Calendar of Early Music

Monday, February 20

Elaine Thornburgh and Elizabeth Blumenstock:
“Passion and Fire.”
Elaine Thornburgh, harpsichord, and Elizabeth Blumenstock, violin, perform baroque music by Schmelzer, Biber, Froberger, J.S. Bach, Telemann, Balbastre, and LeClair.
8PM
Memorial Church, Main Quad.
Stanford University, Palo Alto.
$10/$9/$5
music.stanford.edu/Events/calendar.html

Wednesday, February 22

Mid-Peninsula Recorder Orchestra
Regular meeting, for players of recorder, early winds or early strings. Bring your instrument(s) and music stand.
7:30–9:30PM
Music Room number 060
J.L. Stanford Middle School
480 E. Meadow, Palo Alto.
650-591-3648 or www.sfems.org/mpro

Thursday, February 23

Sonoma Bach: Historical Dance Classes continue. See February 9
Three beginning-level classes, the first of which will introduce an Italian Renaissance dance from Caroso’s 1581 Il ballarino. Other topics will include the minuet and a Playford dance. No need to be a dancer or musician. All are welcome, but space is limited and online registration is recommended.
6:30–8PM
Arlene Francis Center
99 W. 6th St., Santa Rosa.
$20
cheryl@sonomabach.org

Friday, February 24

American Bach Soloists, Jeffrey Thomas director.
J.S. Bach’s St. Matthew Passion
Soloists Wesley Rogers, tenor (Evangelista); Joshua Copeland, baritone (Christus); sopranos Clara Rottsolk & Anne-Kathryn Olsen; countertenor Jay Carter; alto Danielle Reutter-Harrah; tenors Derek Chester & Aaron Sheehan; baritones Mischa Bouvier baritone & Robert Stafford, and the American Bach Choir & Pacific Boychoir.
7:30PM
St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church
3 Bay View Ave., Belvedere.
$53–$18
415-621-7900; www.americanbach.org; info@americanbach.org, americanbach.tix.com/Event.asp?Event=365812

Saturday, February 25

American Bach Soloists repeats program of February 24.
J.S. Bach’s St. Matthew Passion
7:30PM
First Congregational Church
Dana & Durant, Berkeley.
$53–$18
415-621-7900; www.americanbach.org; info@americanbach.org, americanbach.tix.com/Event.asp?Event=365825

 San Francisco Chapter, ARS
“Tales of the City—London, Rome, Venice, Paris and beyond!”
A workshop for recorder players directed by Louise Carslake and Hanneke van Proosdij exploring the cities of Europe with music from the Middle Ages to today.
10:30AM–5PM
Christ Church Lutheran
1090 Quintara St. (at 20th Ave.)
San Francisco.
$45
gr8asf@yahoo.com

Singers’ Retreat
Weekend workshop for singers, studying and performing works of Renaissance polyphony. Dr. William Mahrt will direct singers in the Missa Aspice Domine by Cristóbal de Morales, plus related and contemporaneous works. Two day workshop includes mini-lectures, rehearsals, happy hour, snack bar, 3 catered meals, and Sunday afternoon performance.
9AM
Saturday through 5:30PM Sunday.
San Francisco Theological Seminary
San Anselmo
$115 (accommodations & dinner optional).
PRE-REGISTRATION REQUIRED. 510-848-5591, 510-778-3253, or Singers.Retreat@gmail.com

Sunday, February 26

American Bach Soloists repeats program of February 24.
J.S. Bach’s St. Matthew Passion
7PM
St. Mark’s Lutheran Church
1111 O’Farrell St., San Francisco.
415-621-7900; www.americanbach.org; info@americanbach.org, americanbach.tix.com/Event.asp?Event=365850

Singers’ Retreat
William Mahrt Director, performs Morales’ Missa Aspice Domine and other works.
4PM
San Francisco Theological Seminary
San Anselmo
Singers.Retreat@gmail.com

Eugene Petrushansky, harpsichord
“A Lenten Harpsichord Recital”
Eugene Petrushansky plays a program of 17th-century keyboard music, including works of Peter Philips, d’Anglebert, Poglietti, and Froberger, on a harpsichord modeled on Italian instruments circa 1600.
2PM
St. Ann Chapel
541 Melville Ave, Palo Alto, CA.
$8 Children and students free.
espbaroque.wordpress.com/

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Wednesday, February 15

Mid-Peninsula Recorder Orchestra
Regular meeting, for players of recorder, early winds or early strings. Bring your instrument(s) and music stand.
7:30–9:30PM
Music Room number 060, J.L. Stanford Middle School
480 E. Meadow, Palo Alto.
650-591-3648 or www.sfems.org/mpro

San Francisco Chapter, ARS
Monthly playing session. New members and guests welcome.
7:30PM–9:30PM
Christ Church Lutheran,
1090 Quintara St. (at 20th Ave.), San Francisco.
Non-members $10 fee applied to membership. http://arssanfrancisco.org/

Thursday, February 16

Musica Pacifica
“Dancing in the Isles—the Sequel.”
Elizabeth Blumenstock, violin; Judith Linsenberg, recorder; Charles Sherman, harpsichord; and Shirley Hunt, gamba, perform a new program of baroque and traditional music from England, Scotland, and Ireland in Musica Pacifica’s own arrangements.
7:30PM
Ashkenaz,
1317 San Pablo Ave., Berkeley
www.ashkenaz.com

Sonoma Bach: Historical Dance Classes continue.
Three beginning-level classes, the first of which will introduce an Italian Renaissance dance from Caroso’s 1581 Il ballarino. Other topics will include the minuet and a Playford dance. No need to be a dancer or musician. All are welcome, but space is limited and online registration is recommended.
6:30–8PM
Arlene Francis Center
99 W. 6th St., Santa Rosa.
$20
cheryl@sonomabach.org

Friday, February 17

Barefoot Chamber Concerts
“Violino Solo Senza Basso”
Carla Moore performs first sonata for unaccompanied violin and several works from Weimar that influenced Bach, plus a piece that was inspired by Bach.
6PM
Parish Hall of St. Mark’s Episcopal Church
2300 Bancroft Way, Berkeley.
$15/$10
Program lasts approximately 75 minutes with no intermission. Light refreshments will be available.
brownpapertickets.com/event/196710 or www.BarefootChamberConcerts.com.

