March 2018

is EARLY MUSIC month

to see why -

see March 10 listings: 7 concerts on one night, what a vibrant scene we have in LA! Get out and support it!

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Thursday, March 1, 2018, 7:30 pm; reception 6 pm

Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra - Baroque Conversations 3: Peroglesi’s Stabat Mater and US premier if a newly discovered setting of Salve Regina

Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater, a setting of a 13th-century meditation considered among the composer’s most notable sacred works, will be sung by rising artists soprano Elizabeth Sutphen and mezzo-soprano Sofia Selowsky.  The all-string program includes 16 members of LACO’s critically acclaimed string section headed by Tereza Stanislav as acting concertmaster, with Ricardo Minasi, host & conductor, and Patricia Mabee, keyboard.

The enlightening five-concert Baroque Conversations series provides insight into the genesis of orchestral repertoire from early Baroque schools through the pre-classical period.  Generously sponsored by Carol & Warner Henry, a Friend of LACO and the Ronus Foundation, Baroque Conversations continues during LACO's 50th anniversary 2017-18 season with programs on March 22 and April 26, 2018
Tickets start at $45; complimentary wine reception for all ticket holders begins at 6 pm.
Zipper Concert Hall, 200 South Grand Avenue, downtown Los Angeles. 

more info: 213 622 7001, or visit www.laco.org.

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Friday, March 2,  8:00 pm

Harpsichord Center Artist Series: Los Angeles Baroque Players. The ensemble, featuring Anthony Brazier & Asuncion Ojeda baroque flutes,

Paul Sherman baroque oboe, Alexa Haynes-Pilon baroque bassoon & cello, and Jeffrey Lavner harpsichord, performs works by Vivaldi, Telemann,  J.S. Bach, Handel & Rameau, played on period instruments.  Ticket prices: General $30 / Seniors, SCEMS, SCRS, VdgS members $20 / Students 16 & over with ID $10 / children 15 & under $5. Call 323-254-9613 or 323-255-7667 for ticket orders or pay at door.  

Trinity Lutheran Church, 997 E. Walnut St., Pasadena CA 91106

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Friday, March 2, 8 pm

USC Baroque Sinfonia presents: Improvisation Across Boundaries

Presented by USC Thornton School of Music,  Adam Knight Gilbert leads the in an evening of

improvisation across cultures and genres, performing music based on grounds by seventeenth-century Spanish, Italian, and English composers alongside our own improvisations (and composition) in historic styles. Featuring compositions by Jose Marin, Fray Manuel Correa, Claudio Monteverdi, Barbara Strozzi, Girolamo Frescobaldi, Giuseppe Scarani, and Henry Purcell. 

FREE

Newman Recital Hall USC University Park Campus, Los Angeles CA

http://music.usc.edu/events/details/?event-id=1122775

Follow on Facebook (USC-Thornton Early Music), YouTube (www.youtube.com/user/USCEarlyMusic), and Instagram (@uscearlymusic)

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Friday, March 2, 2018, 7:30pm 9:30pm

Bach Collegium San Diego: Soundscape: Musical Architects of the Baroque  

Scott Allen Jarrett, Guest Conductor

 A collection of vocal masterpieces displaying exceptional musical architecture, centering on Domenico Scarlatti's Stabat Mater, a work displaying grandeur and a depth of expression, and Bach's supremely crafted motet Jesu, meine Freude. An ensemble of 10 singers and basso continuo, led by guest conductor Scott Allen Jarrett, brings this exciting program to life. Domenico Scarlatti, Stabat Mater, J.S Bach, Jesu, meine Freude BWV 227, Claudio Monteverdi, Magnificat a 6, Heinrich Schütz, Die Himmel erzählen die Ehre Gottes, Schütz, Selig sind die Toten & Nunc Dimittis (from Musikalische Exequien)

All Saints' Episcopal Church, more info: http://bachcollegiumsd.org/

 

Saturday, March 3, 2018, 7:30pm 9:30pm

Bach Collegium San Diego: Soundscape: Musical Architects of the Baroque

     see March 2 listing

 Sts. Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Church, more info: http://bachcollegiumsd.org/

 

Sunday, March 4,  2:30 pm

Harpsichord Center Artist Series: Los Angeles Baroque Players. 

            see March 2 description

Contrapuntal Performances Recital Hall, 655 N. Bundy Dr., Los Angeles CA 90049

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Thursday March 8 8:00pm

Members of the Los Angeles Philharmonic brass section: Program to be announced.

Always eager to take center stage, the Philharmonic's sensational brass players offer an invigorating evening of colorful music from the age of Gabrieli, Bach, and Handel. Disney Hall more info: www.laphil.com

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Friday, March 9, 8 pm

Kontrapunktus,  A Neo-Baroque Chamber Orchestra : Mentors, Pupils & Scions-The Legacy of J.S. Bach & Arcangelo Corelli

Featuring the music of J.S. Bach, Geminiani, Locatelli, Domenico Scarlatti, Telemann, Handel, Hasse, C.P.E. Bach, Wassenaer,
and Rachmanino in tribute to Arcangelo Corelli. We will also perform the new Baroque music of Mark Moya.

