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Sunday, June 3, 2012

Shirley Edith Hunt, cello & viola da gamba
Music of J.S. Bach for Cello & Viola da Gamba
Bay area baroque specialist Shirley Edith Hunt presents an all-Bach recital featuring two of the solo suites for violoncello and the sonata in G minor for viola da gamba and haprishord.  Ms. Hunt makes herself known in the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond as a rising star in the field of historical performance, performing regularly with Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, the American Bach Soloists, Musica Pacifica, Agave Baroque, Sonoma Bach, and the cello duo Bradamante.
ENSEMBLE BIOS:
Shirley Edith Hunt, cello & viola da gamba; Charles Sherman, harpsichord
5:00PM
St. Mary Magdalen Parish
2005 Berryman Street  Berkeley, CA 94709
Tickets: $15 General, $10 Seniors/Students/SFEMS/EMA
Information: www.shirleyhunt.net; shirleymirley@gmail.com or call (847) 951-7601

Monday, June 4, 2012

Les grâces
Gracest Hits
To celebrate our 4th anniversary and the release of our first professionally-recorded CD (MSR Classics), Les grâces invites you to an afternoon of some of our favorite music (so far). Be thrilled by Handel, moved by Couperin and Marais, enlivened by Purcell, and seduced by Montéclair–and others. We’ll even introduce you to a new favorite that was hiding in a dusty library until very recently: a lovely “butterfly” air by Battistin, never before heard on the West Coast!
LES GRÂCES BIOS: Jennifer Paulino, soprano; Annette Bauer, recorders; Rebekah Ahrendt, viola da gamba; Jonathan Rhodes Lee, harpsichord
12:00PM (noon)
Trinity Chapel (TRIN): 2320 Dana (at Durant)
Tickets: $15 general, $12 SFEMS/ARS/VdGSA/HKS, $5 students/un(der)employed
Information: http://www.lesgraces.com, lesgraces@gmail.com or call 510.717.8563

Les Distraits
A Parisian Palindrome
Paris has served variously as home, source of patronage, and inspiration to countless composers and performers.  We have chosen some of our favorite music associated with City of Light: two of Telemann’s enormously popular  “Paris” Quartets to bookend the program, one of Rameau’s brilliant “Pièces de clavecin en concerts” at the center, and two duos, one of d’Hervelois, one of Boismortier, placed to complete the programming palindrome. Although the Italian and French tastes had been, at least theoretically, reconciled to each other by the time these pieces were written, the pieces on our program are mostly very, very French in taste -  Francophiles, this program is for you!
LES DISTRAITS: Stephen Schultz, baroque flute; Elizabeth Blumenstock, baroque violin; Josh Lee, viola da gamba; Roy Whelden, viola da gamba; Katherine Heater, harpsichord
12:15PM
Loper Chapel at First Congregational Church (LOP): Dana at Durant
Tickets: $15 general admission; $12 SFEMS and EMA members, students, seniors
Information: estockblumen@yahoo.com or call 510.788.4112

Tim Rayborn and Rita Lilly
Hasten to the Sea: A Journey through Medieval Iberia and Occitania
Tim Rayborn and Rita Lilly present secular songs of medieval Portugal, northern Spain, and southern France.  The concert will feature Martin Codax’s magnificent Cantigas de Amigo (mid-13th-century), the oldest song cycle surviving with music, miraculously recovered in the early 20th century. They will also perform other secular Portuguese cantigas, instrumental realizations, and songs of the troubadours and trobairitz (female troubadours). This program presents a window into the vibrant and unique music of medieval Iberian and Occitanian culture.
ENSEMBLE BIOS: Tim Rayborn: voice, citole, ‘ud, percussion, psaltery, and harp; Rita Lilly: voice, symphonie
2:00 PM
St. Joseph of Arimathea Chapel (STJ)
2543 Durant Street near Bowditch
Tickets: Tickets: $15 General, $10 Seniors/Students/SFEMS/MusicSources/EMA
Information: www.timrayborn.com, tim@timrayborn.com or call 510.486.2803

BABO: Bay Area Baroque Orchestra
BABO on the Fringe
Music for orchestra by Lully, Bach, Handel and others. BABO consists of dedicated amateur musicians eager to explore the music and performance styles of the Baroque era. This concert will be the second bi-annual BABO Pro-Am performance in which BABO will be joined by professional baroque musicians from the Bay Area and further afield to give a rousing and unforgettable performance. Don’t miss the fun and musical excitement!
BABO: Bay Area Baroque Orchestra, Frances Blaker, conductor, with special surprise guest performers drawn from the community of Bay Area (and beyond) professional baroque musicians.
3:00PM
Trinity Chapel (TRIN): 2320 Dana (at Durant)
Tickets: $15 general, $10 student, senior, SFEMS, EMA, ARS
Information: francesblaker@sbcglobal.net or call 510.559.4670

Ensemble Artemisia
La Gioia della Primavera
Catherine Webster returns to the bay area along with Brussels-based violinist Maia Silberstein to perform songs and sonatas of early seventeenth-century Italy together with local early music specialists David Wilson, Elisabeth Reed and Katherine Heater. Please join them for a program of effulgent works by Monteverdi, Castello, Marini, and Uccellini.
ARTEMISIA BIOS:
Catherine Webster, soprano; Maia Silberstein and David Wilson, violins; Elisabeth Reed, cello; and Katherine Heater, harpsichord.
5:00PM
Trinity Chapel (TRIN): 2320 Dana (at Durant)
Tickets: $15 general/ $10 seniors, students, EMA, SFEMS
Information: soundbodies@gmail.com or call 510-459-1582

