Tuesday, May 3
Berkeley Baroque Strings
“Gods and Heroes” Kati Kyme directs the ensemble in works of Henry Purcell and George Frideric Handel, including Purcell’s Suites from King Arthur and The Fairy Queen; and Overtures from Handel’s Hercules, Xerxes, and Judas Maccabeus.
7:30 PM
St. Clement’s Episcopal Church
2837 Claremont Blvd., Berkeley.
Free (donations gratefully accepted)
www.berkeleybaroquestrings.org
Sacramento Recorder Society
Regular meeting for recorder players, with guest conductor Joyce Johnson Hamilton. Newcomers welcome. Bring recorders, stand, and other early instruments. Music provided. Refreshments.
6:45–9:30 PM
Friends Meeting House
890 57th St., between H and J, Sacramento.
sacrecorders.wordpress.com
Friday, May 6
East Bay Chapter, ARS
Monthly playing session with guest conductor David Morris. New members and guests welcome.
7:30–10 PM
Zion Lutheran Church
5201 Park Blvd., Oakland.
http://www.symbolicsolutions.com/ebrs-web2015/index.html
Saturday, May 7
Mid-Peninsula Recorder Orchestra, Frederic Palmer, Director
Spring concert, featuring the canzona La Spiritata by Giovanni Gabrieli, a movement from Bach’s Orchestral Suite No. 4, The Liberty Bell March by John Philip Sousa, a medieval motet by Oswald von Wolkenstein, and the suite La Joie by Georg Philipp Telemann.
2 PM
Trinity Presbyterian Church
1106 Alameda de las Pulgas, San Carlos
Free
http://mpro-online.org/ or 650-591-3648
Amy Michele White and Dominic Schaner
“Ávila: Musicians & Mystics of Sixteenth Century Spain” Amy Michele White (voice) and Dominic Schaner (lute/guitar/vihuela) delight in bringing early medieval music to modern audiences. In this concert, they will perform selections from the vihuela literature of the Golden Age of Spain, Medieval music associated with contemplative pilgrimage and Marian devotion, and new music setting the mystical works of Teresa of Ávila and John of the Cross in meditative solos and reflective songs. White and Schaner explore themes of contemplation, inward reflection, mysticism and poetic vision. Their music seeks to divine a glimpse of poetry and mysticism through fleeting and free spirited improvisation, contemplative solos and dramatic songs interspersed with quiet instrumental meditations and select recitations.
7 PM
Numina Center for Spirituality & the Arts
Episcopal Church of the Incarnation
550 Mendocino Avenue, Santa Rosa CA
http://numinacenter.org/event/avila-musicians-mystics-of-sixteenth-century-spain/
Sunday, May 8
Chamber Music San Francisco presents Archetti Baroque String Ensemble
These virtuosic, ebullient works reflect one of the happiest and most productive periods in Bach’s life, when he was the music director in the small town of Coethen, and they remain enduringly popular. Our annual tradition of presenting these merry masterpieces continues, featuring the dazzling string ensemble Archetti. They will perform Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 along with works by Corelli, Telemann, Purcell, Locatelli and Handel.
3 PM
Herbst Theatre
401 Van Ness Ave., San Francisco
$36 to $48
415-392-4400, www.chambermusicsf.org
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