Tuesday, March 24
First Church Performance Series
“Resonance.” Some of America’s finest early music specialists—bassoonist Kate Van Orden, harpsichordist Davitt Moroney, and cellists Elisabeth Reed and Tanya Tomkins—join forces in a live program of French Baroque music. (Sponsored in part by Benvenue House Music)
7:30 PM
Loper Chapel, First Congregational Church
2345 Channing Way (entrance on Dana St. south of Durant), Berkeley
Tickets General admission $22; Seniors (65 and over) $15; First Church members and students, children under 18, $10
Wednesday, March 25
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, March 27
The Albany Consort
A program of baroque music, including Johann Sebastian Bach, Concerto for Oboe and Violin; George Frideric Handel, Ariodante Suite; Johann David Heinichen, wind concertos; and Georg Philipp Telemann, Trio for Recorder, Horn and Continuo.
12:30 PM
Stanford Hospital Atrium
300 Pasteur Dr., Palo Alto
FREE
Black Box Baroque and The Albany Consort
George Friederic Handel’s opera Ariodante (1735) Ginevra, a Scottish princess, is in love with Ariodante. Polinesso, his evil rival, hatches a plan to win Ginevra and gain the throne. Deception and scandal in Scotland meet thrillingly virtuosic singing in Handel’s glorious music. With soloists Danielle Reutter-Harrah as Ariodante; Kelly Rubinsohn as Ginevra; Ellen Presley as Polinesso; Sara Hagenbuchas Dalinda; Jonathan Smucker as Lurcani; Ben Kazez as Re di Scozia; and David Oorbeck asOdoardo.
8 PM
Exit Theater
156 Eddy, San Francisco
$25/$15
Tickets
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan, Conductor
“Italian Baroque Music from the Jewish Ghetto” A new concert experience! Join conductor Nicholas McGegan for a guided tour of the music of Salomone Rossi from 17th-century Italy, complete with multimedia, performances and a Q&A. Stay after to meet the conductor and musicians, and see their beautiful period instruments up close. Enjoy complimentary wine in the atrium.
8 PM
Jewish Community Center
3200 Sacramento Street, San Francisco
$25
Tickets online or 415-292-1200
San Francisco Early Music Society presents Artifice
“Resonance of Salzburg: Biber, Vilsmayr, Muffat” Cynthia Freivogel, violin; Tekla Cunningham, violin & viola d’amore; Katherine Heater, harpsichord; Daniel Zuluaga, lute, guitar & theorbo; and Elisabeth Reed, cello & viola da gamba, perform works of Salzburg composers from the middle baroque era. Salzburg was a flourishing musical center well before Mozart, its most famous son, was born. During the late 17th and early 18th centuries, it was home to such brilliant composers as Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber, Johann Joseph Vilsmayr, and Georg Muffat, whose daring sonatas and elegant concerti still resonate as some of the era’s finest string music. Read more . . .
8 PM
First Lutheran Church
600 Homer Street at Webster, Palo Alto
General $35, Seniors $32, SFEMS Members $30, Students $12
Tickets, 510-528-1725
Saturday, March 28
Black Box Baroque and The Albany Consort
George Friederic Handel’s opera Ariodante (1735) Ginevra, a Scottish princess, is in love with Ariodante. Polinesso, his evil rival, hatches a plan to win Ginevra and gain the throne. Deception and scandal in Scotland meet thrillingly virtuosic singing in Handel’s glorious music. With soloists Danielle Reutter-Harrah as Ariodante; Kelly Rubinsohn as Ginevra; Ellen Presley as Polinesso; Sara Hagenbuchas Dalinda; Jonathan Smucker as Lurcani; Ben Kazez as Re di Scozia; and David Oorbeck asOdoardo.
8 PM
Exit Theater
156 Eddy, San Francisco
$25/$15
Tickets
Cal Performances
Davitt Moroney, harpsichord, performs J.S. Bach, Fantasia and Fugue in A minor, BWV 944; Fantasia and Fugue in A minor, BWV 904; Fantasia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 906 [completed by Davitt Moroney]; and Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue, in D minor, BWV 903.
