“Here’s a fact that might intrigue you: The year 2313 is as far in the future from us as the year 1713 is in the past! In many ways it is equally as difficult to imagine the state of music in both those far off worlds. Despite this, the oboe class will work on the challenging task of appreciating the unique qualities of music and technique that must have existed so long ago. We will try to discover in the old notational practices clues to the rhetorical/poetical nature of Baroque music. Also, the age-old goal of making good reeds will be revisited with a focus on the mechanical principles involved.”

Sand Dalton

Sand’s Bio

Chora Nova , Paul Flight, artistic director
Masterworks of the French Baroque
A rare chance to hear 18th century French music for choir and orchestra, including the Te Deum and the Motet pour les trépassés by Marc-Antoine Charpentier, a Magnificat and the motet Exultat Animus and Henry Du Mont.

Soloists:
Rita Lilly and Christina Schiffner Santschi, sopranos; Chris Evans and Mark Bonney, tenors; Sepp Hammer, bass
8pm
First Congregational Church of Berkeley
Dana at Durant, Berkeley
$20/$18/$10
http://www.choranova.org/

Highlights of the week are Concerto Night and the faculty concert. We offer a positive alternative to more competitive programs aimed at emerging young professionals, while offering our participants the highest possible quality of instruction.”
–Mary Springfels

Mary’s Bio

Tuesday, May 14

Stanford University Music Department
“Totally Telemann,” a bouquet of solos, duos, trios, and quartets by the Hamburg master performed by Stanford faculty Herb Myers (flute & recorder), Anthony Martin (violin), John Dornenburg (viola da gamba), and Elaine Thornburgh (harpsichord)
8PM
Memorial Church Stanford University
Palo Alto.
$10/$9/$5.
650-725-2787.

Wednesday, May 15

San Francisco Chapter, ARS
Monthly playing session. New members and guests welcome.
ARS is pleased to welcome Joyce Johnson-Hamilton as the evening’s conductor. Recently retired from 31 years as music director of the Diablo Symphony Orchestra, Johnson-Hamilton is an accomplished early music specialist and recorder/cornetto/trumpet player who brings warmth with her expertise to the more intimate environment of ARS chapter meetings. Her imaginative arrangements offer freshness and new perspective to repertoire both familiar and unusual in recorder circles.
7:30 to 9:30PM
Christ Church Lutheran parish hall
1090 Quintara Street (one block west of 19th Avenue), San Francisco
Non-members are asked to contribute $5
If you are not a member but plan to attend, please contact Greta Haug-Hryciw (gr8asf@yahoo.com) so there will be music for you, or if you’d like information about the location and the repertoire for the evening.

Friday–Sunday, May 17–19

Marin Headlands Workshop
East Bay Recorder Society presents its annual workshop for recorders (intermediate to advanced levels) featuring instructors and coaches David Barnett, Tish Berlin, Claudia Gantivar, Shira Kammen, Judy Linsenberg, Peter Maund, and Tim Rayborn.
Friday evening through Sunday afternoon.
Point Bonita YMCA in the Marin Headlands
Golden Gate Recreation Area, Marin Co.
Full and partial attendance possible.
Full information & registration at http://symbolicsolutions.com/ebrs/headlands.html.
Info: Brenda Bailey, 510-893-9128, bbmh12@gmail.com.

Saturday, May 18

MusicSources
“The Fawn-Colored Beast: Music and Satire from the Roman de Fauvel.” Cançonièr (Tim Rayborn, Shira Kammen, and Phoebe Jevtovic, plus special guests Michelle Levy and Tish Berlin) perform French songs and polyphony ca. 1200–1325.
7:30PM
St. Alban’s Church
1501 Washington Ave., Albany.
$30/$25
510-528-1685 or www.musicsources.org

San Francisco Bach Choir, Corey Jamason, Artistic Director
Songs of San Francisco—From Gold Rush to Golden Gate (1830s to 1940s). With Gina Morgano, soprano; Brian Thorsett, tenor; Corey Jamason, piano; and a choir of Bay Area youth.
8PM
Calvary Presbyterian Church
Fillmore & Jackson, San Francisco.
$35–$10
Advance 855-473-2224 or www.sfbach.org

