Wednesday, October 29
Mid-Peninsula Recorder Orchestra
Regular meeting, for players of recorder, early winds or early strings. Bring your instrument(s) and music stand.
7:30–9:30 PM
Music Room number 060, J.L. Stanford Middle School
480 E. Meadow, Palo Alto
650-591-3648 or mpro-online.org
Friday, October 31
San Francisco Renaissance Voices
“In Memoriam: The Best of the Dead” On Friday night, October 31, 2004 (yes, Hallowe’en night!) the very first San Francisco Renaissance Voices concert was presented at Seventh Avenue Presbyterian Church in San Francisco. Ten years to the day, we’ll celebrate our birthday in that church, which has become our artistic home, by performing the same work that started it all—Tomás Luis de Victoria’s magnificent Officium Defunctorum, written for the funeral of his royal patron the Dowager Empress Maria—which also began our group’s “tradition” of performing the Office of the Dead each year at this time. This program will also include elegies written by Ockeghem, Josquin, Byrd and Morley for composers who inspired and nurtured them. For those of you coming to the concert on Hallowe’en we invite you to enjoy another San Francisco Renaissance Voices tradition and come in costume!
7:30 PM
Seventh Avenue Presbyterian Church
1329 Seventh Avenue, San Francisco
$25–30
415-664-2543 x3, tickets
Saturday, November 1
MusicSources
Arthur Haas and Gilbert Martinez, harpsichord, perform the complete harpsichord works of Jean-Philippe Rameau. Esteemed harpsichordist Arthur Haas returns to MusicSources audiences with his insightful interpretations of Rameau. Joined by MusicSources Artistic Director Gilbert Martinez, they spotlight works counted amongst the greatest in the French repertoire. First of a two-concert series: Saturday night, Suite 1704, Suite in D, Suite in A; Sunday afternoon, La Dauphine, Suites in E and G, Music for 2 Harpsichords.
8 PM
St. Mary Magdalena Church
2005 Berryman St., Berkeley
$30 general admission, $25 MusicSources members and seniors, $10 students 18 yrs. or younger. SPECIAL OFFER: Two Concerts for the price of one: Enjoy both concerts for a single ticket price, or choose one concert at a reduced price of $20.
510-528-1685 or
info@musicsources.org
Son of Bach Se Piace
Chamber Music of Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach. Katherine Heater, harpsichord; Anthony Martin, violin; and David Morris, viola da gamba, perform an hour of music by Sebastian Bach’s celebrated son, 300 years after his birth.
7:30 PM
Haba na Haba
1936 Thousand Oaks Blvd, Berkeley
$20 suggested donation. Wine & cheese served
Reservations: gentookb@icloud.com, 510-524-2701
Sunday, November 2
Hidden Valley Road Scholar Early Music Workshop
“Music of Italy and France,” a week-long workshop for recorder and viola da gamba. Classes include consort and technique, master class, medieval, Renaissance and baroque repertoire, and topic classes including “From Notes to Music—delve into the mysterious process of turning notes on the page into expressive musical interpretations,” “Musical Decisions, or How an Ensemble Works—learn how to choose instrumentation, repertoire, how to tune, and more,” “Le Bon Gout: Introduction to French Baroque Ornamentation,” and much, much more! All-workshop orchestra conducted by Frances Blaker both weeks. Faculty includes Letitia Berlin, Frances Blaker, Louise Carslake, Justin Godoy, recorder; John Dornenburg, viola da gamba. (Workshop runs through Saturday, November 8. First of 2 weeks. Continues November 9–16 with faculty Letitia Berlin, Frances Blaker, Larry Lipnik, recorder; Peter Maund, percussion; Julie Jeffrey and Larry Lipnik, viola da gamba.)
Hidden Valley Institute of the Performing Arts
88 West Carmel Valley Road, Carmel Valley, CA
Please visit www.hiddenvalleymusic.org and click on the link for Early Music Workshops for faculty bios and registration. For questions about the workshop curriculum please email Tish Berlin, Director, at tishberlin@sbcglobal.net or call 510-882-1169.
MusicSources
Arthur Haas and Gilbert Martinez, harpsichord, perform the complete harpsichord works of Jean-Philippe Rameau. Esteemed harpsichordist Arthur Haas returns to MusicSources audiences with his insightful interpretations of Rameau. Joined by MusicSources Artistic Director Gilbert Martinez, they spotlight works counted amongst the greatest in the French repertoire. Second of a two-concert series: Saturday night, Suite 1704, Suite in D, Suite in A; Sunday afternoon, La Dauphine, Suites in E and G, Music for 2 Harpsichords.
5 PM
St. Mary Magdalena Church
2005 Berryman St., Berkeley
$30 general admission, $25 MusicSources members and seniors, $10 students 18 yrs. or younger. SPECIAL OFFER: Two Concerts for the price of one: Enjoy both concerts for a single ticket price, or choose one concert at a reduced price of $20.
510-528-1685 or
info@musicsources.org
San Francisco Renaissance Voices
“In Memoriam: The Best of the Dead” On Friday night, October 31, 2004 (yes, Hallowe’en night!) the very first San Francisco Renaissance Voices concert was presented at Seventh Avenue Presbyterian Church in San Francisco. Ten years to the day, we’ll celebrate our birthday in that church, which has become our artistic home, by performing the same work that started it all—Tomás Luis de Victoria’s magnificent Officium Defunctorum, written for the funeral of his royal patron the Dowager Empress Maria—which also began our group’s “tradition” of performing the Office of the Dead each year at this time. This program will also include elegies written by Ockeghem, Josquin, Byrd and Morley for composers who inspired and nurtured them. For those of you coming to the concert on Hallowe’en we invite you to enjoy another San Francisco Renaissance Voices tradition and come in costume!
4 PM
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church
2300 Bancroft Way, Berkeley
$25–30
415-664-2543 x3, tickets