Friday, November 20
Barefoot Chamber Concerts
Ensemble Vermillian (Frances Blaker, recorders; David Wilson, violin; Barbara Blaker Krumdieck, cello) with guest artist Jonathan Salzedo, harpsichord, perform music by Bach, Bertali, Buxtehude, Biber, and Blow. Brought to you, clearly, by the letter B.
6 PM
Parish Hall, St. Mark’s Episopal Church
2300 Bancroft Way, Berkeley
Tickets $15 (new unitary ticket price) 18 and under admitted free and welcome.
Tickets online or at the door
More info at BarefootChamberConcerts.com.
SFEMS presents The Baltimore Consort
“The Food of Love: Songs, Dances and Fancies for Shakespeare” The Baltimore Consort (Mary Anne Ballard, treble & bass viols; Mark Cudek, cittern; Larry Lipkis, bass viol, recorder, krummhorn & gemshorn; Ronn McFarlane, lute; Mindy Rosenfeld, flutes, fifes, bagpipes & krummhorn; and Danielle Svonavec, soprano) perform music for Shakespeare’s plays. There are hundreds of references to music in the Bard’s works. His plays include directions for incidental music—dances, intradas, martial music, and more. They also sometimes call for specific songs. Shakespeare himself authored some of their lyrics, which were set by contemporaneous composers. In other cases, he incorporated popular songs well known to his audience. Baltimore Consort’s program will include music for ten plays, including Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Othello, The Tempest, Twelfth Night, A Winter’s Tale, As You Like It, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Henry IV, and Merry Wives of Windsor. The music will range from sad, sweet songs to broadside ballads, sprightly jigs, and incisive galliards. Some favorite hits on the program include “It Was a Lover and His Lass,” “Full Fathom Five,” “The Willow Song,” and “The Mad, Merry Pranks of Robin Goodfellow.” Read more . . .
8 PM
First Presbyterian Church (note new venue!)
1140 Cowper Street at Lincoln, Palo Alto
Tickets: General $40, Seniors $36, SFEMS Members $34, Students $12
Tickets online or 510-528-1725
www.sfems.org
Sonoma Bach, Robert Worth, Director
“Mozart Requiem: The Story of a Masterwork” When Mozart died at age 35, he left his Requiem Mass very much unfinished. The story of how the “torso” of this work became one of the most beloved classical masterpieces is one of the great tales of music history. Our BachGrounder will explore the compositional history of the Requiem; the concert will present, first, the work exactly as Mozart left it, and then as it is known to the world, as completed by Mozart’s student Franz Xavier Süssmayr. With soloists Dianna Richardson, soprano; Karen Clark, alto; Kyle Stegall, tenor; and Ben Kazez, bass; The Sonoma Bach Choir and Live Oak Baroque Orchestra, Elizabeth Blumenstock, concertmaster.
8 PM BachGrounder lecture/demonstration 35 minutes before each concert
St. Andrew Presbyterian Church
16290 Arnold Drive, Sonoma
$25/$15
Tickets online
www.sonomabach.org or 877-914-2224
Saturday, November 21
Marin Baroque, Daniel Canosa, Music Director
“And all in Friendly Consort Meet….” The celebratory theme of peace calls to us during a period of turmoil and travail in our own time. Join us for this celebration of peace. The concert includes the Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne HWV 74 and the Utrecht Jubilate HWV 279, both works composed by George Frideric Handel around the time of the 1713 Treaty of Utrecht, one of the most important peace agreements in history.
8 PM
First Presbyterian Church San Anselmo
72 Kensington Rd, San Anselmo
$25/$20/$5
Tickets online or at th door.