 Les Violettes
“Sweeter than Roses: Songs and Instrumental Music by Purcell and his French Admirers” Corey Carleton, soprano; Colin Shipman, gamba; and Violet Grgich, harpsichord, perform works of Purcell, Clerambault, Bousset, and Marais. Accompanied by a taste of Grgich Hills wines.
6PM
Grgich Hills Estate
1829 St. Helena Hwy, Rutherford.
$25
Info: www.grgich.com: info@grgich.com or 707-963-2784

Sunday, May 19

Chamber Music San Francisco
Archetti Baroque Ensemble (with guests Judith Linsenberg, recorder, and Louise Carslake recorder & flute) perform J.S. Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 and No. 5; G. Sammartini Recorder Concerto In F; A. Vivaldi “Spring” from The Four Seasons and a Corelli Concerto Grosso.
3PM
Marines’ Memorial Theatre
609 Sutter Street (at Mason), San Francisco
$44/$34
www.chambermusicsf.org

San Francisco Bach Choir repeats program of May 18.
4PM
Calvary Presbyterian Church
Fillmore & Jackson, San Francisco.
3PM
Free, pre-concert lecture (Sunday performance only)

Monday, May 6

American Bach Soloists, Jeffrey Thomas director.
George Frideric Handel’s secular cantata Apollo and Daphne and motet Silete venti; and J.S. Bach, arias for baritone. With soloists Mischa Bouvier, baritone; and Mary Wilson, soprano.
7PM
Davis Community Church
412 C St, Davis.
http://americanbach.tix.com/Event.asp?Event=468077

Tuesday, May 7

Sacramento Recorder Society
Regular meeting for recorder players, with guest conductor Judith Linsenberg. 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

South Bay Recorder Society
Monthly meeting, guest conductor Greta Hryciw. 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, May 11

Foothill Presbyterian Church Music Series
“A Garland of Consorts.” Musici della Doria (Doris Williams, soprano & lute; Howard Kadis, lute & archlute; Jonathan Harris, recorders; Mary Prout and Julie Morriset, viols), perform Italian and English lute and consort songs, dances, fantasias and other instrumental music from the 16th and 17th centuries.
3PM
Foothill Presbyterian Church
5301 McKee Road, San Jose.
Suggested donation $10
www.foothillpc.org, 408-258-8133

MusicSources
JungHae Kim, harpsichord, performs 
music of D’Anglebert and Bach.
7:30PM
St. Alban’s Episcopal Church
1501 Washington
Albany
$30/$25
510-528-1685 or info@musicsources.org

 Santa Cruz Baroque Festival
“Popular Baroque.” Lux Musica, with guests Rob Diggins and Bob Stern, jazz violins; and Mesut Özgen, guitar, perform a program of musical surprises, including remarkable popular music of the 17th and 18th centuries from across Europe and a hot trio playing Bach swing.
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

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

We are thrilled that Adam Gilbert has joined our Baroque workshop faculty.  He is a performer and educator of extraordinary talent.  His vision of what will be offered at this year’s workshop is inspiring.

“This is my first time at SFEMS baroque workshop, and I imagine we will have a great time exploring solo and ensemble repertory through performance, master class sessions, and yes, a bit of improvisation. My specialty is exploring relationships between the craft of improvisation and composition, and I believe that what we tend to think of as “elusive” creativity is really little more than a series of easy-to-learn craft and magic tricks.

Everybody is naturally musical, and there is a bag of technical magic tricks that foster creativity more than just telling someone how something should be played. The recorder can range sweet and simple to subtle and complex. As a teacher, I like to help players explore their place within that continuum and provide technical tools for expressing their own creativity.