Ansámbl Luython
“Collegium Rorantistarum” Renaissance Music of the Polish Court
Ansámbl Luython, the premier ensemble for preforming eastern European Renaissance and early baroque music, will present a Polish Renaissance Concert “Collegium Rorantistarum”.  The first half of the show will include solo Regal and Lute pieces by Mikołaj z Krakowa and Jakub Polak, an Ensemble Canzona by Adam Jarzębski, Hymns by Diomedes Cato and Wacław z Szamotuł, all sung in Polish.
For the second half of the program the group will perform Marcin Lwowczyk’s Missa Paschalis, one of the most important Sacred Choral compositions of the Polish Renaissance.
ANSÁMBL LUYTHON: Vince B Ho, artistic director
Doris Williams, Soprano; Ashley McGinnis, Alto; Michael Mohammed, Counter-Tenor; Dan Stanley, Tenor; Derek Tam, Tenor; Brendan Hartnett, Bass; Eric Finley, Renaissance Soprano Violin; Colin Hamilton, Renaissance Alto Violin; Talia Sucrow, Renaissance Tenor Violin; Colin Shipman, Bass Violin; Millie Martin, Contrabass; Amy Brodo, Bass Gamba; Joyce Hamilton, Cornetto; Joshua Romatowski, Renaissance Tenor Flute; Alissa Roedig, Renaissance Tenor Flute; Peter C Fisher, Renaissance Bass Flute; Gesine Lohr, Harpsichord; Vince B Ho, Regal
5:00PM
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church (STM)
Tickets: $25 General Admission, $20 SFEMS/Seniors/Students/Disabled
Information: http://www.luython.com, vince@earlykeyboard.net or call 575.650.8223

Farallon Recorder Quartet
Der Morgenstern: Music from German-Speaking Lands
Farallon will start the program with its own version of an antiphon by Hildegarde von Bingen, and move on to explore the riches of German polyphonic music up through the 18th century. Works from the Glogauer Liederbuch and composers including Hofhaimer, Finck and Senfl, Haussmann and Scheidt, J. S. Bach and Graun make a program of great beauty and thrilling fireworks.
FARALLON RECORDER QUARTET BIOS: Annette Bauer, Letitia Berlin, Frances Blaker, Louise Carslake, recorders
7:00PM
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church/Parish Hall (STM)
Tickets: $15
Information: www.farallonrecorderquartet.com, tishberlin@sbcglobal.net or call 510-559-4670

Emma Gavenda, harpsichord
Fantastichord
A look at the wilder, more whimsical solo harpsichord forms – toccatas, fantasias, etc – as manifested across Europe. Works by J. S. Bach, Byrd, Froberger, Scarlatti, and Royer.
7:30PM
St. Clement’s Episcopal Church,
2837 Claremont Blvd, Berkeley, CA, 94705
Suggested donation: $5
Information: emmagavenda@gmail.com

Alex Keitel
Heart of the Viol
San Francisco based early music specialist Alex Keitel presents an all French program of viol master Sainte-Colombe and his student Marin-Marais accompanied by a unique continuo comprised of 7 sring bass viol, theorbo and archguitar. 
Works featured include, Sainte-Colombe: Suite in D minor from the Tournus Manuscript, Tombeau Les Regrets.  Marin-Marais: Suite in e minor from book 2, Tombeau pour Ste. Colombe, Feste Champetre.
ENSEMBLE BIOS: Alex Keitel, viola da gamba; Jon Mendle, archguitar; Tobi Szuts, viola da gamba
8:00PM
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church (STM)
Tickets: $15 general admission; $10 SFEMS and EMA members, students, seniors
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/242470
Information: www.alexplayscello.com or alexplayscello@gmail.com

Franklin Lei, Renaissance lute
Lute Musicke for Kinges, Queenes and Popes
FRANKLIN LEI, 6- and 8-course lutes (after Hans Frei by Paul Thomson, Bristol, 1991 & 1994)
Lute music of the 16th century had the full patronage of kings, queens and popes. This program surveys its rich solo repertory, from the ‘Kinges Luters’ of Henry VIII and the private lutenists of the popes, to the ‘gentlemen ushers’ of the Chapel Royal of Elizabeth I.
The music includes preludes, ricercars and fantasias, dances and variations by Philip van Wilder, Francesco da Milano, John Dowland and other Cinquecento greats.
8:00PM
Trinity Chapel (TRIN): 2320 Dana (at Durant)
Tickets: $15 general, $10 SFEMS & EMA members, students, senior and disabled.
Information: FranklinLeiLute.blogspot.com, lautenmeister@gmail.com or call 510.549.3864 (Trinity Chamber Concert Tickets)

Cançonièr
The Black Dragon – Music from the Time of Vlad Dracula (ca 1431-76)
Cançonièr performs their acclaimed signature program in a late night candle-lit concert setting, featuring music of the 15th century, during the reign of the infamous Vlad the Impaler, whose cruelty and tyrannical rule of Wallachia (modern-day southern Romania) shocked Europe. And yet, despite his fearsome reputation, he is still revered as a hero in Romania, who successfully resisted an Ottoman Turkish invasion. This program includes a setting of Michel Beheim’s German poem about Vlad, music of the Byzantine court and church, Italian and French dances, Balkan folk songs, Turkish music, German songs, and the Lamentation for the Fall of Constantinople by Guillaume Dufay.
CANÇONIÈR BIOS: Annette Bauer and Tim Rayborn, directors
Annette Bauer: recorders, voice, percussion, bells, citole; Phoebe Jevtovic: voice, bells; Shira Kammen: vielle, harp, voice; Tim Rayborn: voice, percussion, citole, psaltery, ud, tromba marina
9:00PM
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church—Parish Hall (STMP): 2300 Bancroft Way.
Tickets: 15 general, $10 students/seniors/SFEMS/ARS/EMA/MusicSources
Information: www.canconier.com, info@canconier.com or call 510.847.7023

Tuesday, June 5, 2012

Ensemble Vermillian
Bach and Leclair
Trio and solo sonatas by two masters of the Baroque era, Johann Sebastian Bach and Jean Marie Leclair. Unusual harmonies and compelling melodies are two of the characteristics of compositions by these two masters, yet their music stands as opposite pillars of baroque music. Ensemble Vermillian brings you a handful of spectacular pieces perfect for a mid-day concert.
ENSEMBLE VERMILLIAN: Frances Blaker, recorders; David Wilson, Baroque violin; Barbara Blaker Krumdieck, Baroque cello; Jonathan Salzedo, harpsichord; William Simms, theorbo and Baroque guitar
12:00PM (noon)
Trinity Chapel (TRIN): 2320 Dana (at Durant)
Tickets: $15 general/ $10 seniors, students, EMA, SFEMS, ARS
Information: francesblaker@sbcglobal.net or call 510.559.4670