Magnificat, Warren Stewart, Director
“Madrigals of War & Love.”
Selections from Claudio Monteverdi’s 8th Book of Madrigals, including Hor che’l ciel e la terra, Lamento della Ninfa and Il Ballo delle Ingrate. Featuring Catherine Webster and Jennifer Ellis Kampani, soprano; Andrew Rader, countertenor; Paul Elliott and Daniel Hutchings, tenor; and Peter Becker, bass.
7:30PM (Preconcert lecture 45 minutes before performance)
St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church,
751 Waverley St., Palo Alto.
$35/$28/$12
http://magnificatbaroque.com/tickets/ 800-595-4849.

WAVE (Women’s Antique Vocal Ensemble), Cindy Beitmen, Director
“The Mission Project”
A concert of Latin American colonial music at the opening event for the California Mission Studies Association Annual Conference (CMSA), featuring works of Morales, Victoria, Guerrero, Palestrina, Durón, Lopes Capillas, Franco, Padilla, Zéspedes, Araujo, et al. Guest instrumentalists include Joyce Johnson-Hamilton, cornetto & trumpet; Shirley Hunt, viola da gamba; Howard Kadis, lute & archlute; Mary Prout, viola da gamba; Aaron Westman, violin, viola. The concert will be preceded by a short keynote address followed by a Miwok Indian blessing.
7PM
Mission San Rafael
1104 5th Avenue, San Rafael.
$20/$10
www.wavewomen.org, wavewomen@netzero.net, 510-233-1479

Saturday, February 18

Live at Mission Blue
“Music of 17th-c. Spain”
HungHae Kim, harpsichord, Kevin Cooper baroque guitar, and Kevin Reed percussion perform works of Gaspar Sanz, Francisco Guerau, Santiago de Murcia, Antonio Soler, and Domenico Scarlatti.
8PM Pre-concert talk at 7:30 Mission Blue Center
475 Mission Blue Drive, Brisbane.
$20/$15 www.LiveAtMissionBlue.com

Magnificat repeats program of February 17.
“Madrigals of War & Love.”
Selections from Claudio Monteverdi’s 8th Book of Madrigals, including Hor che’l ciel e la terra, Lamento della Ninfa and Il Ballo delle Ingrate.
7:30PM
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church
Ellsworth & Bancroft, Berkeley.
http://magnificatbaroque.com/tickets/

Musica Pacifica repeats program of February 16
“Dancing in the Isles—the Sequel.”
Elizabeth Blumenstock, violin; Judith Linsenberg, recorder; Charles Sherman, harpsichord; and Shirley Hunt, gamba.
8PM
First Lutheran Church
600 Homer Ave., Palo Alto.
$10–$20
brownpapertickets.com/event/217929

Sunday, February 19

Magnificat repeats program of February 17.
“Madrigals of War & Love.”
Selections from Claudio Monteverdi’s 8th Book of Madrigals, including Hor che’l ciel e la terra, Lamento della Ninfa and Il Ballo delle Ingrate.
4PM
St. Mark’s Lutheran Church
1111 O’Farrell St., San Francisco.

http://magnificatbaroque.com/tickets/

Musica Pacifica repeats program of February 16
“Dancing in the Isles—the Sequel.”
Elizabeth Blumenstock, violin; Judith Linsenberg, recorder; Charles Sherman, harpsichord; and Shirley Hunt, gamba.
4PM
Noe Valley Chamber Music
Most Holy Innocents Episcopal Church
455 Fair Oaks Street (between 25th and 26th Streets), San Francisco.
$20
www.nvcm.org/tickets/

MusicSources
Italian harpsichordist Francesco Corti performs works of J.S. Bach and his Germanic contemporaries.
5PM
St. Mary Magdalen Parish,
2005 Berryman St., Berkeley.
$30/$25
510-528-1685 or www.musicsources.org

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Tuesday, February 7

Sacramento Recorder Society
Regular meeting for recorder players, with guest conductor Glen Shannon. Newcomers welcome. Bring recorders, stand, and other early instruments. Music provided. Refreshments.
6:45–9:15PM
Friends Meeting House
890 57th St., between H and J, Sacramento.
marschif@gmail.com

Thursday, February 9

Musical Waves
Baroque Violin Sonatas of Bach, Schmelzer, LeClair, and Biber.
Elizabeth Blumenstock, violin and Ilana Bar-David/Elaine Thornburgh, harpsichord
7:30PM
510 48th Avenue
Reception to follow
Send $20 to Ilana Bar-David, 510-48th Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94121 to reserve your seat. Seating is limited, parking ample. 415/387-6890

Sonoma Bach: Historical Dance Classes
Three beginning-level classes, the first of which will introduce an Italian Renaissance dance from Caroso’s 1581 Il ballarino. Other topics will include the minuet and a Playford dance. No need to be a dancer or musician. All are welcome, but space is limited and online registration is recommended.
6:30–8PM
Arlene Francis Center
99 W. 6th St., Santa Rosa.
$20
cheryl@sonomabach.org