415-497-6634 [email protected] for more information http://www.marinbaroque.org/
SFEMS presents The Baltimore Consort
“The Food of Love: Songs, Dances and Fancies for Shakespeare” The Baltimore Consort (Mary Anne Ballard, treble & bass viols; Mark Cudek, cittern; Larry Lipkis, bass viol, recorder, krummhorn & gemshorn; Ronn McFarlane, lute; Mindy Rosenfeld, flutes, fifes, bagpipes & krummhorn; and Danielle Svonavec, soprano) perform music for Shakespeare’s plays. There are hundreds of references to music in the Bard’s works. His plays include directions for incidental music—dances, intradas, martial music, and more. They also sometimes call for specific songs. Shakespeare himself authored some of their lyrics, which were set by contemporaneous composers. In other cases, he incorporated popular songs well known to his audience. Baltimore Consort’s program will include music for ten plays, including Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Othello, The Tempest, Twelfth Night, A Winter’s Tale, As You Like It, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Henry IV, and Merry Wives of Windsor. The music will range from sad, sweet songs to broadside ballads, sprightly jigs, and incisive galliards. Some favorite hits on the program include “It Was a Lover and His Lass,” “Full Fathom Five,” “The Willow Song,” and “The Mad, Merry Pranks of Robin Goodfellow.” Read more . . .
7:30 PM Pre-concert talk by Shakespeare scholar and dramaturg Dr. Philippa Kelly 30 minutes before this performance.
St. John’s Presbyterian Church
2727 College Ave at Garber, Berkeley
Tickets: General $40, Seniors $36, SFEMS Members $34, Students $12
Tickets online or 510-528-1725
www.sfems.org
Sunday, November 22
SFEMS presents The Baltimore Consort
“The Food of Love: Songs, Dances and Fancies for Shakespeare” The Baltimore Consort (Mary Anne Ballard, treble & bass viols; Mark Cudek, cittern; Larry Lipkis, bass viol, recorder, krummhorn & gemshorn; Ronn McFarlane, lute; Mindy Rosenfeld, flutes, fifes, bagpipes & krummhorn; and Danielle Svonavec, soprano) perform music for Shakespeare’s plays. There are hundreds of references to music in the Bard’s works. His plays include directions for incidental music—dances, intradas, martial music, and more. They also sometimes call for specific songs. Shakespeare himself authored some of their lyrics, which were set by contemporaneous composers. In other cases, he incorporated popular songs well known to his audience. Baltimore Consort’s program will include music for ten plays, including Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Othello, The Tempest, Twelfth Night, A Winter’s Tale, As You Like It, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Henry IV, and Merry Wives of Windsor. The music will range from sad, sweet songs to broadside ballads, sprightly jigs, and incisive galliards. Some favorite hits on the program include “It Was a Lover and His Lass,” “Full Fathom Five,” “The Willow Song,” and “The Mad, Merry Pranks of Robin Goodfellow.” Read more . . .
4 PM Pre-concert talk by Shakespeare scholar and dramaturg Dr. Philippa Kelly 30 minutes before this performance.
St. Mark’s Lutheran Church
1111 O’Farrell at Gough, San Francisco
Tickets: General $40, Seniors $36, SFEMS Members $34, Students $12
Tickets online or 510-528-1725
www.sfems.org
Sonoma Bach, Robert Worth, Director
“Mozart Requiem: The Story of a Masterwork” When Mozart died at age 35, he left his Requiem Mass very much unfinished. The story of how the “torso” of this work became one of the most beloved classical masterpieces is one of the great tales of music history. Our BachGrounder will explore the compositional history of the Requiem; the concert will present, first, the work exactly as Mozart left it, and then as it is known to the world, as completed by Mozart’s student Franz Xavier Süssmayr. With soloists Dianna Richardson, soprano; Karen Clark, alto; Kyle Stegall, tenor; and Ben Kazez, bass; The Sonoma Bach Choir and Live Oak Baroque Orchestra, Elizabeth Blumenstock, concertmaster.
7 PM
St. Vincent de Paul Church
35 Liberty St., Petaluma
$25/$15
Tickets online
www.sonomabach.org or 877-914-2224
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