Conry and Gerbode
A Musical Grand Tour – Two Centuries of Lute Songs
Please join us for a grand tour of English and European lute song masterpieces of the 16th and 17th centuries, including Spanish pieces by Esteban Daza and Miguel de Fuenllana, Italian songs by Barbara Strozzi and Benedetto Vinaccesi, French airs de cour by Pierre Guèdron and Jean-Baptiste Bèsard, and works of the great English songwriters, John Dowland and Henry Purcell.
ENSEMBLE BIOS: John Conry, bass-baritone; Sarge Gerbode, lute
1:00PM
St. Joseph of Arimathea Chapel (STJ)
2543 Durant Street near Bowditch.
Tickets: $15.00
Information: johnconry@sbcglobal.net or call 510.222.5638

Elizabeth Blumenstock, violin and Janine Johnson, fortepiano
Mozart and Schubert Sonatas for violin and fortepiano
Two of the bay Area’s great talents join forces in a delightful and impassioned performance of Mozart and Schubert Sonatas for violin and fortepiano, featuring Mozart Sonatas in C major KV 303, A major KV 526, and Schubert’s Sonata in a minor Op. 137 # 2.
ENSEMBLE BIOS: Elizabeth Blumenstock, violin and Janine Johnson, fortepiano
2:30PM
Trinity Chapel (TRIN): 2320 Dana (at Durant)
Tickets: $15 general, $10 SFEMS members, students, seniors and disabled
Information: TrinityChamberConcerts.com or call 510.549.3864

Friends of Eileen Hadidian
Benefit for Eileen Hadidian
Please join us for this concert honoring the life and work of Eileen Hadidian–respected member of the Bay Area early music community, founder of Healing Muses, 2010 Albany Woman of the Year, and longtime cancer patient.
ENSEMBLE: Carla Moore and Rachel Hurwitz (baroque violins), Shira Kammen (vielle), Louise Carslake (traverso, recorder), Hanneke van Proosdij (recorder, harpsichord),  Katherine Heater (harpsichord), John Dornenburg (viol), David Tayler (lute), and Peter Maund (percussion).
6:00PM
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church—Parish Hall (SMTP): 2300 Bancroft Way
Tickets: Admission by donation ($15 suggested minimum.)
All proceeds will go towards supporting Eileen’s ongoing care. PLEDGE TODAY>>
Information: http://pledgie.com/campaigns/16523, eileenbenefit@gmail.com

MUSA
Music of the Courts: A Tour of Europe
Join MUSA – one of the Bay Area’s newest Baroque ensembles – on a musical tour of Europe, featuring pieces by Biber, Bertali, Marais, Purcell, Rosenmüller, Schmelzer and Schop.
MUSA BIOS: Emily Botel, violin; Natalie Carducci, violin; Gretchen Claassen, cello and viola da gamba; Laura Gaynon, cello; Esther Ho Man Lam, harpsichord; Addi Liu, viola; Derek Tam, harpsichord; Clio Tilton, violin and viola
7:00PM
St. Joseph of Arimathea Chapel (STJ), 2543 Durant Street near Bowditch
Tickets: $15 general admission
Information: www.musasfbaroque.com, musasfbaroque@gmail.com or call 650.784.6129

The Albany Consort
Monteverdi: Miniature Masterpieces
1600 saw music reborn.  Perfection was old, lively minds wanted immediate and virtuosic.  This had to happen in Italy, with Claudio Monteverdi at the center.  We include the lovely Lamento della Ninfa, The Battle of Tancredi and Clorinda, the opposing Others Sing of Love and Others Sing of War and instrumental works by his contemporary, Frescobaldi.
THE ALBANY CONSORT: Jonathan Salzedo, Marion Rubinstein, directors
Rita Lilly, Elisabeth Engan, Alison King, Neal Rogers, Jeff Barnett, Daniel Pickens-Jones, singers; Jonathan Salzedo, Marion Rubinstein, David Wilson, Laura Rubinstein-Salzedo, Roy Whelden, Tobi Szuts, Steve Escher, Joyce Johnson-Hamilton, Carol Panofsky, instrumental ensemble
8:00PM
University Lutheran Chapel (ULC)
2425 College (at Haste)
Tickets: $10-$25
Information: www.albanyconsort.com, consort@albanyconsort.com or call 408.480.0182

Women’s Antique Vocal Ensemble (WAVE)
Music from the Trecento
A concert of vocal and instrumental music from 14th-century Italy featuring works by 3 generations of Trecento composers. The performance will include works by Maestro Piero, Jacopo da Bologna, Francesco Landini, Gherardello da Firenze, Andrea da Firenze, Johannes Ciconia, Antonius Zachara da Teramo, and instrumental pieces from the British Library.
WOMEN’S ANTIQUE VOCAL ENSEMBLE: Cindy Beitmen, director
Wendy Buzby, Amy Corbett, Tanya Drlik, Marcia Hofer, Jennifer Lin, Nancy Marsh, Barbara Miller, Susan Overhauser, Carol Paxson, Susan Russell, Meryl Sacks, Alisa Gould Sugden, Alison Thomas, Charlene Woodcock
GUEST INSTRUMENTALISTS: Shira Kammen – vielle, harp; Peter Maund – percussion; Richard van Hessel – slide trumpet, recorder, sackbut; Michelle Levy – vielle
8:00PM
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church (STM): 2300 Bancroft Way
Tickets: General $20, Students/Seniors $10
Information: wavewomen.org; wavewomen@netzero.net or call 510.233.1479
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Wednesday, June 6, 2012

The Albany Consort
Christa Pfeiffer and Friends – Cantatas, Concertso and Sonatas of the High Baroque
Music by Monteclair (Cantata Ariane e Bachus), Bach (Sonata in A for violin and harpsichord), Alessandro Scarlatti (Recorder Concerto), Purcell (Songs) and Buxtehude (Trio Sonata).
THE ALBANY CONSORT: Jonathan Salzedo, Marion Rubinstein, directors
Christa Pfeiffer, soprano; Jonathan Salzedo, harpsichord; Marion Rubinstein, recorder/organ; David Wilson and Laura Rubinstein-Salzedo, violins; Ondina Young, viola; Amy Brodo, cello
11:00AM
University Lutheran Chapel (ULC)
2425 College (at Haste)
Tickets: $10-$25
Information: www.albanyconsort.com, consort@albanyconsort.com or call 408.480.0182

