avenue, Davis
Free
866-754-2787
Thursday, January 14
John Dornenburg, viola da gamba, and Yuko Tanaka, harpsichord
John Dornenburg and Yuko Tanaka perform a program of 17th- and 8th-c. music, including Marin Marais’ Suite in G Major (Prelude, Sarabande La Désolée, La Guitare, Le Jeu du volant, and Chaconnne) and the monumental Couplets de Folie, H.I.F. Biber’s recently discovered Toccata for viola da gamba and b.c., and G.Ph. Telemann’s Sonata in E minor.
7:30 PM
Memorial Church Chapel
450 Serra Mall, Stanford
$15
Friday, January 15
Barefoot Chamber Concerts
“L’Ange et le Diable” For the third concert of its 7th season, Barefoot is delighted to be able to host the return of the Bay Area’s star viola da gamba and harpsichord duo, Lynn Tetenbaum and Katherine Heater. This time they are featuring the very special music of Marin Marais and Antoine Forqueray. Together these two composers (and viol players) dominate French music for the viola da gamba (the most succulent chamber repertoire of the Bourbon court). Yet, they disliked each other intensely, and were so different in musical style as to earn the nicknames “The Angel” and “The Devil”. Everyone loved Marais, he had 19 children and was charming. Forqueray had one son, (whom he disowned and had imprisoned and banished from the country on a fabricated charge) and while his compositions were amazing and his playing was fabulous, his personality was famously unpleasant. Their music is as different as cream and cognac. But what a great combination for a dessert or a concert! In the perfect wooden acoustic of St. Mark’s Parish Hall, this will be an unmissable concert. The program will be approximately 60–75 minutes with no intermission. The usual light refreshments will be available.
6 PM
Parish Hall, St. Mark’s Episcopal Church
2300 Bancroft Way, Berkeley
Tickets $15 (new unitary ticket price) 18 and under admitted free and welcome.
New Esterházy Quartet
“Haydn & His Students VIII” For the eighth episode in their “Haydn and His Students” series, the New Esterházy Quartet follow their successful recipe of featuring one quartet by Haydn, one by Beethoven, and one by a less famous student. This time the spotlight is on János Spech, a Hungarian composer who after his studies with Haydn set out to compose more than forty collections of chamber music.
8PM
Hillside Club
2286 Cedar Street (at Arch), Berkeley
$20, tickets for this Friday concert sold only at the door
Saturday, January 16
New Esterházy Quartet
“Haydn & His Students VIII” For the eighth episode in their “Haydn and His Students” series, the New Esterházy Quartet follow their successful recipe of featuring one quartet by Haydn, one by Beethoven, and one by a less famous student. This time the spotlight is on János Spech, a Hungarian composer who after his studies with Haydn set out to compose more than forty collections of chamber music.
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, January 17
New Esterházy Quartet
“Haydn & His Students VIII” For the eighth episode in their “Haydn and His Students” series, the New Esterházy Quartet follow their successful recipe of featuring one quartet by Haydn, one by Beethoven, and one by a less famous student. This time the spotlight is on János Spech, a Hungarian composer who after his studies with Haydn set out to compose more than forty collections of chamber music.
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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