Tickets: $25 https://www.kontrapunktus.com/ events/ opening-night-an-evening-with-kontrapunktus

St Mark Presbyterian Church.2200 San Joaquin Hills Road, Newport Beach, CA

more info: https://www.kontrapunktus.com/

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Saturday March 10, 2018   7:00PM

UCLA Early Music Ensemble: Music of Germany (Bach? What Bach)

The UCLA EME presents its winter quarter concert with music from Germany, including the medieval ensemble (singers, bagpipe, symphony, recorder, percussion) performing works from the Carmina Burana; the renaissance ensemble performing works by Michael Praetorius, and the baroque ensembles performing.  Music by Hildegard, Vogelweide, Issac, Praetorius, Sweelinck, Vecchi, Brade, Shutz, Caroubel, Bruhns, Fasch, Buxtehude, Handel,  Brade,

FREE St Albans Episcopal Church, 580 Hilgard Ave., Los Angeles CA 90024

https://www.stalbanswestwood.com/

Very limited parking in church parking lot. Self parking about $6 for 2 hours in Lot 2 at Hilgard and Westholme (bottom floor -buy ticket at kiosk first using license plate #, park nearest the north-west corner).  Parking on most nearby residential streets is not permitted.

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Saturday, March 10, 2018. 4:00 p.m.

Da Camera Society, The Pandolfo Quartet: Marais 1689: Revolutionary for the Sun King.  Paolo Pandolfo, viola de gamba; with Amélie Chemin, viol; Thomas Boysen, theorbo; Markus Hünninger, harpsichord.  The Rococo splendor of the Pompeian Room welcomes an afternoon of music for viola da gamba by its most renowned and beloved composer, performed by "one of the most brilliant and poetic of the instrument's current exponents" (Gramophone UK). Pandolfo takes you on a journey through the luminous court of the Sun King (Louis XIV), featuring music of stunning virtuosity and compelling eloquence by court composer Marin Marais. Venue:  Doheny Mansion, Mount Saint Mary's University, Los Angeles, 10 Chester Place, Los Angeles, CA 90007. Tickets $75.  For further information, go to www.dacamera.org or call 213-477-2929. Dessert Reception with artists following the concert

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Saturday, March 10, 2018. 7:00 p.m.

Meritage Vocal Arts Ensemble: Bach’s Legacy.  Bach’s Legacy is a concert that explores some of the most celebrated cantatas written by Johann Sebastian Bach. The first half of the concert presents the magnificent Cantata BWV 21, Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis, in celebration of the Holy Trinity. This half ends with the short and delightful Wedding Cantata, BWV 196, Der Herr denket an uns. The second half presents Cantata BWV 12, Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen, written for the Jubilate, and the Cantata BWV 61, Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, written for Advent. The concert will finish with the iconic last choral movement of Cantata BWV 147, known as Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring. For this last concert, Valley High School from Santa Ana Unified School District under the direction of Jessica Cosley will be joining the ensemble.  Anaheim United Methodist Church, 1000 S. State College Blvd., Anaheim CA 92806.  Tickets $20.  Contact http://www.Meritage-vocalarts.org.

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Saturday, March 10, 2018, 7:30 p.m.; Thursday, March 15, 2018, 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, March 18, 2018, 2:00 p.m.; Wednesday, March 21, 2018,7:30 p.m.; Saturday, March 24, 2018, 7:30 p.m.;  Sunday, March 25, 2018, 2:00 p.m.

Los Angeles Opera: Orpheus & Eurydice. In a modern take on a timeless story, a breathtaking new production by living legend John Neumeier showcases the virtuoso dancers of the Joffrey Ballet. Shattered from the sudden death of his beloved Eurydice, Orpheus descends into the underworld in a courageous effort to reunite with his muse. Gluck’s groundbreaking masterpiece, which bridges the musical worlds of Handel and Mozart with its ornate vocal lines and flowing melodies, forever changed the face of opera with its bold emphasis on dramatic clarity and emotional strength.  Venue: LA Opera, 135 North Grand Ave.  Los Angeles, CA 90012.  Tickets $285 to $29.  For further information and prices go to https://www.laopera.org/season/1718-Season/

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Saturday, March 10, 2018.  8:00 p.m.

UCLA Choral Studies: Brilliance of the Baroque.  An evening of Baroque masterpieces presented by UCLA Choral Studies, including the University Chorale, Chamber Singers and the premier of the Seraphic Fire/UCLA Young Artist Ensemble. The choirs combine, presenting Handel's Coronation Anthems and Bach's timeless "Dona Nobis Pacem", and performing works by Purcell, Vivaldi, Pergolesi, Monteverdi, de la Guerre and Lotti.  Venue: Schoenberg Hall, 445 Charles E Young Drive East, Schoenberg Hall, Los Angeles CA 90095.  Free event. For more information go to Development@schoolofmusic.ucla.edu. 

