Monday, March 24
Marin Baroque, Daniel Canosa, Director
Jewish Music of the Baroque Marin Baroque Chamber Choir and period instrument Orchestra perform works of Cáceres, Gallichi, Grossi, Lidarti, Rossi, and Saladin, on Both Jewish and non-Jewish composers in France, Italy, and the Netherlands wrote these pieces in Hebrew between 1600 and 1750 to celebrate very special occasions in Jewish life such as the dedication of a synagogue, a circumcision ceremony, and others.
7:30PM
Congregation Emanu-El
2 Lake St., San Francisco
Tickets: 415-497-6634, http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/495295, www.marinbaroque.org, [email protected]
Wednesday, March 26
Mid-Peninsula Recorder Orchestra
Regular meeting, for players of recorder, early winds or early strings. Bring your instrument(s) and music stand.
8–10PM
Music Room number 060, J.L. Stanford Middle School
480 E. Meadow, Palo Alto.
650-591-3648 or www.sfems.org/mpro
 
Friday, March 28
Junior Bach Festival
61st annual Junior Bach Festival continues. The Junior Bach Festival is dedicated to touching young lives by promoting the study and performance of the music of Johann Sebastian Bach. Presented annually about the time of Bach’s birthday, March 21, the Festival features in concert some of the finest young musical talent in California, chosen by audition. Performances are scheduled the weekends of March 21–23 and March 28–30. Nine concerts (all different) at venues around the Bay Area feature young people performing works of Johann Sebastian Bach.
7:30PM
St. John’s Presbyterian Church
2727 College Ave., Berkeley
$15
925-837-1683, [email protected], or www.juniorbach.org.
Lacuna Arts
Artistic director Sven Edward Olbash leads the 16-voice Lacuna Arts Ensemble in a performance of Monteverdi’s Mass for four Voices of 1641 along with motets and choruses by Pergolesi, Carissimi, Giovanni Gabrieli, and Alessandro Scarlatti.
8PM
Swedenborgian Church
2107 Lyon, San Francisco
$30–$40, or $5 off in advance with the promotional code 3ARLY8IRD at www.lacunaarts.org
Saturday, March 29
Cal Performances
Akademie fur Alt Musik Berlin performs J.S. Bach, Sinfonia F Major; W.F. Bach Concerto for Harpsichord in f minor; C.P.E. Bach Sinfonia No. 5 Concerto E-flat Major; and J.C. Bach Symphony Op. 6, No. 6. Boasting some of the finest period-instrument virtuosi in the world, the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin has earned a reputation for technically brilliant, thoughtfully researched, and outright joyful performances. The ensemble balances precision with passion, bringing the work of Baroque masters to life with an uncanny sense of ensemble cohesion and unparalleled interpretive nuance.
8PM
First Congregational Church, 2345 Channing Way (entrance near Dana & Durant Sts.), Berkeley.
$42
https://commerce.cpsma.berkeley.edu/CPPresents/tickets/reserve.aspx?performanceNumber=8708
Junior Bach Festival
61st annual Junior Bach Festival continues. The Junior Bach Festival is dedicated to touching young lives by promoting the study and performance of the music of Johann Sebastian Bach. Presented annually about the time of Bach’s birthday, March 21, the Festival features in concert some of the finest young musical talent in California, chosen by audition. Performances are scheduled the weekends of March 21–23 and March 28–30. Nine concerts (all different) at venues around the Bay Area feature young people performing works of Johann Sebastian Bach.
2PM and 7:30PM concerts
Unitarian Universalist Church
1 Lawson Rd.,Kensington (just East of Berkeley)
$15
925-837-1683, [email protected], or www.juniorbach.org.
Sunday, March 30
East Bay Recorder Society
Annual EBRS Party/Recital! Grab a friend or two; choose a piece of music—5 to 8 minutes, and come play. The music will be followed by a potluck supper.
Please send the pertinent program info to [email protected] by March 26.
4–6PM with downbeat at 4PM
Swedenborgian Church
1422 Navellier St., El Cerrito.
www.eastbayrecorders.org, 510-483-8675 or 415-472-6367
Junior Bach Festival
61st annual Junior Bach Festival concludes. The Junior Bach Festival is dedicated to touching young lives by promoting the study and performance of the music of Johann Sebastian Bach. Presented annually about the time of Bach’s birthday, March 21, the Festival features in concert some of the finest young musical talent in California, chosen by audition. Performances are scheduled the weekends of March 21–23 and March 28–30. Nine concerts (all different) at venues around the Bay Area feature young people performing works of Johann Sebastian Bach.
4PM
Old First Presbyterian Church
1751 Sacramento Street, San Francisco
$17
http://www.oldfirstconcerts.org, 415-474-1608
Lacuna Arts
Artistic director Sven Edward Olbash leads the 16-voice Lacuna Arts Ensemble in a performance of Monteverdi’s Mass for four Voices of 1641 along with motets and choruses by Pergolesi, Carissimi, Giovanni Gabrieli, and Alessandro Scarlatti.
3PM
St. Luke’s Episcopal Church
1755 Clay (San Francisco, CA)
Tickets $30–$40, or $5 off in advance with the promotional code 3ARLY8IRD at www.lacunaarts.org
MusicSources
Janine Johnson, harpsichord, performs music of D’Anglebert, Siret, and Rameau—a feast of French harpsichord music, including Rameau’s Suite in a minor, one of the great masterpieces of all harpsichord repertoire.
5PM
St. Alban’s Episcopal Church
1501 Washington Ave., Albany.
$30/$25/$10
www.musicsources.org, 510-528-1685
