Calendar: September 5–11, 2016

Tuesday, September 6

Sacramento Recorder Society
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Regular meeting for recorder players, with guest conductor Hanneke van Proosdij. 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
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Friday, September 9

East Bay Chapter, ARS
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Monthly playing session with guest conductor Hanneke van Proosdij. New members and guests welcome.

7:30–10 PM
Zion Lutheran Church
5201 Park Blvd., Oakland
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South Bay Recorder Society
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Monthly meeting, guest conductor Joyce Johnson-Hamilton. New members and guests welcome.

7:30–10 PM
First Congregational Church of San Jose
1980 Hamilton Ave (at Leigh), San Jose
408-358-0878 or [email protected]

 


Saturday, September 10

Sonoma County Recorder Society
carslake louise picLouise Carslake directs a workshop for recorders and viols on “Renaissance P.R. Music.” Be they emperors, kings, queens, dukes, or doges, the rulers of Renaissance Europe desired to spread the word of the power and culture of their courts. They hired, painters, poets, philosophers, artisans, performers, and of course composers. Come join us for an afternoon of public relations and propaganda music about some of the notable rulers of the Renaissance. Doors will open at 11 AM for lunch served by the Sonoma County Recorder Society. There will be an informal gathering at 6 PM at the Union Hotel in Occidental.

12–4 PM
Occidental Center for the Arts
3850 Doris Murphy Court (just off the Bohemian Hwy at Graton Rd.)
Occidental
$35
Registration form

Viola da Gamba Society/Pacifica Chapter
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Monthly viol consort playing with guest coach David Morris. Players of all levels welcome. Newcomers please phone ahead.

9 AM–3 PM
Hillside Church
1422 Navellier Street, El Cerrito
RSVP. Please email or phone ahead.
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Sunday, September 11

New Esterházy Quartet
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“Gemstones from The Viennese Tradition” The New Esterházy Quartet (Kati Kyme & Lisa Weiss, violins; Anthony Martin, viola; William Skeen, cello) perform music for string quartet by the Viennese “Big Three,” Mozart, Haydn, & Beethoven, including Mozart, Overture to Così fan tutte; Haydn: Quartet in F, Op. 77 No. 2; and the first movement of Beethoven, Quartet in E Minor, Op. 59 No. 2.

4:30PM
California Jazz Conservatory
2087 Addison St., Berkeley
$20
Tickets online

Second Sundays Concert Series
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“Gemstones from The Viennese Tradition” The New Esterházy Quartet (Kati Kyme & Lisa Weiss, violins; Anthony Martin, viola; William Skeen, cello) perform music for string quartet by the Viennese “Big Three,” Mozart, Haydn, & Beethoven, including Mozart, Overture to Così fan tutte; Haydn: Quartet in F, Op. 77 No. 2; and the first movement of Beethoven, Quartet in E Minor, Op. 59 No. 2.

7:30 PM
Swedenborgian Church
2107 Lyon Street (corner of Washington St.), San Francisco
$20
Tickets online or at the door
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Written by Jonathan Harris