8 PM
Hertz Hall, University of California campus
Berkeley
$42
Tickets online or 510-642-9988
Marin Baroque, Daniel Canosa, Conductor
“Birds of Paradise: Exotic Music of the Old and New Worlds.” Jean-Philippe Rameau, Suite from Les Indes Galantes; Clément Janequin, Le Chant des Oiseaux; Mateo Flecha, Negrilla a 4: San Sebaya Gugurumbe; and music from the Spanish cathedrals and missions of Guatemala, Peru, and Bolivia, including works of Gaspar Fernandes, Domenico Zipoli, et al.
8 PM
First Presbyterian Church
72 Kensington Rd., San Anselmo
Tickets: $25 (General); $20 (Seniors & Students); $5 (Children 10 and under)
Tickets available online
Information: 415-497-6634, [email protected] or www.marinbaroque.org
San Francisco Early Music Society presents Artifice
“Resonance of Salzburg: Biber, Vilsmayr, Muffat” Cynthia Freivogel, violin; Tekla Cunningham, violin & viola d’amore; Katherine Heater, harpsichord; Daniel Zuluaga, lute, guitar & theorbo; and Elisabeth Reed, cello & viola da gamba, perform works of Salzburg composers from the middle baroque era. Salzburg was a flourishing musical center well before Mozart, its most famous son, was born. During the late 17th and early 18th centuries, it was home to such brilliant composers as Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber, Johann Joseph Vilsmayr, and Georg Muffat, whose daring sonatas and elegant concerti still resonate as some of the era’s finest string music. Read more . . .
7:30 PM
St. John’s Presbyterian Church
2727 College Ave. at Garber, Berkeley
General $35, Seniors $32, SFEMS Members $30, Students $12
Tickets, 510-528-1725
South Bay Recorder Society
“Macromusic,” a worshop directed by Glen Shannon on ensemble playing. Please bring your instruments, music stand, and your lunch. Hot and cold beverages and snacks will be provided during breaks. Full- and half-day options. Read more . . .
9 AM–4 PM
First Congregational Church,
1980 Hamilton Avenue (corner of Leigh), San Jose.
Fees: all-day (9 AM–4 PM ) $45 in advance or $50 at the door; half-day 9 AM–Noon or 1–4 PM $25 advance, $30 door.
Download a registration form. For more information, contact Liz Brownell at 650-223-7139 or visit sfems.org/sbrs
Sunday, March 29
The Albany Consort
A program of baroque music, including Johann Sebastian Bach, Concerto for Oboe and Violin; George Frideric Handel, Ariodante Suite; Johann David Heinichen, wind concertos; and Georg Philipp Telemann, Trio for Recorder, Horn and Continuo.
4 PM
Christian Science Organization
2601 Durant, Berkeley
$30/$25/$20
http://www.albanyconsort.com/tickets/
Marin Baroque, Daniel Canosa, Conductor
“Birds of Paradise: Exotic Music of the Old and New Worlds.” Jean-Philippe Rameau, Suite from Les Indes Galantes; Clément Janequin, Le Chant des Oiseaux; Mateo Flecha, Negrilla a 4: San Sebaya Gugurumbe; and music from the Spanish cathedrals and missions of Guatemala, Peru, and Bolivia, including works of Gaspar Fernandes, Domenico Zipoli, et al.
8 PM
La Peña Cultural Center
3105 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley
Tickets: $25 (General); $20 (Seniors & Students); $5 (Children 10 and under)
Tickets available online
Information: 415-497-6634, [email protected] or www.marinbaroque.org
San Francisco Early Music Society presents Artifice
“Resonance of Salzburg: Biber, Vilsmayr, Muffat” Cynthia Freivogel, violin; Tekla Cunningham, violin & viola d’amore; Katherine Heater, harpsichord; Daniel Zuluaga, lute, guitar & theorbo; and Elisabeth Reed, cello & viola da gamba, perform works of Salzburg composers from the middle baroque era. Salzburg was a flourishing musical center well before Mozart, its most famous son, was born. During the late 17th and early 18th centuries, it was home to such brilliant composers as Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber, Johann Joseph Vilsmayr, and Georg Muffat, whose daring sonatas and elegant concerti still resonate as some of the era’s finest string music. Read more . . .
4 PM
St. Mark’s Lutheran Church
1111 O’Farrell Street at Gough, San Francisco
General $35, Seniors $32, SFEMS Members $30, Students $12
Tickets, 510-528-1725
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