Sitka Trio & Friends
Music in a Circle~ imitative music and repeating bass lines
The Sitka Trio will be joined by cellist Barbara Blaker Krumdieck and lute and guitar player William Simms. This larger Sitka ensemble makes it their mission to explore music from many centuries, from both the traditional (folk) and clas- sical repertories. Medieval works stand side by side with Baroque compositions; Renaissance composers next to new voices from the 20th and 21st centuries, including original works by Blaker and Kammen.
THE SITKA TRIO: Shira Kammen, Viele, violin, viola; Letitia Berlin, recorders, doucaine; Frances Blaker, recorders and Friends: Barbara Blaker Krumdieck, cello; Billy Simms, theorbo and guitar
12:00PM (noon)
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church—Parish Hall (STMP): 2300 Bancroft Way
Tickets: $15 general. $10 students & SFEMS
Information: cellobabs@gmail.com or call 704 560-0101

Vinaccesi Ensemble
Il disinganno degli amanti: music of the northern Italian Baroque
Northern Italy was a hotbed of musical endeavors in the 17th and 18th centuries, and the Vinaccesi Ensemble mines that fertile field for continuo arias, duets, and trios by Monteverdi, Strozzi, Cavalli, and–of course–the quirky and creative Benedetto Vinaccesi.
The Vinaccesi Ensemble was formed in 2008 by Bruce Wetmore, Kindra Scharich, and Nanette McGuinness and first performed as part of the 2008 Berkeley Early Music Fringe Fest. The Ensemble recorded Vinaccesi\’s extant solo cantatas in 2011, with the generous support of the San Francisco Friends of Chamber Music\’s Musical Grant Program.  View Sample Programs >>>
VINACCESI ENSEMBLE BIOS: Nanette McGuinness, soprano; Kindra Scharich, mezzo-soprano; Jonathan Smucker, tenor; Kirk Eichelberger, bass; Sarge Gerbode, archlute; Farley Pearce, Baroque cello; Yuko Tanaka, harpsichord
12:30PM
Trinity Chapel (TRIN): 2320 Dana (at Durant)
Tickets: $15 general/ $10 SFEMS members, seniors, students, disabled, no one turned away for lack of funds
Information: www.vinaccesi.com, www.TrinityChamberConcerts.com or call 510-549-3864

Janine Johnson, harpsichord
“Goldberg Variations” by J. S. Bach
Harpsichordist Janine Johnson will present a joyous and moving rendition of Bach’s Aria with 30 Variations (Goldberg Variations) on a replica of the 1722 J.H. Gräbner harpsichord by John Phillips. Sure to be a Festival highlight!
2:30PM
Trinity Chapel (TRIN): 2320 Dana (at Durant)
Tickets: $15 general, $10 SFEMS members, students, seniors and disabled.
Information: TrinityChamberConcerts.com or call 510.549.3864
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Elinor Frey, Solo Baroque Cello
The Voice of the Violoncello – Music of the First Great Composer-Cellists of Italy
Montreal-based cellist Elinor Frey developed the program “The Voice of the Violoncello” while doing a Fulbright Fellowship in Italy. Loving the Bach suites, she wanted to know if there was other solo music before and around Bach’s time, but from where the first musicians called cellists composed, in Italy! It turns out that between the 1670s to 1750s cellists Gabrielli, Vitali, Dall’Abaco, Supriani, and others, wrote great solo music. Elinor’s program encompasses an exceptional collection of music that is charming, sumptuous, and captivating.
3:30PM
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church—Parish Hall (STMP): 2300 Bancroft Way
Tickets: $15 suggested donation (no one will be turned away because of cost)
Information: www.elinorfrey.com, elinor@elinorfrey.com or call 206.790.8233

Coro Ciconia
The Transit of Venus
Coro Ciconia continues exploring the transition in music from medieval to Renaissance, examining the literal crossover of English technique and sound to the continent accompanying England’s conquest of France at Agincourt in 1415.  European musicians called this sound the “contenance l’Angloise;” it transformed western music.  Featuring “Missa Alma Redemptoris Mater,” by Leonel Power (ca. 1375-1445), chosen purely for
beauty and musical richness, we’ll sing other charming pieces by Power, his colleague John Dunstable (ca. 1380-1453), their contemporary Johannes Ciconia (ca. 1373-1412), and gems by Philippe de Vitry, Guillaume de Machaut and Johannes Ockeghem in a fine medieval chamber, the Member’s Lounge of Julia Morgan’s Berkeley City Club.
CORO CICONIA: Peter Fisher, director
Annie Hallett, Sara Knuth, Cheryl Koehler, Nancy Lambert, Lee McRae, Ralph Prince, Scott Robinson, Richard Walker.
4:00PM
Berkeley City Club (BCC): 2315 Durant Avenue
Tickets: $15 general, $12 students and seniors
Information: pcfisher@berkeley.edu or call 510.843.0450
PROGRAM AND PROGRAM NOTES >>
Note: This small room may sell out: please contact us to reserve without paying.