Friday, February 10

SFEMS presents Harmonia Felice
Elizabeth Blumenstock and Katherine Kyme, violin; Amy Brodo and
William Skeen, violoncello & viola da gamba; Katherine Heater, harpsichord
“Le Virtuose Sublime: Music of the French Baroque.”
Sublime, spiritual, and sensual music for varied combinations of instruments, including gamba, cello, violin, and harpsichord as expressed in the works of Elizabeth Claude Jacquet de La Guerre, Marin Marais, Jean-Baptiste Barrière, and François Couperin.
8PM
First Lutheran Church
600 Homer at Webster, Palo Alto.
$35/$30/$28
510-528-1725 or www.sfems.org

South Bay Recorder Society
Monthly meeting, guest conductor Hanneke van Proosdij. New members and guests welcomed.
7:30–10PM
First Congregational Church of San Jose
1980 Hamilton Ave. (at Leigh), San Jose.
408-358-0878 or zilbrown@aol.com

 Saturday, February 11

American Bach Soloists, Jeffrey Thomas director.
Choral workshop on featured choruses from J.S. Bach’s St. John and St. Matthew Passions.
9:30AM–4PM
St. Mark’s Lutheran Church
1111 O’Farrell St., San Francisco.
Free and open to the public, but pre-registration required. americanbach.org/workshop/index.html

 SFEMS repeats Harmonia Felice program of February 10.
Elizabeth Blumenstock and Katherine Kyme, violin; Amy Brodo and
William Skeen, violoncello & viola da gamba; Katherine Heater, harpsichord
“Le Virtuose Sublime: Music of the French Baroque.”
Sublime, spiritual, and sensual music for varied combinations of instruments, including gamba, cello, violin, and harpsichord as expressed in the works of Elizabeth Claude Jacquet de La Guerre, Marin Marais, Jean-Baptiste Barrière, and François Couperin.
7:30PM
St. John’s Presbyterian Church
2727 College at Garber, Berkeley.
510-528-1725 or www.sfems.org

Santa Cruz Baroque Festival
“Exotic Baroque.”
The opening event of this year’s Festival features familiar baroque works interpreted on unexpected instruments. Shoko Ikage’s California Koto Ensemble plays Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons; William Winant’s Bach on Bars marimba ensemble and Mesut Özgen’s Santa Cruz Guitar Orchestra perform works of J.S. Bach.
7:30PM
UC Santa Cruz Recital Hall
UCSC Campus, Santa Cruz.
$23/$17/$6/$3 ($3 parking charge)
831-457-9693 or www.scbaroque.org

 Sonoma Bach
“Soulmization—Climbing the Stairway to Heaven.”
The Monteverdi Consort performs spiritual music in which the solfège syllables-ut-re-mi-fa-sol-la-play a structural and often symbolic role. Including the Missa La sol fa re mi (Josquin Desprez); an Ut re mi fa sol la compilation mass, with movements by Burton, Brumel, Morales, Palestrina, Roussel; and a pair of Josquin motets.
8PM
Holy Family Episcopal Church
1500 E Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park.
$10–18 877-914-BACH www.sonomabach.org

Sunday, February 12

SFEMS repeats Harmonia Felice program of February 10.
Elizabeth Blumenstock and Katherine Kyme, violin; Amy Brodo and
William Skeen, violoncello & viola da gamba; Katherine Heater, harpsichord
“Le Virtuose Sublime: Music of the French Baroque.” Sublime, spiritual, and sensual music for varied combinations of instruments, including gamba, cello, violin, and harpsichord as expressed in the works of Elizabeth Claude Jacquet de La Guerre, Marin Marais, Jean-Baptiste Barrière, and François Couperin.
4PM
St. Mark’s Lutheran Church
1111 O’Farrell St., San Francisco.
510-528-1725 or www.sfems.org

Sonoma Bach repeats Monteverdi Consort performance of February 11.
4PM
St. Andrew Presbyterian Church
16290 Arnold Drive, Sonoma.

Calendar of Early Music

Monday, January 30

San Francisco Conservatory of Music
Jeffrey Thomas leads a master class on G.F. Handel’s Agrippina.
7:30PM
San Francisco Conservatory of Music
50 Oak St., San Francisco
FREE (RESERVATIONS REQUIRED) 415-503-6275, www.sfcm.edu

Wednesday, February 1

Mid-Peninsula Recorder Orchestra
Regular meeting, for players of recorder, early winds or early strings. Bring your instrument(s) and music stand.
7:30–9:30PM
Music Room number 060
J.L. Stanford Middle School, 480 E. Meadow, Palo Alto.
650-591-3648 or www.sfems.org/mpro

Friday, February 3

Cal Performances
“The Polychoral Splendors of Renaissance Florence.”
Davitt Moroney directs a large ensemble featuring the combined forces of His Majesty’s Sagbutts and Cornetts and 5 Bay Area choirs in a performance of Alessandro Striggio’s Missa sopra Ecco sì Beato Giorno for 40 and 60 voices, and three other large-scale polyphonic works: an anonymous 40-voice canon, Unum cole deum, ne iures vanum per eum, Stefano Rossetto’s motet Consolamomi popule meus for 50 voices, and Striggio’s motet Ecce beatam lucem. Plus instrumental works of Rossetto and Marco Antonio Cavazzoni.
8PM
First Congregational Church
Dana and Durant, Berkeley.
$56
510-642-9988, www.calperformances.org

East Bay Chapter, ARS
Monthly playing session, David Hogan Smith guest conductor.
New members and guests welcome.
7:30–10PM
Zion Lutheran Church, 5201 Park Blvd., Oakland.
www.eastbayrecorders.org, 510-483-8675 or 415-472-6367