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Saturday, March 10, 7 pm

St. Paul’s Cathedral presents: ESCAPE: Bach’s Solo Cello Suites by Candlelight

A celebration by candlelight of local British cellist, Sophie Webber’s debut album release, in the visually and acoustically stunning St. Paul’s Cathedral, Banker’s Hill, San Diego (the same location where the recording was made with multi Grammy-winning audio engineer, Chris Willis).

The program will include a brief spoken introduction to the suites, followed by a performance of the beloved Suite No.1 in G Major BWV 1007, and the tempestuous Suite No.5 in C minor, BWV 1011. 

Refreshments will be provided after the concert, as well as the opportunity to purchase a CD with a personal inscription from the artist. 

Tickets available at: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3319517

General tickets are $15 (includes a $5 discount on a $20 signed CD purchase at the concert) or $25 (includes a pre-purchased $20 CD which will be held for you at the concert). Children under the age of 10 are free.

St. Paul’s Cathedral, 2728 Sixth Ave., San Diego CA

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Saturday, March 10th at 8:00pm

Pacific Choral, Musica Angelica : J.S Bach St. John Passion

Robert Istad, Director with Jon Lee Keenan, Evangelist; John Buffet, Jesus; Paul Max Tipton, Pilate

Bach's musical setting of the trial and crucifixion of Jesus as related in the Gospel of John is one of the composer's most powerful and dramatic works. Forty members of Pacific Chorale join forces with Musica Angelica to bring this masterpiece for the Lenten season.

Musica Angelica is pleased to offer a 20% discount on all tickets to this performance: use promocode 'baton' when you place your order.

Our Lady Queen of the Angels Catholic Church, Newport Beach

more info: https://www.pacificchorale.org/events/st-john-passion/   ,   www.musicaangelica.org

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Sunday, March 11, 2018, 2pm pre-concert reception, 3pm concert

Delirium Music Chamber Orchestra, An Afternoon of Baroque Music

Gianluca Bersanetti's concertos

presented by Concerts on the Corner at the Kahn Residence , SANTA MONICA

Tickets $35, available online at link below

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/concerts-on-the-corner-ft-delirium-musicum-tickets-42804997901

Snacks will be available, as well as wine and beer for purchase

Information: Carla Fantozzi, fantozzicarla@gmail.com

more info: http://www.deliriummusicum.com/concerts/

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SUNDAY, MARCH 11 4:00

Los Angeles Baroque: Let’s Do the Hornpipe Again – LAB’s Dance Party!

Directed by Lindsey Strand-Polyak & Alexa Haynes-Pilon. Dance music of the Baroque era gives us a fascinating snapshot of the courtly social interaction of the times. Community baroque ensemble Los Angeles Baroque continues its 17/18 season and celebrates Early Music Month with a one-hour afternoon concert exploring works by Lully, Rebel, Telemann, Handel, and rarely-heard Italian composer Dall’Abaco.

FREE admission. Party with the musicians follows the show.

St James’ Episcopal Church, 1325 Monterey Road, South Pasadena.

For further information visit losangelesbaroque.org or follow us on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter #earlymusicLAB 

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Sunday, March 11,2018 4 pm

La Mer Consort:  Mostly Music from the Renaissance

The program will feature madrigals, some Easter Music, and Tafelmusik by Telemann.  Instruments will include recorders, flute, krumhorn, and percussion.La Mer is a group of enthusiastic amateur musicians who perform, in costume, music of the Renaissance and Baroque on authentic instruments.  Admission free, donations appreciated.

Trinity Lutheran Church, 1340 Eleventh Street, Manhattan Beach CA.

 

Saturday, March 17, 2018 - 8 PM

(repeats at other venues  March 24, 31, April 8, May 5)

Kontrapunktus Neo-Baroque Chamber Orchestra: Mentors, Pupils & Scions-The Legacy of J.S. Bach & Arcangelo Corelli

Featuring the music of J.S. Bach, Geminiani, Locatelli, Domenico Scarlatti, Telemann, Handel, Hasse, C.P.E. Bach, Wassenaer,and Rachmanino in tribute to Arcangelo Corelli. We will also perform the new Baroque music of Mark Moya.