Improvising and playing over ground bass chord progressions offers some of the most fertile ground for exploring the range of the instrument, from the simplest four-note melodies to the most extreme virtuosity, accommodating everyone from the timid to the brave. These progressions (chaconnes, passamezzos, morescas, canarios, and passacaglias) lie at the heart of the baroque compositions of the Hapsburg Court. By learning the grounds, melodic and rhythmic building blocks of diminution, and baroque rhetorical conventions, one will better appreciate the craft of improvising composers. Don’t worry, we will play composed music, but with one eye and ear open to how we can not only play the music of the Baroque masters, but even (within our comfort zone!) re-create their own compositional process.”

Monday, April 29

Classical at the Freight
Dancing with the Stars. New Esterházy Quartet with guest violist Ben Simon perform famous and infamous minuets and assorted dance movements by Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven, et al. Complete with trivia and lurid back stories! Classical at the Freight is the monthly chamber music series from the San Francisco Chamber Orchestra.
8PM
Freight and Salvage Coffee House
2020 Addison St., Berkeley.
$10.50
Doors open one hour before concert time. Concerts are approximately one hour.
510-644-2020 www.thefreight.org

American Bach Soloists
ABS flutist Sandra Miller leads a master class in baroque flute music.
7:30PM
Sol Joseph Recital Hall
San Francisco Conservatory of Music
50 Oak St., San Francisco.
FREE
415-621-7900

Wednesday, May 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, May 3

American Bach Soloists, Jeffrey Thomas director.
George Frideric Handel’s secular cantata Apollo and Daphne and motet Silete venti; and J.S. Bach, arias for baritone. With soloists Mischa Bouvier, baritone; and Mary Wilson, soprano.
8PM
St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church
3 Bay View Ave., Belvedere.
$53–$18
415-621-7900; www.americanbach.org; info@americanbach.org, http://americanbach.tix.com/Event.asp?Event=469134

East Bay Chapter, ARS
Monthly playing session, Louise Carslake 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

UC Berkeley Music Department
University Baroque Ensemble, Davitt Moroney, Director, performs music of M.-A. Charpentier, J.S.Bach, J.J. Froberger, and Antonio Vivaldi.
8PM
Hertz Hall
UC Berkeley Campus, Berkeley.
$16/$12/$5
510-642-9988

 Saturday, May 4

American Bach Soloists repeats program of May 3.
George Frideric Handel’s secular cantata Apollo and Daphne and motet Silete venti; and J.S. Bach, arias for baritone. With soloists Mischa Bouvier, baritone; and Mary Wilson, soprano.
8PM
First Congregational
Dana & Durant, Berkeley.
$53–$18
415-621-7900; www.americanbach.org; info@americanbach.org;
http://americanbach.tix.com/Event.asp?Event=467786

Kevin Fryer presents an all-day harpsichord maintenance workshop at his studio in the Bayview district of San Francisco.
10AM–5PM
1004 Revere Ave.
Space B-37, San Francisco.
$25 WEKA members, $45 non-members.
A light lunch is included. Please contact Gwen Adams at gadams3702@yahoo.com to RSVP.

 Sunday, May 5

American Bach Soloists repeats program of May 3.
George Frideric Handel’s secular cantata Apollo and Daphne and motet Silete venti; and J.S. Bach, arias for baritone. With soloists Mischa Bouvier, baritone; and Mary Wilson, soprano.
4PM
St. Mark’s Lutheran Church
1111 O’Farrell St., San Francisco.
$53–$18
415-621-7900; www.americanbach.org; info@americanbach.org;
http://americanbach.tix.com/Event.asp?Event=467789

Creative Arts Series
Paul Cienniwa, harpsichord, performs works of Johann Sebastian Bach, George Frideric Handel, and Domenico Scarlatti.
3:30PM
Resurrection Parish
303 Stony Point Road at Third Street (northwest corner), Santa Rosa
$15 suggested donation
707-824-5611, www.CreativeArtsSeries.com, BethZucchino@aol.com

Monday, May 6

American Bach Soloists repeats program of May 3.
George Frideric Handel’s secular cantata Apollo and Daphne and motet Silete venti; and J.S. Bach, arias for baritone. With soloists Mischa Bouvier, baritone; and Mary Wilson, soprano.
7PM
Davis Community Church
412 C St, Davis.
$53–$18
415-621-7900; www.americanbach.org; info@americanbach.org,
http://americanbach.tix.com/Event.asp?Event=468077

THE NEW MUSIC:
Glorious, Impassioned, Outrageous!