Saturday, February 4

 Cal Performances repeats program of February 3.
“The Polychoral Splendors of Renaissance Florence.”
8PM
First Congregational Church
Dana and Durant, Berkeley.
$56
510-642-9988, www.calperformances.org

 MusicSources
“Leaving Parnassus: The Legacy of the French Viol in the 18th Century.”
MusicSources’ new affiliate ensemble, Ostraka (Josh Lee, viola da gamba; David Walker, baroque guitar & theorbo; and John Lenti, theorbo) perform works of Boismortier, DeVisée, Forqueray, Hervelois, and Marais.
2PM
Most Holy Redeemer Church
100 Diamond, San Francisco.
510-528-1685 or info@musicsources.org, www.musicsources.org, www.canconier.com

 New Esterházy Quartet
“The 7 Last Words of Our Savior on the Cross.”
 Haydn declared his orchestral meditations on the 7 Last Words to be one of his most successful compositions. The New Esterházy Quartet play Haydn’s own arrangement of this masterpiece, with brief homilies chosen and spoken by Alan Jones, former Dean of Grace Cathedral.
4PM
St. Mark’s Lutheran Church
1111 O’Farrell Street at Franklin, San Francisco.
$25/$20/$10 www.newesterhazy.org

Viola da Gamba Society/Pacifica Chapter
Stanford Viol Workshop, led by John Dornenburg. A one-day workshop consisting of repertory and technique classes followed by a large group session to end the day.
9AM–4:30PM
Braun Music Center (Music Department)
Stanford University, Palo Alto.
jdrnbrg@saclink.csus.edu

Sunday, February 5

Creative Arts Series
“Ávila, Musicians and Mystics of Sixteenth Century Spain.”
Amy White, soprano, and Dominic Schaner, lute and vihuela, perform vocal and instrumental works of Mudarra, Valderrábano, et al.
3:30PM
Resurrection Parish
303 Stony Point Road at Third Street (northwest corner), Santa Rosa.
Free off-street parking. $15 707-824-5611 www.CreativeArtsSeries.com

 MusicSources repeats program of February 4.
5PM
St. Mary Magdalen Parish
2005 Berryman St., Berkeley.
510-528-1685 or info@musicsources.org, www.musicsources.org, www.canconier.com

 New Esterházy Quartet repeats program of February 4.
“The 7 Last Words of Our Savior on the Cross.”
4PM
All Saints Church
555 Waverly St., Palo Alto.
$25/$20/$10
www.newesterhazy.org

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Thursday, January 26

Philharmonia Baroque
Richard Egarr: Masters of the English Baroque
Baroque-era England is the setting for this program, a blend of works from native sons Matthew Locke, Henry Purcell, Thomas Arne, and William Lawes flanked by examples from England’s beloved imported son, George Frideric Handel.
Handel, Symphony from Saul, Concerto Grosso in d, Op. 3 No. 5, and “Arrival of the Queen of Sheeba” from Solomon; Locke, music from The Tempest; Purcell, Suite from The Fariy Queen; Arne, Haprsichord Concerto No. 5 in g; and Lawes, String Fantasy á 6.
8PM Pre-concert lecture 45 minutes before performance.
The Center for Performing Arts
555 Middlefield Road, Atherton
$25–$85
415-392-4400 or  www.philharmonia.org/

Friday, January 27

Cal Performances
“New Faces and Old.”

Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi conductor and violin, performs baroque and Classical works, including works of Brioschi, Haydn, Scaccia, Vivaldi, Bach and Handel.

8PM
First Congregational Church
Dana and Durant, Berkeley.
$52
510-642-9988, www.calperformances.org

Philharmonia Baroque repeats program of January 26.
8PM
Herbst Theatre
401 Van Ness & McAllister, San Francisco.
415-392-4400 or  www.philharmonia.org/

Saturday, January 28

Philharmonia Baroque repeats program of January 26.
8PM
First Congregational Church
Dana & Durant, Berkeley.
415-392-4400 or  www.philharmonia.org/

Sunday, January 29

 MusicSources
“Lycanthropos: The Werewolf in Story and Song.”

Tim Rayborn, voice and multi-instrumentalist, will explore the legend of werewolves, a belief which evoked fear and wonder from the Middle East to the Balkans to Ireland, and from Classical Mediterranean civilizations to modern folklore.

7PM
Parish Hall, St. Alban’s Episcopal Church
1501 Washington Ave., Albany.
$30/$25, no one turned away due to lack of funds.
510-528-1685 or info@musicsources.org, www.musicsources.org

Vince B. Ho, keyboards
Keyboard music of the Augsburg Renaissance

Early Baroque Composer Christian Erbach on 1975 Stevenson Italian harpsichord after Baffo 1574 and a 1974 D.A. Flentrop Renaissance Regal. Refreshment (Bavarian) afterwards!

4–5PM
St James Episcopal Church
1540 12th Ave., Oakland.
Suggested Donation: $10 All receipts will go to the church for good cause. Plenty of parking available.
www.vincebho.net, www.stjamesoakland.org, 510-533-2136

Philharmonia Baroque repeats program of January 26.
7:30PM
First Congregational Church
Dana & Durant, Berkeley.
415-392-4400 or  www.philharmonia.org/

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Wednesday, January 18

Mid-Peninsula Recorder Orchestra
Regular meeting, for players of recorder, early winds or early strings. Bring your instrument(s) and music stand.
7:30–9:30PM
Music Room number 060, J.L. Stanford Middle School
480 E. Meadow, Palo Alto.
650-591-3648 or www.sfems.org/mpro

San Francisco Chapter, ARS
Monthly playing session. New members and guests welcome.
7:30PM–9:30PM
Christ Church Lutheran
1090 Quintara St. (at 20th Ave.), San Francisco.
Non-members $10 fee applied to membership.
http://arssanfrancisco.org/