Admission: Free , can reserve seats at website below

Our Lady of Refuge Catholic Church, 5195 Stearns St, Long Beach, CA 90815,

https://www.kontrapunktus.com/concerts

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Saturday Marcy 17, 2018 7:00PM

Ken Aiso,(period violin and viola), and Valeria Morgovskaya, (fortepiano, Broadwood 1829):

Beethoven and Schubert Sonatas for Piano and Violin

On Period Instruments: violin (19th Century) and bow (copy); viola (copy of 17th Century); gut strings; fortepiano, Broadwood 1829.

program: Beethoven Sonatas for piano and violin No.4 in A minor Op.23 and No.5 in F major Op.24, and Schubert Sonata "Arpeggione" (on viola). $15      Hole Memorial Auditorium, La Sierra University, Riverside, CA  91515

more info:  music@lasierra.edu, 9517852036

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Saturday March 17, 2018, 7:00PM

CON GIOIA  Early Music Ensemble, Preethi de Silva  : COUPERIN 350

Con Gioia Early Music Ensemble and Boston Court Performing Arts Center present Couperin 350, commemorating the 350th anniversary of the François Couperin’s birth. This concert will include music from two genres: solo works for harpsichord by three generations of the Couperin family, and works by François Couperin for chamber ensemble: Le Parnassus ou L’Apothèose de Corelli and the most impressive L’Imperiale. The performers will be Katherine Kyme, baroque violin, co-concertmistress Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra; Janet Strauss, baroque violin; William Skeen, principal ‘cellist and viola da gambist, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra; Lot Demeyer, oboist; and Preethi de Silva, harpsichordist and Artistic director.

General admission: $30; seniors $25; Friends of Con Gioia and members of the musical organizations SCEMS, EMA, AMS: $25 with special promo code); students): $20, with some discounts. Tickets : Boston Court’s box office: (626) 683-6883 or https://ci.ovationtix.com/112/production/980694

Boston Court Performing Arts Center   70 North Mentor Avenue, Pasadena, CA 91106

more info: www.congioia.org  ,  pdesilva@scrippscollege.edu , (909) 624-0638

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March 17, 2018, 4:00 pm

Choral bel Canto:  Two Bachs: Johann Sebastian and PDQ

program:

BWV 7: Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam

BWV 8: Liebster Gott, wenn werd ich sterben?

PDQ Bach: The Seasonings

with guest soloists and chamber orchestra.

Tickets: $10-$25

First Friends Church 13205 Philadelphia St. Whittier, CA 90601

more info: http://choralebelcanto.org/

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Sunday March 18, 2018 6:00PM-7:00PM

St. Bede's Episcopal Church Choir and Wessex Consort: Renaissance Evensong

St. Bede's choir, under the direction of Frank Basile with Wessex Consort, present an Evensong service with Renaissance choral works including Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis by Orlando Gibbons, Jubilate Deo by Orlando Lassus, When David Heard by Thomas Tompkins, and service music by Thomas Tallis and William Byrd, with instrumental works by the Wessex Consort on low Recorder consort (tenor, bass, greatbass, contrabass).

Freewill offering.

St. Bede's Episcopal Church . 3590 Grand View Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90066

near Venice Blvd and Centinela Blvd (corner of Grand View and Charnock); parking in church lot; more info: stbedesla.org/

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Wednesday, March 21, 7 PM

Kangwon Kim (Violin) and JungHae Kim (harpsichord): A Baroque Recital

Gloria Dei Lutheran Church presents these artist who will perform an all Baroque recital featuring Biber’s “Crucifxion” Sonata. A discussion of the works and performance techniques will be included. Admission: $20.00 at the door.

Gloria Dei Lutheran Church 33501 Stonehill Drive, Dana Point CA

more info 949-493-3414.

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March 21-25:  throughout Los Angeles

Bach in the Subways

     See March 24 listing

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Thursday  March 22 8:00pm

LA Chamber Orchestra Ensemble: Baroque Conversations: Nighttime in Four Great Cities

Mahan Esfahani, host & harpsichord

Joachim Beccera Thomsen, flute

BIBER Ciacona, "Night Watchman" from Serenade for Five

VIVALDI Concerto, "The Storm at Sea"

BOCCHERINI Night Music of the Streets of Madrid

LULLY Sarabande from Trios for the King's Bed Chamber

Zipper Hall, Colburn School downtown LA , more info www.laco.org

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Thursday, March 22, 7:30 PM

Zurich Chamber Orchestra with Daniel Hope, violin : Vivaldi The Four Seasons

British violinist Daniel Hope is the first instrumentalist to be named Music Director of the acclaimed Zurich Chamber Orchestra, one of the leading ensembles of its kind. Hope and the Orchestra will take the audience through Vivaldi’s classic The Four Seasons, followed by Max Richter’s minimalist recomposition of the Baroque masterpiece. This one-of-a-kind musical experience is not to be missed.

Program:

Vivaldi The Four Seasons

Fabian Müller: Intermezzo III “Winter” for Violin and Ensemble

Max Richter Recomposed

Tickets starting at $25

Bram Goldsmith TheaterThe Wallis Annenberg Centerfor the Performing Arts9390 N. Santa Monica Blvd., Beverly Hills CA

Event Information: http://thewallis. org/show-info.php?id=328

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Saturday, March 24, 2018 - 8 PM

(repeats at other venues  March 31, April 8, May 5)

Kontrapunktus Neo-Baroque Chamber Orchestra: Mentors, Pupils & Scions-The Legacy of J.S. Bach & Arcangelo Corelli

Featuring the music of J.S. Bach, Geminiani, Locatelli, Domenico Scarlatti, Telemann, Handel, Hasse, C.P.E. Bach, Wassenaer,and Rachmanino in tribute to Arcangelo Corelli. We will also perform the new Baroque music of Mark Moya.