Les Violettes
J. S. Bach:  Sonatas for Viola da Gamba and Harpsichord
The three sonatas for viola da gamba and obligato harpsichord  (BWV 1027-1029) are some of Bach’s most remarkable and gorgeous chamber works.  Prepare yourself for a journey through a wealth of emotions, textures, styles and contrapuntal invention to delight your mind, body and soul in ways both sublime and fantastic.
LES VIOLETTES BIOS: Colin Shipman, Viola da Gamba; Violet Grgich, Harpsichord
4:00PM
St. Joseph of Arimathea Chapel (STJ): 2543 Durant Street near Bowditch
Tickets: $15 General / $10 Seniors, Students, SFEMS, EMA
Information: lesviolettesnapa@gmail.com or call 707.224.2222

Thursday, June 7, 2012

Farallon Recorder Quartet with soprano Jennifer Paulino and lutenist John Lenti
Amaryllis: Songs and Consorts from the Courts of Renaissance Europe
At the heart of the program will be English Renaissance music drawn from their recent CD From Albion’s Shores, which includes music by the great 16th century lutenist John Dowland and his famous contemporary William Byrd. Spanish music by Diego Ortiz and Antonio Cabezon, German music by Ludwig Senfl and Heinrich Finck, French chansons by Josquin des Prez, and Italian songs by Bartolomeo Tromboncino and Jacob Obrecht complete this whirlwind musical tour.
FARALLON RECORDER QUARTET BIOS:
Annette Bauer, Letitia Berlin, Frances Blaker, Louise Carslake, recorders with Jennifer Paulino, soprano and John Lenti, lute
11:00AM
Trinity Chapel (TRIN): 2320 Dana (at Durant)
Tickets: $15
Infromation: www.farallonrecorderquartet.com; tishberlin@sbcglobal.net, or call 510-559-4670

The Barefoot All-Stars
“Cries and In Nomines”: Elizabethan Festive Music
“The Cries of London” by Gibbons and “The Country Cries” by Deering are the famous (and hilarious) pieces that anchor this program.   Gibbons’ piece rings with the sounds of street food sellers and merchants (“ripe damsons ripe/ hot puddings, hot / have ye any work for a cooper?” etc), while the Deering piece, largely in dialect, reflects a more rural discourse (“Her’ll fling her pisspot on her head, for her play’d all night at whipperginnie”).
The Gibbons “Cries” is also an “In Nomine”, based on the plainsong that inspired dozens of instrumental pieces.  The program will also include the original Taverner mass movement, an In Nomine by Tye based on street cries, another (instrumental) In Nomine by Gibbons and a contemporary ballad about a scheming cookmaid, several tailors and a sausage.
THE BAREFOOT ALLSTARS: The Spirit of Gambo, director
Allison Zelles Lloyd, voice; Tonia D’Amelio, voice; Shira Kammen, voice and viol; David Morris, voice and viol; Fred Goff, voice; Peter Hallifax, viol; Julie Jeffrey, viol; and Lynn Tetenbaum, viol
12:00PM (noon)
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church/Parish Hall (STM)
Tickets: Gate: $15 General, $13 SFEMS, Seniors, Students.
Online (note the discount!!!): $12 and $10 (www.BrownPaperTickets.com/event/231148)
Information: www.Barefootchamberconcerts.com, info@barefootchamberconcerts.com or call 510.220.1195

Gryphons Wild
Women in Song: Adoration, Anguish and Animosity
Eight centuries of glorious vocal music written by and about women and their relationships: Hildegard von Bingen’s devotion to God, a Trouvère song in which a wife longs for the return of her Crusader husband, a Cantiga de Santa Maria sung in adoration of the most famous woman in music history, an Elizabethan complaint about unfaithful men, a duet from Handel’s Julius Caesar in which a mother and son share their anguish over the murder of husband and father, a Sephardic song in which a woman plots revenge against her evil mother-in law, plus vocal music by Machaut and Monteverdi presenting the male point of view (emphasizing the fickleness and hard-heartedness of women, of course!).
GRYPHONS WILD BIOS: Sally Terris, Artistic Director; Ellen St. Thomas, Managing Director
Sally Terris, mezzo-soprano, recorder, harp; Ellen St. Thomas, soprano, percussion; Greta Haug-Hryciw, percussion, storyteller, recorder, soprano; Anita Baldwin, guitar, accordion, mezzo-soprano; Carrie Campbell, mezzo-soprano, harpsichord.
12:00PM (noon)
Berkeley Piano Club (BPC): 2724 Haste Street
Tickets: $15 General, $10 Seniors/Students/SFEMS/ARS
Information: www.gryphonswild.com, gryphonswild@gmail.com or call 408.773.0946

Passamezzo Moderno
Instrumentalischer Sachen: 17th Century German Chamber Music
In the early 17th century, Italian musicians spread the new Baroque style of music throughout Europe, and musicians from all over Europe came to Italy to study with Italian masters. By the mid-17th century, German-speaking lands were saturated with Italian music and Italian musicians. German and Austrian composers absorbed the new style and adapted it to their own culture well.  Works by Johann Heinrich Schmelzer, Johann Rosenmüller , Matthias Weckmann, and others.
PASSAMEZZO MODERNO BIOS: Jonathan Davis, harpsichord; David Granger, dulcian; Edwin Huizinga, violin; Adriane Post, violin
1:00PM
Loper Chapel (LOP) at First Congregational Church
Tickets: Suggested donation: $10
Information: www.passamezzomoderno.com, info@passamezzomoderno.com or call 510.260.6475
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Ensemble Montichiari
Music of J. S. Bach for violin, viola da gamba, and harpsichord
Our program features gorgeous chamber music by J.S. Bach:  Sonata in G minor for viola da gamba and harpsichord, BWV 1029: Fantasia and Fugue in A minor, BWV 904: Sonata in C minor for violin and harpsichord, BWV 1017:Trio sonata in G major for violin, viola da gamba, and continuo, after BWV 1027.
ENSEMBLE MONTICHIARI BIOS: David Wilson, violin; Farley Pearce, viola da gamba; Yuko Tanaka, harpsichord
1:00PM
Trinity Chapel (TRIN): 2320 Dana (at Durant)
Tickets: $15 general admission, $10 SFEMS/EMA
Information: dkwilson415@sbcglobal.net or call 510.326.4916

Well-Tuned Words
The Dowland-Campion Connection
In its West Coast debut, the duo Well-Tuned Words presents songs by three of the finest lute-song composers in the age of Shakespeare: John Dowland, his friend Thomas Campion, and John Danyel.
WELL-TUNED WORDS BIOS: Amanda Sidebottom, soprano; Erik Ryding, lute
2:00PM
St. Joseph of Arimathea Chapel (STJ)
Tickets: $15 general admission; $10 SFEMS and EMA members, students, seniors
Information: www.welltunedwords.com: info@welltunedwords.com or call 347-232-9164
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Bertamo Trio
An Uncommon Portion: Music from 18th Century Germany and 21st Century America
Trios and Solos from the 18th to the 21st Centuries: Music of Telemann, Fischer, Maute and Blaker.  Solos and trios from Telemann\’s Essercizi musici,  and works commissioned by new composers for the recorder including Matthias Maute and Frances Blaker.
BERTAMO TRIO BIOS: Letitia Berlin, recorder; David Morris, viola da gamba; Yuko Tanaka, harpsichord
3:30PM
Trinity Chapel (TRIN): 2320 Dana (at Durant)
Tickets: $15.00
Information: tishberlin@sbcglobal.net or call 510.559.4670