Thursday, January 19

Voices of Music
“The Art of the Baroque Violin.”
Voices of Music showcases violinist Elizabeth Blumenstock joined by William Skeen, viola da gamba; Hanneke van Proosdij, harpsichord, organ and recorder; and David Tayler, archlute, in a program of music from the 17th and 18th centuries, including violin sonatas and trio sonatas by Castello, Schmelzer, Biber and Leclair; Bach’s partita BWV 1002 for solo violin; plus lute works by Ferrabosco and solo gamba pieces by Marin Marais.
8PM
All Saints’ Episcopal Church
555 Waverly St., Palo Alto.
$35/$25
415-260-4687 www.voicesofmusic.org

Friday, January 20

The Albany Consort
Winds and Strings concert
The Albany Consort welcomes oboist Sand Dalton from Washington.  Works will be performed by Muffatt, Geminani, J.S. Bach, Vivaldi and more!
8pm
First Lutheran Church
600 Homer, Palo Alto
Tickets $10 students, $15 senior, $25 general
concert@albanyconsort.com

Barefoot Chamber Concerts
“Tous les Mai-Tais du Monde”
Hallifax & Jeffrey, viols, serve up a cocktail of French music before Forqueray, including works of Marais, Couperin, Ste. Colombe, et al.
6PM
Parish Hall of St. Mark’s Episcopal Church
2300 Bancroft Way, Berkeley.
$15/$10
Program lasts approximately 75 minutes with no intermission. Light refreshments will be available.
brownpapertickets.com/event/196704 or www.BarefootChamberConcerts.com.

Voices of Music repeats program of January 19.
8PM
St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church
3 Bayview Avenue, Belvedere.
$35/$25
415-260-4687 www.voicesofmusic.org

Saturday, January 21

The Albany Consort repeats program of January 20
8pm
University Lutheran Chapel
2425 College Ave, Berkeley
concert@albanyconsort.com

Mid-Peninsula Recorder Orchestra
“International Block Party,” a workshop with Glen Shannon, featuring works by Steve Marshall and Eileen Silcocks from England; J.S. Bach and Dietrich Schnabel from Germany; lesser-known but no less enjoyable composers such as Tim Walsh from Canada and Nicholas Wynne from England. Large recorders, bass viols and low double reeds especially welcome.
9:30AM–4:30PM
Holy Trinity Episcopal Church,
330 Ravenswood Avenue, Menlo Park.
$40 full day, $25 half day.
650-941-3065

Music at Stanford
John Dornenburg, viola da gamba and Yuko Tanaka, harpsichord perform the Suite in c minor by Charles Dollé, Musette, Caprice ou Sonate, and Le Badinage by Marin Marais, and Sonata in e minor for unaccompanied viol by Johann Schenck.
8PM
Memorial Church
Stanford University, Palo Alto.
$10/$5 music.stanford.edu/Events/calendar.html

Voices of Music repeats program of January 19.
8PM
St. Mark’s Lutheran Church
1111 O’Farrell Street at Franklin, San Francisco.
$35/$25
415-260-4687 www.voicesofmusic.org

Sunday, January 22

The Albany Consort repeats program of January 20
4pm
Portola Valley House Concert
Tickets by RSVP only, email for reservation
concert@albanyconsort.com

Healing Muses
“Harp Music and Healing Stories”
An educational and fundraising event with a mini-concert, lecture/demonstration, used and new CDs for sale, raffle and silent auction.
3PM
Parish Hall, St. Alban’s Episcopal Church
1501 Washington St., Albany.
$10 suggested donation; refreshments included.
510-843-2425 or suzannesiebert@gmail.com.

Voices of Music repeats program of January 19.
7:30PM
St. Alban’s Episcopal Church
1501 Washington Ave., Albany.
$35/$25
415-260-4687 www.voicesofmusic.org

 Doris Williams, soprano, Howard Kadis, lute, & Jonathan Harris, recorder
A concert of Renaissance vocal and instrumental music from Italian, English, German and French sources, including works of Dowland, Sandrin, Cipriano de Rore, Hofhaimer, et al.
4PM
St. Bede’s Episcopal Church
2650 Sandhill Road, Menlo Park.
$20/$17/$12
650-968-1100 or www.doriswilliams.com

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Friday, January 13

Musica Pacifica
“La Bizzarria: Music of 17th century Italy.”
Elizabeth Blumenstock, violin; Judith Linsenberg, recorder; Katherine Heater, harpsichord; and Shirley Hunt, gamba, perform music by Turini, Frescobaldi, Falconieri, Cazzati, Marini, Castello, Vitali, et al.
7:30PM
Petaluma Historical Museum
20 4th St., Petaluma.
$20/$15/$10
www.brownpapertickets.com, www.petalumamuseum.com

New Esterházy Quartet with Elisabeth Le Guin, violoncello
Schubert’s Cello Quintet
7PM
Saint Luke’s Lutheran Church
2491 San Miguel Drive
Walnut Creek
for details, tickets, and directions, phone (925)935-0160

 South Bay Recorder Society
Monthly meeting, guest conductor Hanneke van Proosdij.
New members and guests welcomed.
7:30–10PM
First Congregational Church of San Jose
980 Hamilton Ave. (at Leigh)
San Jose.
408-358-0878 or zilbrown@aol.com

 Saturday, January 14

Live at Mission Blue
New Esterházy Quartet with Elisabeth Le Guin, violoncello
performing Luigi Boccherini, Quintettino in g, Op. 27, No. 5; Georges Onslow, Quintet No. 15 in c, Op. 38, “The Bullet;” and Franz Schubert; Quintet in C.
8PM
Pre-concert talk at 7:30
Mission Blue Center
475 Mission Blue Drive, Brisbane.
$20/$15 www.LiveAtMissionBlue.com

