Calendar: November 14–20, 2016

Wednesday, November 16

San Francisco Recorder Society
Monthly playing session with conductor Shira Kammen. New members and guests welcome.

7:30 PM–9:30 PM
Christ Church Lutheran
1090 Quintara St. (at 20th Ave.), San Francisco.
Non-members $10 fee applied to membership.
For more information contact Florence Kress: 415-731-9709, [email protected]
arssanfrancisco.org/

Friday, November 18

Sonoma Bach
“A Grateful Heart: Songs of Praise and Thanksgiving” Circa 1600 chamber choir, Live Oak Baroque Orchestra, and the Young People’s Chamber Orchestra, directed by Elizabeth Blumenstock, Aaron Westman, and Robert Worth, join together for a concert bursting with the true spirit of Thanksgiving. Spine-tingling and roof-raising psalm settings range from spare Medieval recitation tones to magnificent Venetian polyphonic works to the high Baroque cantata. The Santa Rosa Symphony’s outstanding Young People’s Chamber Orchestra joins with LOBO for the concert finale. Composers featured include Ludwig Senfl, Claudio Monteverdi, Antonio Vivaldi, and J.S. Bach.

8 PM BachGrounder lecture/demonstration 35 minutes before each concert
Schroeder Hall, Green Music Center
1801 E. Cotati Ave., Rohnert Park
$25/$15
Tickets online
www.sonomabach.org or 877-914-2224

Saturday, November 19

Marin Baroque, Daniel Canosa, Music Director
“A Girl Called Mary” Join Marin Baroque Chamber Choir with soloists Rosemary Beecher Bryant, soprano; Dan Cromeenes, countertenor; Maxine Nemerovsky and Gabrielle Wunsch, violins; Margaret Eldridge, viola; Farley Pearce, violoncello; John Dornenburg, violone; and Eugene Petrushansky, harpsichord, for a concert journey through Mary’s life with the poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke and beautiful Italian music from the 16th through the 18th centuries. The performance will include Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater, Vivaldi’s Magnificat, and works by Monteverdi, Grandi, de Rore, and others.

8 PM Silent auction 6:30–7:20 PM Complimentary wine reception immediately follows the concert.
First Presbyterian Church
72 Kensington Rd., San Anselmo
Tickets: $30/$25/$5, http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2579738
Or contact us 415-497-6634 or [email protected]
http://www.marinbaroque.org/

Sonoma Bach
“A Grateful Heart: Songs of Praise and Thanksgiving” Circa 1600 chamber choir, Live Oak Baroque Orchestra, and the Young People’s Chamber Orchestra, directed by Elizabeth Blumenstock, Aaron Westman, and Robert Worth, join together for a concert bursting with the true spirit of Thanksgiving. Spine-tingling and roof-raising psalm settings range from spare Medieval recitation tones to magnificent Venetian polyphonic works to the high Baroque cantata. The Santa Rosa Symphony’s outstanding Young People’s Chamber Orchestra joins with LOBO for the concert finale. Composers featured include Ludwig Senfl, Claudio Monteverdi, Antonio Vivaldi, and J.S. Bach.

8 PM BachGrounder lecture/demonstration 35 minutes before each concert
Schroeder Hall, Green Music Center
1801 E. Cotati Ave., Rohnert Park
$25/$15
Tickets online
www.sonomabach.org or 877-914-2224

Trinity Chamber Concerts
“New Wine in Old Bottles” Anthony Martin, violin; and Katherine Heater, harpsichord, perform a program of old and new music, from J.S. and C.P.E. Bach to Ravel and Milhaud to Stravinsky and Schönberg to Ligeti and Ron McKean. Read more . . .

8 PM
Trinity Chapel
2320 Dana, Berkeley
$20 general; $15 senior/students

Sunday, November 20

San Francisco Recorder Society
“Draw on, Sweet Night,” the San Francisco Recorder Society’s annual concert. Named for the beautiful 6-part madrigal by John Wilbye, our concert will be both uplifting and peaceful. Please join members and friends of the San Francisco Recorder Society for music and camaraderie as we welcome Fall … and the end of the election. Light refreshments will follow the concert in the parish hall. We hope you will attend, and will share this invitation with friends and family who would enjoy an afternoon of relaxing recorder music. We love our audience!

2 PM
Christ Church Lutheran
1090 Quintara Street (at 20th Ave.), San Francisco
Admission is free but donations are greatly appreciated and will benefit SFRS and Christ Church Lutheran, who so generously provide the space for our events.
Information: [email protected].

Les Violettes
“Standards from the Baroque and Beyond” Les Violettes (Corey Carleton, soprano; Colin Shipman, viol; Violet Grgich, harpsichord) return to California Jazz Academy with a focus on songwriting in the baroque period. Over the last 500 years song topics and structures haven’t changed much, and yet still continue to engage audiences on a personal level. Expect a fun night of Purcell, Dowland, Frescobaldi and Monteverdi songs, peppered with contemporary standards “a la baroque” by Costello, McCartney, and more.