Admission: Free , can reserve seats at website below

Ascension Lutheran Church, 17910 Prairie Ave, Torrance, CA 90504,

https://www.kontrapunktus.com

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Saturday March 24, 9AM-7PM.   (performances March 21-25 throughout Los Angeles)

Bach in the Subways: The Bach 10 hour Marathon Union Station

Let’s Party like it’s 1685! The annual international event celebrating J.S. Bach's birthday, is celebrated in Los Angeles and several locations. Bach in the Subways L.A. is back to celebrate the 333rd birthday of Johann Sebastian Bach with free pop-up performances of his music March 21-25 throughout Los Angeles: Union Station, North Hollywood, and Glendale.

In other locations, the PASADENA CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC’S string department will be at the Glendale Amtrak station.The SUZUKI MUSIC PROGRAM OF LA will be at Universal City Metro Stop.

see http://bachinthesubways.org/losangeles/

March 24 Union Station (Downtown LA) schedule here:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qF1Lhxa63gLEUk3fsd1DpzrHA-JdUdQ_M2LkyE1gNHo/edit

some select performances:

10:25am-11:10am    LA Recorder Orchestra

12:00pm-1:00pm      NOONTIME ORGAN CONCERT by the LOS ANGELES ORGAN COMPANY

1:00pm-1:50pm        Rio Hondo Ensemble

2:00pm-2:50pm        Los Angeles Baroque (LAB)

5:30pm- 7:00pm       FINALE with Chamber Music LA with Phillip Levy, violin

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Sunday, March 25, 3 PM

Paul Jacobs, organ: J.S. Bach and Franz Liszt

Pomona College Department ofMusic presents: Paul Jacobs performing worksby J.S. Bach and Franz Liszt.The only organist ever to have won a GRAMMY Award (for Messiaen’s “Livre du Saint-Sacrement”), Paul Jacobs transfixes audiences, colleagues and critics alikewith imaginative interpretations and charismatic stage presence. He has been hailed as “one of the major musicians of our time” by the New Yorker’s Alex Ross.

Paul Jacobs has been an important influence in the revival of symphonic works featuring the organ, drawing from his deep knowledge of western music to enlighten listeners, and is a true innovator in the advocacy of organ repertoire, performing and encouraging the composition of new works that feature the organ. Mr. Jacobs made his mark from a young age with landmark performances of the complete works for solo organ by J.S. Bach and Messiaen, making musical history at the age of 23 when he played Bach’s complete organ works in an 18-hour marathon performance on the 250th anniversary of the composer’s death.

Free Admission, no ticketsDoors open 30 minutes prior to the concert

Bridges Hall of Music150 E. 4th St., Claremont CA

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Sunday, March 25, 1:00 – 4:30 pm (Registration 12:30 -1:00 pm)

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RECORDER SOCIETY: SPRING WORKSHOP with ROTEM GILBERT

An afternoon of German Renaissance music for recorders. For intermediate or advanced recorder players. Some of the music will fit the crumhorn

The music selection will include music by Heinrich Isaac and his student Ludwig Senfl, alongside 15th c. contemporary Adam von Fulda.

Rotem Gilbert is a founding member and co-director of Ciaramella, an ensemble specializing in music of the 15th and 16th centuries.  Rotem received the 2012 Dean’s Award for Excellence in Teaching at USC and is the joint recipient of Early Music America’s 2014 Thomas Binkley Award for “outstanding achievement in performance and scholarship by the director of a university or college early music ensemble.”

COST: Member of SCRS, OCRS AND SCEMS - $50, Non-Members - $60.

PLACE: Home of Elaine Kramer, Pasadena

REGISTRATION REQUIRED: By Mail: Send check made out to SCRS to: Nick Siu, 4033 Tropico Way, Los Angeles CA 90065. Include the following information: Name, e-mail and/or phone number, list of instruments played and level.

OR By Online: Go to www.socalrecorders.com. Go to “Joining.” Click “download here for membership form.” That will take you to the page where it says, “DONATE,” a PayPal link where you can pay the workshop fee. Please send a follow-up e-mail to Nick Siu (nsiumail88@yahoo.com), notifying him of the payment for the workshop and include personal information listed under “By Mail” registration.