 Musica Pacifica
“La Bizzarria: Music of 17th century Italy.”
8PM
Trinity Chapel
2320 Dana St. (at Durant), Berkeley
www.brownpapertickets.com

MusicSources
“The Art of the English Fortepiano.”
Gilbert Martinez and Barry Lloyd, accompanied by a chamber ensemble performing on early Classical instruments debut, two square fortepianos, both made by Georg Astor in 1789, that were recently made a part of the MusicSources collection and restored by fortepiano builder Tom Winter. Program features concerti and sonatas for one and two pianos, among the first ever written for the instrument, by Johann Christian Bach and the child prodigy Mozart.
8PM
Parish Hall, St. Alban’s Episcopal Church
1501 Washington, Albany.
$20/$15 510-528-1685 or info@musicsources.org

 Sonoma Bach
“Midwinter Choral WorkSCHop.”
Robert Worth of Sonoma Bach leads a day-long workshop on the early German Baroque vocal polyphony of Schein, Scheidt, Schütz, and “Schultheiss” (better known as Prætorius). Participants will work in large and small ensembles. All music will be rehearsed a cappella. Participants need not be professional singers but should have some experience in small ensemble singing and some sight-reading ability.
9AM–4:30PM
Holy Family Episcopal Church, Rohnert Park.
$25.
For details, please visit www.sonomabach.org, cheryl@sonomabach.org

Viola da Gamba Society/Pacifica Chapter
Monthly consort playing with guest coach Shira Kammen. Players of all levels welcome.
9:15AM–4PM
Hillside Swedenborgian Church
1422 Navellier Street, El Cerrito.
Newcomers please phone ahead. 510-531-1471, mark_bach8@hotmail.com

 Sunday January 15

Musica Pacifica
17th- and 18th-century music from Florence to accompany the exhibit “Florence and the Baroque – Paintings from the Haukohl Family Collection.“
3PM
Crocker Art Museum
216 O Street, Sacramento.
$12/$8/$6
916-808-7000 or visit www.crockerartmuseum.org

Musica Pacifica
“La Bizzarria: Music of 17th century Italy.”
7:30PM
Davis Community Church
412 C St, Davis
No advance ticket sales. $10 suggested donation at the door.

 San Francisco Chapter, ARS
“Love Stories”
The San Francisco Recorder Society’s annual concert, a fundraiser for both the chapter and for the church that provides their venue for meetings.
2PM
Christ Church Lutheran
1090 Quintara St. (at 20th Ave.), San Francisco.
$15 suggested donation.

Calendar of Early Music

Tuesday, January 3

For Two to Play: Music for two harpsichords by Bach, Rameau et al.
Lillian Gordis and Eugene Petrushansky, harpsichords.
Trinity Chapel,
2320 Dana St, Berkeley.
Tickets $10.

Sacramento Recorder Society
Regular meeting for recorder players, with guest conductor Jerry Schwartz.
Newcomers welcome. Bring recorders, stand, and other early instruments. Music provided. Refreshments.
6:45–9:15PM
Friends Meeting House
890 57th St., between H and J, Sacramento.
marschif@gmail.com

Wednesday, January 4

Mid-Peninsula Recorder Orchestra
Regular meeting, for players of recorder, early winds or early strings. Bring your instrument(s) and music stand.
7:30–9:30PM
Music Room number 060, J.L. Stanford Middle School
480 E. Meadow, Palo Alto.
650-591-3648 or www.sfems.org/mpro

Friday, January 6

Coro Hispano de San Francisco, Juan Pedro Gaffney, Director
Día de los Reyes concert, featuring Hispanic Renaissance and baroque music for the season from Advent through Epiphany, including works of Francisco Guerrero, Gaspar Fernandes, Juan Gutiérrez de Padilla, Juan de Araujo, et al., plus folk and popular works from Latin America.
8PM
St Mary’s College Chapel
1928 St Mary’s Rd., Moraga.
$20/$15 18 and under free.
www.corohispano.org, 415-431-4234

Ensemble Vermillian
Frances Blaker, Recorders; David Wilson, Baroque Violin; Barbara Blaker Krumdieck, Baroque Cello; Katherine Heater, Harpsichord; William Simms, Lute/Baroque Guitar
Program of Bach, Biber, Falconieri, Bertali, Colista, Detri
8PM
St. Alban’s Episcopal Church
1501 Washington Ave at Curtis in Albany
$20 general
$15 SFEMS/ARS/Student/Senior
For Information call (510) 559-4670

Sonoma Bach
Baroque Strings Workshop. Violinist Stanley Ritchie and violist da gamba Mary Springfels team up with LOBO’s own Aaron Westman, Shirley Hunt, and Phebe Craig to direct a weekend-long workshop in baroque string techniques and repertoire, culminating in a student recital on Sunday, January 8.
Angela Center, Santa Rosa.
$145–$385.
cheryl@sonomabach.org.
For application details and tuition fees, visit www.sonomabach.org

Saturday, January 7

Ensemble Vermillian repeats program of January 6
7:30PM
Summerfield Waldorf School and Farm
655 Willowside Rd., Santa Rosa
$20 general
$15 SFEMS/ARS/Student/Senior
For Information call (510) 559-4670

New Esterházy Quartet
“Dedicated to Haydn VI.” The New Esterházy Quartet renew their dedication to Haydn with two works dedicated to Haydn, one by his friend Mozart (K. 465, “Dissonant,” 1785), the other by his student Peter Hänsel (Op. 5, No. 2 ,1798). Also Haydn’s Op. 54, No. 1, 1788.
4PM
St. Mark’s Lutheran Church
1111 O’Farrell Street at Franklin, San Francisco.
$25/$20/$10
www.newesterhazy.org