Elaine Thornburgh, solo harpsichord
Musical French Muses
Stanford University harpsichordist Elaine Thornburgh offers an enchanting program of French keyboard music anchored by the eight préludes of François Couperin’s “L’Art de Toucher le Clavecin”. The préludes, a veritable textural dictionary of French style and gesture, introduce us to the music of Louis and François Couperin, Rameau, Duphly and Forqueray performed on a John Phillips two-manual harpsichord.  Such pieces as Couperin’s “Les Silvains” (people of the woods), Duphly’s La Pothoüin, and Forqueray’s La Régente provide graceful continuity to the program.
3:30PM
Loper Chapel at First Congregational Church (LOP): Dana at Durant
Tickets: $15 general, $10 SFEMS, EMA and WEKA members, students/seniors
Information: ilanabardavid@gmail.com or call 415.387.6890

Rebecca Pechefsky, harpsichord
Rediscovered Masterpieces
Harpsichordist Rebecca Pechefsky will present a recital of French and German music, including Francois Couperin’s rarely played 12th Ordre and the rediscovered E-Flat Partita by Bach’s star pupil, Johann Ludwig Krebs.
The harpsichord used for this recital is by Owen Daly after Jean-Claude Goujon, c. 1749, currently in the PARIS Musée de la Musique. The instrument is restrung in the new historical phosphoric iron wire by Stephen Birkett and equipped with new jacks and quilled in wild Canada goose with interior decoration by Adrian Card of San Francisco.
3:30PM
St. Joseph of Arimathea Chapel (STJ), 2543 Durant Street near Bowditch
Tickets $15 general admission; $10 SFEMS and EMA members, students, seniors
Information: www.rebeccapechefsky.com; rpechefsky@gmail.com or call 646-263-9122

Natur Early Music Ensemble
J’aimerai!: a voyage through heavenly, courtly, and earthly loves
Natur Early Music Ensemble presents “J’aimerai!: a voyage through heavenly, courtly, and earthly loves.” Inspired by the polytextual motets of the Montepellier Codex, this 50-minute program will lead the audience through the three levels of love, using sacred music by French Baroque composers Lully and Couperin, courtly madrigals by Italian Renaissance composers Luzzaschi and Festa, and earthly duets and bawdy catches by English Renaissance composers Purcell, Morley and Eccles.
NATUR EARLY MUSIC ENSEMBLE: Bianca Hall & Tara Bailey, directors
Tara Bailey (soprano, recorder), Claire Fedoruk (soprano, viola da gamba), Bianca Hall (soprano, recorder, harpsichord), Stacey Helley (mezzo-soprano, French specialist), Stephan Haas (harpsichord, organ, recorder, gemshorn)
4:00PM
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church—Parish Hall (STPM)
Tickets: General $10; Students/Seniors $7
Information: http://naturearlymusic.instantencore.com or naturearlymusic@gmail.com

Friday, June 8, 2012

The Albany Consort
Exploring a Famous 18th Century Bass Pattern
It was set by more than 150 composers including Beethoven and Paganini and composers today still find it fascinating. The earliest reference to the Folia we know is in a 1577 treatise and older versions date back even further. Our program features Geminiani’s technicolor orchestration of Corelli’s La Folia. We also include Folias from The Division Violin and The Division Flute, the Folia from Bach’s Peasant Cantata, Folias by Vivaldi and a harpsichord Folia by d’Anglebert.
THE ALBANY CONSORT: Jonathan Salzedo, Marion Rubinstein, directors
Laura Rubinstein-Salzedo, Natalie Carducci, Tyler Lewis, Ondine Young violins; Clio Tilton, Vijay Chalasani violas; Laura Gaynon cello; Millie Martin double bass
11:00AM
University Lutheran Chapel (ULC)
2425 College (at Haste)
Tickets: $10-$25
Information: www.albanyconsort.com, consort@albanyconsort.com or call 408.480.0182

Elizabeth CD Brown, baroque guitar
The World of the Baroque Guitar
From the Mediterranean to the British Isles and Africa, the music of the baroque guitar reflects the amazing bounty of cultural interchange across, and beyond, Europe in the 17th and 18th Centuries.  Acclaimed Seattle-based baroque guitarist Elizabeth CD Brown will provide this musical tour, featuring works by Sanz, Corbetta, Purcell, Jacquet de la Guerre and de Murcia, and from Playford’s Dancing Master.
12:00PM (noon)
St. Joseph of Arimathea Chapel (STJ)
2543 Durant Street near Bowditch
Tickets: $10 General, $8 Students, Seniors, SFEMS, EMA
Information: http://www.elizabethcdbrown.com/home.html, elizabeth.brown@comcast.net or call 206-595-7193

Flauti Diversi
Boismortier! The Complete Opus 37 Trio Sonatas
Flauti Diversi presents a program of the complete trio sonatas from Joseph Bodin de Boismortier’s Opus 37 (1732), a Parisian collection of charming works displaying Boismortier’s unique style of composition, which was an amalgam combining French elegance with fiery Italian figuration in the Allegros and Vivaces and aria-like melodies in the Largos and Adagios. He was very specific in his orchestration featuring flute, viol and chamber organ together. Contemporary controversy pitted French against Italian for supremacy of musical style; the melding of the two styles in his work illustrates his musical world view.
FLAUTI DIVERSI BIOS: Frances Feldon, traverso; David Morris, viola da gamba; Katherine Heater, chamber organ
12:00PM (noon)
Trinity Chapel (TRIN): 2320 Dana (at Durant)
Tickets: $15 general; $10 SFEMS/ARS/EMA/seniors/students
Information: franfel@aol.com or call 510.527.9029
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Hallifax & Jeffrey with Lynn Tetenbaum
“The Lawes Lyra Trios and other pieces for Lyra Viols”
The cornerstones of the concert are the lovely lyra viol trios of William Lawes.  We will also play a fantasia for 3 lyra viols and duos and solos by Alfonso Ferrabosco II.
This rarely heard repertoire, for 2 and 3 equal viols in unusual tunings was written by and for the highly regarded viol players of the Jacobean and Caroline courts.   William Lawes’ remarkable pieces are the high point of what survives of the repertoire, most of which was lost during the Commonwealth.
HALLIFAX & JEFFREY BIOS: Peter Hallifax, Julie Jeffrey, and Lynn Tetenbaum, viols
12:00PM (noon)
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church/Parish Hall (STM)
Tickets: Door: $15 General, $13 SFEMS/Seniors/Students (online $3 discount)
Online (note the discount!!!): www.BrownPaperTickets.com/event/231146
Information: www.Barefootchamberconcerts.com, info@barefootchamberconcerts.com or call 510.220.1195