“. . . such a convincing presentation of ‘old music as new music’. . . terrific”  —Early Music (Oxford)

Ostraka

Josh Lee, viola da gamba; John Lenti, lute; David Walker, baroque guitar

LEAVING PARNASSUS
The rise and fall of the outrageous and refined French baroque style and its struggle against the fashionable forces of italianisme, as traced through the works of Lully, de Visée, Hervelois, Boismortier and Forqueray. A tour de force of virtuosic solo and ensemble music for bass viola da gamba, theorbo, and baroque guitar.
October 11–13, 2013

Archetti,
Carla Moore & John Dornenburg, Co-Directors

Carla Moore, Cynthia Freivogel, David Wilson & Alicia Yang, violin; Anthony Martin, viola; Tanya Tomkins, cello; John Dornenburg, violone; and Davitt Moroney, harpsichord

THE ITALIAN CONCERTO IN 18TH-CENTURY ENGLAND
The impassioned international concert scene of 18th-century London comes to life through the brilliant concerti grossi of Corelli, Handel, Hellendaal, Avison, and Geminiani. Renowned organist Davitt Moroney is featured in one of Handel’s pioneering concertos.
November 1–3, 2013

Magnificat,
Warren Stewart, Director

Clara Rottsolk, Jennifer Paulino, Andrew Rader, Clifton Massey, Dan Hutchings, Christopher LeCluyse, Hugh Davies & Peter Becker, voices; with The Whole Noyse Renaissance Wind Band

A VENETIAN CHRISTMAS MASS
The glorious polychoral style the Gabrielis developed at San Marco formed a link from Lassus and the High Renaissance to Schütz and the early baroque. Magnificat together with The Whole Noyse perform Andrea’s Mass (1587), motets and canzoni by Giovanni (1597, 1615), and appropriate chant for the feast day.
December 20–22, 2013

Galax Quartet
with Contralto Karen Clark

David Wilson & Elizabeth Blumenstock, violin; David Morris, ‘cello; Roy Whelden, viola da gamba; with Karen Clark, contralto

CHROMATIC CLUSTERS
Avant-garde from the 16th century and early music from today. Sinuous motets and madrigals by Lassus and Gesualdo pair with music written for Galax by Joseph Schwantner and David Jaffe, including the premiere of Jaffe’s Eight O’s in Wooloomooloo, co-commissioned by Galax and SFEMS.
January 31, February 1–2, 2014

Quicksilver,
Robert Mealy & Julie Andrijeski, Directors

Robert Mealy & Julie Andrijeski, violin; Greg Ingles, trombone; David Morris, viola da gamba & cello; Dominic Teresi, dulcian; Avi Stein, harpsichord & organ; Charles Weaver, theorbo & baroque guitar

THE EARLY MODERNS: 17TH-CENTURY ITALY AND GERMANY
The sonata was a revolutionary gift: a pure instrumental work with no agenda but the imagination of the composer and the passionate interplay of conversation. Virtuosic, experimental, unexpected, and deeply moving, the “new music” of Castello, Fontana, Merula, and Weckmann is closest we come to wordless rhetoric.
February 28, March 1–2, 2014

Farallon Recorder Quartet

Annette Bauer, Letitia Berlin, Francis Blaker & Louise Carslake, recorders; with Jennifer Paulino, soprano; and John Lenti, lute

AMARYLLIS—LOVE SONGS AND CONSORTS FROM THE COURTS AND COUNTRYSIDE OF RENAISSANCE EUROPE
Farallon Quartet with guest artists Paulino and Lenti perform haunting love songs by Dowland, Vásquez, and Arcadelt, lively pastoral tales, and virtuoso divisions by Ortiz and Cabezón. Farallon’s warm, rich sound evokes images of a caramel fountain or honey turned into wood.
March 14–16, 2014

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