San Francisco Renaissance Voices, Todd Jolly, Director
Special Performance: The Boar’s Head Festival, a 650 year old celebration, with the music of Medieval and Renaissance England. This season’s festival features more audience sing-a-long, and after the concert there will be a feast featuring wassail, king’s cake and traditional meat and vegetable pies.
7:30PM
Seventh Avenue Performances
329 Seventh Ave., San Francisco.
$25/$30
www.brownpapertickets.com/event/208304, www.SFRV.org, sfrvoices@yahoo.com, or 415-664-2543×3

Sonoma Bach
Ritchie-Springfels Collective (Stanley Ritchie, baroque violin, and Mary Springfels, viola da gamba), join Aaron Westman, Shirley Hunt, and Phebe Craig for an unforgettable evening of string playing.
8PM
Angela Center Chapel, Santa Rosa. S $30 Wine and hors d’oeuvres. Fundraiser for Sonoma Bach education programs. Seating limited, so purchase tickets early.
www.sonomabach.org, cheryl@sonomabach.org

Sunday, January 8

Coro Hispano de San Francisco repeats program of January 6
3PM
Mission Dolores basilica
3321 16th St., San Francisco.

East Bay Chapter, ARS

Twelfth Night Celebration and Potluck, Tish Berlin, guest conductor. New members and guests welcome.
3–6PM
Zion Lutheran Church
5201 Park Blvd., Oakland.
www.eastbayrecorders.org, 510-483-8675 or 415-472-6367

“Flutes and Flute Players through Six Centuries” – Master flutist Jeffrey Cohan~ unaccompanied ~

3:30PM
Resurrection Parish
303 Stony Point Road, Santa Rosa  95401
$15 donation ~ free off street parking
707-824-5611, BethZucchino@aol.com, www.CreativeArtsSeries.com

New Esterházy Quartet repeats program January 7.
4PM
All Saints Church
555 Waverly St., Palo Alto.

San Francisco Renaissance Voices repeats program of January 7.
4PM
First Lutheran Church
600 Homer, Palo Alto
www.brownpapertickets.com/event/208307

Calendar of Early Music

Wednesday, December 21

“A Chanticleer Christmas”
The 12-member a cappella vocal ensemble performs medieval and Renaissance sacred works, traditional carols and spirituals.
6PM, 8:30PM
Carmel Mission
3080 Rio Rd., Carmel
415-392-4400 or www.chanticleer.org/concerts-and-tickets

San Francisco Chapter, ARS
Monthly playing session. New members and guests welcome.
7:30PM–9:30PM
Christ Church Lutheran
1090 Quintara St. (at 20th Ave.), San Francisco.
Non-members $10 fee applied to membership.  http://arssanfrancisco.org/

Thursday, December 22

A Chanticleer Christmas (see December 21)
6PM, 8:30PM
Mission Santa Clara
500 El Camino Real, Santa Clara.
415-392-4400 or www.chanticleer.org/concerts-and-tickets

Friday, December 23

A Chanticleer Christmas (see December 21)
8PM
St. Ignatius Church
650 Parker St., San Francisco.
415-392-4400 or www.chanticleer.org/concerts-and-tickets

Saturday/Sunday, December 24/25

St. John Schola
St. John Schola Chants the Matins & High Mass of Christmas Gregorian VII “Kyrie Rex Splendens” and Propers for the First Mass of Christmas in the Latin Gregorian chant of the Traditional Roman Rite, in the context of a Traditional Catholic Latin High Mass, with troped Kyrie in the mediaeval style.
11PM Matins, High Mass at midnight.
St. John’s Oratory (historic Fishermen’s & Seamen’s Memorial Chapel)
Fisherman’s Wharf, Pier 45-B (one block NE of Jefferson & Taylor, next to the bell tower), San Francisco.
FREE
Free parking beside the Oratory.
800-528-4625 or www.traditio.com/stjohn.htm

Calendar of Early Music

Tuesday, December 13

Stanford Lively Arts
“A Chanticleer Christmas”
The 12-member a cappella vocal ensemble performs medieval and Renaissance sacred works, traditional carols and spirituals.
8PM
Memorial Church
Main Quad., Stanford University, Palo Alto.
$52/$48 (this performance only)
650-725-ARTS (2787) or http://livelyarts.stanford.edu/event.php?code=CHRI

Wednesday, December 14

A Chanticleer Christmas (see December 13)
8PM
Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament
1017 11th St., Sacramento.

Thursday, December 15

American Bach Soloists, Jeffrey Thomas, Director
George Frideric Handel’s Messiah.
With soloists Mary Wilson, soprano; Ian Howell, countertenor; Charles Blandy, tenor; Jesse Blumberg baritone; and the American Bach Choir.
7:30PM
Grace Cathedral
1100 California Street (at Taylor), San Francisco.
$10–$72
415-621-7900, www.americanbach.org

Friday, December 16

American Bach Soloists repeats program of December 15.
7:30PM
Grace Cathedral
1100 California Street (at Taylor), San Francisco.