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Saturday, March 31, 2018 - 8 PM

(repeats at other venues April 8, May 5)

Kontrapunktus Neo-Baroque Chamber Orchestra: Mentors, Pupils & Scions-The Legacy of J.S. Bach & Arcangelo Corelli

Featuring the music of J.S. Bach, Geminiani, Locatelli, Domenico Scarlatti, Telemann, Handel, Hasse, C.P.E. Bach, Wassenaer,and Rachmanino in tribute to Arcangelo Corelli. We will also perform the new Baroque music of Mark Moya.

Admission: Free , can reserve seats at website below

Seventh-Day Adventist Church - Culver City, CA

Admission: Free

https://www.kontrapunktus.com/concerts

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April 2018

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Saturday April 7, 2018 11Am-3PM

Huntington Museum and Gardens: Shakespeare Day

This annual event presented mostly in the beautiful gardens, includes many presentations of the Bard's dramatic and poetic works through music, drama, comedy, and romance in celebration of William Shakespeare's birthday month. Performers from LA Opera and the Guild of St. George will perform scenes and songs from some of the Bard's most beloved plays in locations throughout the grounds. Get into the act with some family-friendly craft activities.  The Guild of St. George  (http://www.guildofstgeorge.com/) performs Elizabethan era dance, song, poetry and historical characters with instrumental music by Wessex Consort (www.wessexconsort.com)

General admission tickets ($13-$29).  Museum and Gardens open 10AM-5PM

Huntington Museumand Gardens 1151 Oxford Rd, San Marino, CA 91108 [Pasadena]

more info: http://www.huntington.org

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Saturday, April 7, 7 PM

(repeats April 8, Zipper Hall, discount tickets available - see 4-8 listing)

Musica Angelica Baroque Orchestra presents: French Splendor

Featuring guest director and two-time GRAMMY nominee Jory Vinikour in an all-french program. Soprano Celine Ricci stars in Clerambault’s striking cantata Medée, and Cynthia Roberts is featured in selections from Rameau’s Pièces de Clavecin en Concerts.

Jory Vinikour, Director and Harpsichord Celine Ricci, SopranoCynthia Roberts, Violin

Clérambault, Médée; Rameau, Selections from Pièces de Clavecin en Concert; Leclair, Violin Sonata; Rameau, Solo Harpsichord Works TBA.

$59/$45/Students $20, Family Pass – includes two adult tickets (ages 18+) and up to four student tickets for the discounted price of $95.

Beverly O’Neill/Center Theater 300 E Ocean Blvd., Long Beach

Web Link for information & tickets:

https://www.musicaangelica.org

 

Sunday, April 8, 2018, 3 p.m.

Cornucopia Baroque Ensemble:Music from the London of Purcell and Handel.
Alfred Cramer* and Lyndsey Strand-Polyak, baroque violins; Aki Nishiguchi, baroque oboe; Carolyn Beck*, baroque bassoon; Roger Lebow, baroque cello; Jason Yoshida*, theorbo; Graydon Beeks*, harpsichord
 Lyman Hall, Thatcher Music Building

[more to come]

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Sunday, April 8, 7:30 PM

Musica Angelica Baroque Orchestra presents: French Splendor

SPECIAL DISCOUNT TICKETS AVAILABLE for this performance only:

$20 off regular ticket price, enter SCEMS in Shopping Cart Promo Code

     see April 7 listing for details

Colburn School of Music – Zipper Hall 200 South Grand Ave., Los Angeles

https://www.musicaangelica.org

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Sunday, April 8, 2018 - 2 PM

(repeats at another venue May 5)

Kontrapunktus Neo-Baroque Chamber Orchestra: Mentors, Pupils & Scions-The Legacy of J.S. Bach & Arcangelo Corelli

Featuring the music of J.S. Bach, Geminiani, Locatelli, Domenico Scarlatti, Telemann, Handel, Hasse, C.P.E. Bach, Wassenaer,and Rachmanino in tribute to Arcangelo Corelli. We will also perform the new Baroque music of Mark Moya.

Admission: Free , can reserve seats at website below

Laguna Presbyterian Church, 415 Forest Ave, Laguna Beach, CA 92651,

https://www.kontrapunktus.com

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Sunday, April 8, 2018, 4:00 pm

Margaret Irwin-Brandon, harpsichord: “The Couperin Dynasty”

Desert Baroque presents “The Couperin Dynasty,” a program of Baroque music by three generations of France’s immortal composers - Louis, Francois and Armand-Louis Couperin,  performed by harpsichordist Margaret Irwin-Brandon. Equal in stature to the Bach family, who for generations were Germany's undisputed dynasty, the Couperins held the most prestigious posts in the high culture of France, especially under Louis XIV. A suggested donation of $20 will be requested at the door.

Church of St. Paul in the Desert (Parish Hall), 125 W. El Alameda Palm Springs, CA 92262

for more information: 413-285-6881

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April 11, 2018.  6:30 pm to 9:00 pm.

La Mer Consort: The Recorders Plus Workshop

The start of the next class directed by Brenda Bittner

Participant level is intermediate/advanced but beginners who read music can be accommodated.   Please join us for a fun time playing recorder.