Driftwood Consort
Bach’s Voices
Driftwood Consort presents its inaugural Berkeley concert! “Bach’s Voices” with Sheila Willey (soprano) features works by Johann Sebastian Bach for small ensemble. Our program highlights arias from Bach’s passions and oratorio written for Easter, interspersed with instrumentals, and finishing off with a visit to Zimmermann’s coffee house.
DRIFTWOOD CONSORT BIOS: Lars Johannesson & Alissa Roedig, directors
Sheila Willey, soprano soloist, with viola da gambist Amy Brodo, Lars Johannesson and Alissa Roedig on baroque flutes, and harpsichordist Jonathan Rhodes Lee.
3:00PM
Trinity Chapel (TRIN): 2320 Dana (at Durant)
Tickets: $15 general, $5 youth.
Information: http://www.driftwoodconsort.org/index.html

Kathleen Kraft & Friends
Elegant French Dance: Suite, Partita, Sonata
Well-known Baroque flutist, Kathleen Kraft, will explore the variety of 18th century French dance music: Boismortier: Suite in e minor; J.S. Bach: Partita in a minor (BWV 1013); J.M. LeClair: Sonata II in G Major, Second Livres de Sonates.  She will be joined by harpsichordist Phebe Craig and cellist Barbara Blaker Krumdieck.
ENSEMBLE BIOS: Kathleen Kraft, traverso; Phebe Craig, harpsichord; Barbara Blaker Krumdieck, cello
3PM
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church—Parish Hall (STMP): 2300 Bancroft Way.
Tickets: $15 general, $10 SFEMS members, students, seniors and disabled
Information: kkraft@sonic.net or call 707.799.2018.

L’amour regne!
Please join these Boston-based friends for an afternoon of 18th-century French airs, cantatas, and solos for both harpsichord and viol. The program will feature works by French baroque masters Bernier, Clerambault, Rameau, and others, in which love triumphs over all!
ENSEMBLE MEMBERS BIOS: Claire Raphaelson, soprano; Julia Cavallaro, mezzo-soprano; Rebekah Ahrendt, viola da gamba; Matthew Hall, harpsichord
3:00PM
St. Clementís Episcopal Church (STC): 2837 Claremont Blvd
Tickets: $15 general, $10 SFEMS members, students, seniors
Information: claire.raphaelson@gmail.com

Owen Daly, harpsichord
Solo Harpsichord Works by Forqueray and Duphly
Harpsichord maker Owen Daly performs solo harpsichord music: the first suite of harpsichord pieces by Jean-Baptiste-Antoine Forqueray (le Fils), consisting of transcriptions he published in 1747 of viola da gamba pieces by his father Antoine Forqueray (le Père). This is followed by Jacques Duphly’s suite in A from the first book of his Pieces de Clavecin, published in 1744.
The instrument, after the c. 1749 Jean-Claude Goujon, is Daly’s only 18th-century French double, made in 1984. It has recently enjoyed a complete interior redecoration by San Francisco artist Adrian Card, new jacks, real quill, and the first “iron” harpsichord wire in our time based upon analyses of surviving historical samples.
3:30PM
St. Joseph of Arimathea Chapel (STJ): 2543 Durant Street near Bowditch
Tickets: $15, $10 Seniors
Information: owen@dalyharpsichords.com

Saturday, June 9, 2012

Bradamante
Breakfast with Bradamante
Bradamante, meaning “wild lover” in Italian, is the dazzling new duo collaboration between cellists Shirley Hunt and Elinor Frey. Bradamante, legendary female knight of the great epic poem Orlando Furioso, is the ancestor of the powerful and music-loving d’Este family, Italy’s first great patrons of the cello in the 17th century. With Bradamante as their inspiration, Shirley and Elinor celebrate the brave and passionate spirit of the first famous composer-cellists.
BRADAMANTE BIOS: Shirley Hunt, baroque cello: Elinor Frey, baroque cello
10:30AM
Trinity Chapel (TRIN): 2320 Dana (at Durant)
Tickets: $15 general, $10 seniors/students/SFEMS
Information: www.bradamante.com; info@bradamante.com or call 847-951-7601
There will be FREE coffee and breakfast treats provided at our concert!

Lars Johannesson & Friends
A Baroque Flute Treasury
Accomplished Swedish flutist Lars Johannesson presents a recital of favorite late baroque works for flute, cello and harpsichord. This program includes the exuberant C Major sonata by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, his father Johann Sebastian’s elegant sonata in E Major, and other selections from the baroque flute treasury. Well familiar to Bay Area early music audiences, Lars studied baroque flute with Stephen Schultz and Wilbert Hazelzet, and is heard frequently with groups such as Philharmonia Baroque, California Bach Society orchestra, SF Bach Choir orchestra and Santa Cruz Baroque Festival.
ENSEMBLE: Lars Johannesson, baroque flute; Amy Brodo, baroque cello; Jonathan Rhodes-Lee, harpsichord
1:00PM
Trinity Chapel (TRIN): 2320 Dana (at Durant)
Tickets: $15 general; $10 SFEMS members/seniors/students
Information: www.larsjohannesson.com/music, lars@gruk.net or call 831-706-8408