 MusicSources
The Dufay Collective performs medieval music to celebrate the Winter Solstice.
Exclusive Bay Area appearance.
7PM
St. Alban’s Episcopal Church
1501 Washington Ave., Albany.
$30/$25
510- 528-1685 or info@musicsources.org, www.musicsources.org, www.canconier.com

SFEMS presents Magnificat
Heinrich Schutz’s Weihnachtshistorie (Christmas Story) performed in the context of a Lutheran Christmas Vespers, as it first was on Christmas, 1660, including liturgical and para-liturgical music of Scheidt, Prætorius, Cavalli, et al. With the collaboration of The Whole Noyse and Sex Chordæ Consort of Viols.
8PM
First United Methodist Church,
625 Hamilton, Palo Alto.
$35/$30/$28
510-528-1725 or www.sfems.org

The Christmas Revels
“King Arthur and his Court in Camelot”
As always, there will be music, ranging from inspiring chorales to hearty sing-alongs, lovely costumes, and country dancing. Adult and children’s choruses will add to the warmth, along with storytelling, and performances by accomplished guest artists – tradition bearers of the culture.
8PM
Scottish Rite Theatre
Oakland, CA
$52-$19
http://californiarevels.org/, 510-452-8800

Women’s Antique Vocal Ensemble, Cindy Beitmen, Director
The Women’s Antique Vocal Ensemble (WAVE) and the men of the Schola Cantorum of St. Albert Priory present their annual Christmas concert following the traditional format of a Festival of Lessons and Carols, which has been the customary Christmas Eve service at King’s College, Cambridge, England since1918. Works by J.S. Bach, Thomas Ravenscroft, Thomas Tallis, Pedro de Cristo, Johann Ebeling, Jacob Handl, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, music from 14th-c. England & Germany, plus Christmas carols.
8PM
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church
2300 Bancroft Way, Berkeley.
$20/$10
www.wavewomen.org, wavewomen@netzero.net, or 510-233-1479.

Saturday, December 17

A Chanticleer Christmas (see December 13)
8PM
St. Ignatius Church
650 Parker St., San Francisco.

¡EXhibit – reCITAL!
An exhibit of nature photography and a harpsichord recital by PHILIP L. GREENE AND TAMARA LORING
2:00 PM
1 Drake Way
Inverness, CA
To reserve send $20 per person to P.O. Box 1297, Point Reyes Station, CA 94956
For more information phone 415 669-9898 or email tloring@svn.net 

Festival Consort
“Renaissance Glory.” Carol Menke, soprano, and Chris Fritzsche, countertenor, join David Hogan Smith, Joanna Bramel Young, Bob Cronin and Alan Paul, performing on reproductions of 16th-c. recorders, crumhorns, schreyerpfeiffen, sackbut, curtal, shawms and gittern. Program features works by de Cristo, Victoria, Josquin, Mouton, Dufay and Prætorius.
3PM
The Church of the Incarnation
550 Mendocino Ave., Santa Rosa.
$15
www.BrownPaperTickets.com Information: 707-528-6370

SFEMS repeats Magnificat program of December 16.
7:30PM
First Congregational Church
Dana and Durant Sts., Berkeley.
$35/$30/$28
510-528-1725 or www.sfems.org

The SFEMS Holiday Party & Silent Auction

SFEMS members and friends are invited to join us for a special holiday party and reception at The Musical Offering Café following the Berkeley concert.
VIEW AUCTION ITEMS & BID ONLINE >>>

The Christmas Revels repeats program of December 16.
“King Arthur and his Court in Camelot”
1pm and 5pm
Scottish Rite Theatre
Oakland, CA
http://californiarevels.org/, 510-452-8800.

Sunday, December 18

American Bach Soloists repeats program of December 16.
4PM
Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts
Mrak Drive at Old Davis, Davis.
$12.50–$53.
For tickets to Messiah in Davis, please contact the Mondavi Center directly: 866-754-2787 or www.mondaviarts.org

 A Chanticleer Christmas (see December 13)
8PM
First Congregational Church
Dana and Durant Sts., Berkeley.

¡EXhibit – reCITAL!
An exhibit of nature photography and a harpsichord recital by PHILIP L. GREENE AND TAMARA LORING
2:00 PM
1 Drake Way
Inverness, CA
To reserve send $20 per person to P.O. Box 1297, Point Reyes Station, CA 94956
For more information phone 415 669-9898 or email tloring@svn.net 

St. Mary Magdalen Festival Choir and Consort, Andy Canepa, Director
“From the Old to the New World—A Joyous Christmas Concert of Villancicos and Motets from the Mexican Baroque and Spanish Renaissance,” featuring music by Gutiérrez de Padilla, Cererols, Sálazar, Quiroz, Victoria, and Guerrero.
7PM
St. Mary Magdalen Church
2005 Berryman St., Berkeley.
$10–$20 suggested donation. andycanepa@yahoo.com

The Petaluma Women’s Chorus, Melinda Moreaux-Valente, director
“Vivaldi’s Gloria and the virgins of Venice”
The concert will be preceded with a presentation by Bruce Elliott, cultural historian, entitled: Virgins of Venice – Mary in Venetian Art.
4:00PM
St. John’s Episcopal Church
40 5th Street, Petaluma
Suggested donation tickets are $18 general and $12 senior/student.
Tickets at melindamoreaux.com; melinda@melindamoreaux.com, 707.992.0100

SFEMS repeats Magnificat program of December 16.
7:30PM
St. Mark’s Lutheran Church
1111 O’Farrell St., San Francisco.
$35/$30/$28
510-528-1725 or www.sfems.org

The Christmas Revels repeats program of December 16.
“King Arthur and his Court in Camelot”
1pm and 5pm
Scottish Rite Theatre
Oakland, CA
http://californiarevels.org/, 510-452-8800.

Solo harpsichord and choral works of JS Bach.
Bay Area Classical Harmonies with Eugene Petrushansky, harpsichord.
5 pm.
Studio Quercus
385 26th Street, Oakland.
Tickets $18

Why Aske You: dances and fantasias of Byrd, Bull and Frescobaldi.
Lillian Gordis, double-manual Italian harpsichord by Philippe Humeau.
8 pm.
St Joseph of Arimathea Church
2316 Bowditch St, Berkeley
Tickets $10