Manhattan Beach Art Center on Wednesday evenings.  Please get in touch with Brenda for details (310-378-8750 or bbbitt@aol.com).

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Saturday, April 14, 5 pm

Delirium Musicum presents: A journey from the Baroque era to today’s composers

Delirium Musicum is a conductorless chamber orchestra dedicated to providing impassioned and engaging musical performances. In uenced by the bustling artistic mosaic of LA, the group applies dazzling creativity and limitless excitement to their performances. The ensemble of 13 musicians represents the artistic excellence and leadership of the young generation of musicians in Los Angeles. The small size of this ensembleallows the musicians to bond and connect intimately with the audience. The group’s performances are dedicated to inspiringwild excitement and ecstasy by engaging audiences with unapologetic and fresh approaches to wide-ranging musical repertoire. Creative interpretation of the old masters as well as collaboration with contemporary composers generates new and exciting musical programs that speak to modern audiences.

The program will take the audience on a journey from the Baroque era to today’s composers, with pieces by J.F. Rebel, A. Vivaldi, G. Bersanetti, A. Norman, D. Shostakovich,S. Barber, A. Khachaturian and more.

There will be a reception after the concert to meet and mingle with the musicians! FREE

Glendale City Church610 East California Avenue, Glendale

Saturday, April 14, 8 pm

Frances Young Bennett (Soprano): Something Old, Something New,

UCI-Claire Trevor School of the Arts presents Frances Young Bennett , described by the LA Times as “A soprano of gossamer sheer purity,” joins forces with UCI faculty pianists Nina Scolnik and Lorna Gri tt in a recital of music by Henry Purcell, American art song, and songs from the Great American Songbook. Ticket Information: General $19Seniors, Groups 10+, UCI Faculty & Sta $16 UCI Students & Children under 17 $6 https://ev11.evenue.net/cgi-bin/ ncommerce3/SEGetEventInfo?ticketCode=GS%3AUCI%3AA1718%3ACH7%3A&linkID=uci&shopperContext=&pc=&caller=&appCode=&groupCode=MU2&cgc=&RSRC=ARTSWEB&RDAT=EVTWinifred

Parking: 4002 Mesa Rd., Irvine

UC Irvine, Smith Hall4000 Mesa Rd. Building 710, Irvine CA

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SUNDAY, APRIL 15 3:00pm

The Benvenue Fortepiano Trio: The Little Orchestra

The San Diego Early Music Society is pleased to present the Benvenue Fortepiano Trio, featuring Monica Huggett, violin, Tanya Tomkins, cello, and Eric Zivian, fortepiano. Sometimes described as “the Little Orchestra,” the piano trio with violin and cello still captivates by offering both lyricism and musical force. Employing the fortepiano—the direct ancestor of today’s piano—and gut strings to restore the original sonic balance between the instruments, the Benvenue Fortepiano Trio offers a program of classical music by Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven and Hummel, written in the same decade and by composer-performers who all knew and influenced each other. Performing Arts Theater at Cuyamaca College, 900 Rancho San Diego Parkway, in El Cajon. Tickets  $40/$30/$10. For more information call (619) 291 8246 or visit http://www.sdems.org

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Wednesday, April 18, 2018, 12:00pm 12:45pm

Bach Collegium San Diego:Peace - Bach at Noon

G.F. Handel, Selections from Neun Deutsche Arien, Johann Rosenmüller, Sonata a 2 in g minor (1682), Robert Schumann, Fugue on BACH no. 1 Op. 60, J.S. Bach, Der Friede sei mit dir BWV 158.  Free Admission, All Souls' Episcopal Church (map), more info: http://bachcollegiumsd.org/

 

SATURDAY | APRIL 21 | 7:30 PM

USC Collegium Workshop: FROM BINGEN TO ŻAGAŃ: GERMAN DEVOTIONAL SONG BEFORE 1500

Directed By Adam Knight Gilbert

Featuring sacred music by Hildegard von Bingen, polyphonic chant settings from the Glogauer Liederbuch copied at the Abbey of Żagań, and devotional music collected and sung by fifteenth-century women.

FREE

USC NEWMAN RECITAL HALL

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Saturday, April 21, 7:30 pm

Delirium Musicum:  Program TBA

     see April 14 listing for ensemble description

Pasadena Presbyterian Church 585 East Colorado Boulevard, Pasadena

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SATURDAY, APRIL 21

7:00 L’Esprit Baroque: A Tour of Italy. 

Experience the newfound freedom of the Baroque era. Borders between countries, emotions, performers, words and music all become more porous as the rise of the soloist brings us the through the different cities of Italy. Program includes cantatas and sonatas for soprano, recorder, flute, and strings by Strozzi, Bononcini, Scarlatti, Uccellini, Carissimi, Platti, Geminiani, and more. Reception follows.