Alice’s Renaissance String Band
“The Indian Queen” by Henry Purcell (David Morris, musical director) fully staged with baroque orchestra, singers and dancers.
See the Indian Queen herself, live onstage!!One performance only!
Performance time approx one hour so you can easily get to your next event. Don’t miss this spectacular highlight of the Fringe Festival!
2:00PM
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church/Parish Hall (STMP)
Tickets: Suggested donation $15
For information call 510-207-8294

San Francisco Renaissance Voices
Concert from the Court of Kangxi
This exciting concert features Charles D’Ambleville’s (c1599-1637) Mass of the Beijing Jesuits performed alternatim with traditional Chinese music/instruments including dizi, erhu, ruan and yangqing and a special surprise to start the concert! This concert celebrates the legendary court of the Chinese Emperor Kangxi, China’s longest ruling royal whose reign brought about long-term stability and relative wealth after years of war and chaos and an unprecedented collaboration and interest in the West.
SAN FRANCISCO RENAISSANCE VOICES BIOS: Todd Jolly, Music Director with our Dance Early & Ancient troupe (LeAnna Sharp, director) and guest artists:  Adam Cockerham, theorbo; Esther Lam, harpsichord
Singers: (S)-Diana Pray, Alice N. Ko, Rita Lilly, Jessica Wan (A)-Katherine McKee, Emily Ryan, Maura Sipila, Colby Smith (T)-Seth Arnopole, Will Betts, Chris Evans, Reuben Zellman (B)-J.Jeff Badger, Raymond Martinez, Jefferson Packer, Jeff Phillips
2:00PM
1:30PM pre-concert lecture by the Ricci Institute for Chinese-Western Cultural History.
St. John’s Presbyterian Church (SJP): 2727 College Avenue, Berkeley
Tickets: $35/General, $30/Student/Senior
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Information: http://www.SFRV.org, SFRVoices@yahoo.com or call 415.664.2543 x3

Eugene Petrushansky, solo harpsichord
South by Northwest: Bach’s Continental Influences
Though J.S. Bach likely never travelled outside Eastern Germany, his œuvre incorporated two Continental elements: the Italian virtuoso style (“South”) and the French clavecinistic school (“Northwest”). The amalgamation of these elements into the musical heritage of the great Germanic lineage of Sweelinck defined the genius widely considered to be the culmination of the Baroque paradigm. Eugene Petrushansky performs Bach’s toccatas and suites in a compendium of diverse styles, on two harpsichords (double-manual after 1738 Vater and single-manual after early 17th-century Italian examples).
2:45PM
St. Joseph of Arimathea Chapel (STJ): 2543 Durant Street
Tickets: $10 per person (suggested donation)
Information: http://espbaroque.wordpress.com/ or epetrus14@gmail.com

Howard Kadis, Renaissance Lute
The Golden Age of the English Lute
Lutenist Howard Kadis presents a concert of English lute solos from the age of Queen Elizabeth I and King James I, showcasing the extraordinary artistry of the era’s great lutenist-composers. The program features works by John Johnson, Gregorio Howet, Alfonso Ferrabosco, Hans Leo Hassler, Robert Dowland and John Dowland.
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3:00PM
Trinity Chapel (TRIN): 2320 Dana (at Durant)
TicketPrices: $15 General, $10 SFEMS/EMA/Seniors/Students
Information: hekadis@gmail.com or call 510.524.2803

Vince B Ho
Early Renaissance Keyboard Music of the Paul Hofhaimer School
Medieval and Renaissance Early Keyboard Music Specialist Vince B Ho will perform keyboard music of Paul Hofhaimer (1459-1537), along with works by his colleagues and students; using various renaissance keyboard instruments including a Clavichord, a quint virginal, and even a Regal. The show will inlude the extremely rare and seldom known Salve Regina by Hofhaimer from the Trient Tablature.  Members of the audience are welcome to help pump the bellows of the Regal!
4:00PM
St. Joseph of Arimathea Chapel (STJ), 2543 Durant Street near Bowditch
Tickets: $10
Information: http://www.vincebho.net, vince@earlykeyboard.net or 575.650.8223

Sunday, June 10, 2012

LA FOOLIA!
LA FOOLIA Saves Classical Music: The KFUL Telethon
Join us on Sunday for “The Morning-After Show” to help forestall the complete annihilation of Classical Music. In 3D!!
LA FOOLIA: Anneliese Lottelenya, director
Susan Rode Morris, plastic tubes; Shira Kammen, ukelele; David Morris, nose flute; Katherine Westine & Phebe Craig, dueling melody bells, usw.
11:00AM
Berkeley Piano Club (BPC): 2724 Haste Street.
Tickets: Donation at the door: $15 general, $12 SFEMS members, seniors, & students
Information: kawestine@gmail.com or call 510.601.9631

Junior Recorder Society & Barbary Coast Recorder Orchestra
Recorder Concert
Bring your friends and family! The Junior Recorder Society and Barbary Coast Recorder Orchestra present a free concert on all sizes of recorders. The JRS, now in its 15th year, is directed by Louise Carslake and Hanneke van Proosdij. Children age 7 – 14 will play a variety of recorder ensemble music. Led by a different conductor for each selection, the newly formed 25-member BCRO (founded by Frances Feldon and Greta Haug-Hryciw) will perform music by Handel, Senfl, Serus (14th c.) and the U.S. debut of Glen Shannon\’s Dortmund unterwegs. Conductors: Frances Feldon, Greta Haug-Hryciw, Glen Shannon and Hanneke van Proosdij. JRS and BCRO are educational outreach programs of Voices of Music.
12:30PM-2PM
David Brower Center
Hazel Wolf Gallery: 2150 Allston Way, Berkeley
FREE admission
Information: http://www.voicesofmusic.org/jrs.html, http://www.voicesofmusic.org/BCRO.html, cembalo@sbcglobal.net or call 415-260-4687

A NOTE FOR FRINGE PERFORMERS:
The San Francisco Early Music Society (SFEMS), is offering a range of services for individuals and groups wishing to present Fringe events. The services are optional and are available to everyone on a first-come, first-served basis. They are offered in several categories and include a calendar of events on the Web, information on available venues, and support for publicity.  For more information click through to SFEMS >>>