Suggested donation $20, $15/$10 SCEMS/students/low-income. None turned away for lack of funds. For tickets and information, http://lespritbaroque.com/upcoming-concerts or lespritbaroque@gmail.com.

Blessed Sacrament Episcopal Church, 1314 N Angelina Dr, Placentia (near Anaheim).

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Sunday, April 22, 5 pm (SOLD OUT)

Jouyssance Early Music Ensemble presents: Field Of The Cloth Of Gold, Madrigal Dinner

Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Jouyssance and the Foundation of the Neo-Renaissance (FNR) with a Renaissance party like no other! We invite you to join us for historical food, song, and entertainment in support of Jouyssance, FNR, and early music inLos Angeles. The event will evoke the glory of The Field of the Cloth of Gold, a 1520 festival in which the courts of Henry VIII and Francis I gathered for diplomacy, arts, sports and more. In addition to a multi- course meal, the evening will feature choral music chosen for this special occasion by Dr. Nicole Baker, instrumental interludes, and historical and humorous narration. Period costumes are welcome. Tickets: $150+ http://www.jouyssance.org/madrigal-dinner

more info: Jouyssance Early Music Ensemble/Foundation of the NeoRenaissance2704 Armstrong Ave.,Los Angeles, CA info@jouyssance.org 213-533-9922

Tam O’Shanter Restaurant 2980 Los Feliz Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90039, Los Angeles (Glendale)

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Wednesday, April 25, 2018, 4:15 p.m.

CGU Concerts at CST  Faculty Concert Robert Zappulla and Jenny Soonjin Kim harpsichords

Presented by Claremont Graduate University and Claremont School of Theology.  Works by J.S. Bach, Byrd, L. Couperin, and Frescobaldi. FREE

Kresge Chapel Claremont School of Theology1325 N College Ave., Claremont, CA (See http://www.cst.edu/about_claremont/directions.php).  Contact Debbie Yee at 909-607-3289 or Debbie.Yee@cgu.edu   for more information.

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Thursday April 26 (repeats Friday April 27 in Santa Monica)

Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra: Baroque Conversations: Bach's Sleepers Awake

Part of the Baroque Conversations Series, Harry Bicket, internationally renowned conductor noted for his interpretations of Baroque repertoire, leads a program that shimmers with Bach’s stunning Sinfonia from Cantata 42 and Suite No 2, Handel’s captivating Concerto Grosso and Rameau’s Suite from Platée, celebrating the wedding of the son of King Louis XV of France.

 A complimentary wine receptionfor ticket holders begins at 6:30 pm.

JS BACH "Sleepers Awake", HANDEL Concerto Grosso, RAMEAU Suite from Platee

Tickets: $49   https://laco.secure.force.com/ticket

Zipper Hall, Colburn School downtown LA , 200 S Grand Ave., Los Angeles CA

more info www.laco.org

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Thursday April 26 8:00pm

Les Violons du Roy: Bach

Bernard Labadie, conductor; Isabelle Faust, violin; Pascale Giguère, violin

Bach (transc. Labadie): Three Leipzig Chorales, BWV 651, 660, 655; Bach (arr. Labadie): Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582; Bach: Violin Concerto in E major, BWV 1042; Bach: Violin Concerto in E, BWV 1042; Bach: Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, BWV 1041; Bach (completed by Bernard Labadie after Davitt Moroney): Contrapunctus XIV from The Art of the Fugue, BWV 108; Bach: Double Violin Concerto in D minor, BWV 1043

Using modern instruments, the much-recorded and highly acclaimed Canadian chamber orchestra and their founder present an immersive evening of incomparable music by Bach.

Disney Hall more info: www.laphil.com

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FRIDAY | APRIL 27 | 8:00 PM
Thornton Baroque Sinfonia: MYSTERIES AND MUSES”: MUSIC OF THE GERMAN BAROQUE

Directed By Adam Knight Gilbert

A concert of German Baroque music, featuring compositions by Dieterich Buxtehude, Heinrich Biber, Johann Pezel, Georg Philip Telemann, and Johann Sebastian Bach. 

USC NEWMAN RECITAL HALL

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Friday April 27 730PM

Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra: Baroque Conversations: Bach's Sleepers Awake

     see April 26 listing

St. Monica Church 701 California Ave., Santa Monica CA 90403

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April 29, 8:00 PM

Colburn Conservatory Baroque Ensemble : Concerts avec plusieurs instruments: An Evening of Baroque Concertos

 Ian Pritchard, Director. Students play modern instruments, incorporating 18th-century performance practices.

Program : Bach First Orchestral Suite,  Vivaldi Double Cello Concerto,  Bach Concerto for Violin and Oboe,  “Handel” Doppio Concerto for Oboe and Bassoon,  Bach Concerto for Two Harpsichords . FREE

Colburn School, Thayer Hall, 200 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90012, Downtown Los Angeles. Parking at Disney Hall, lots at 2nd and Olive,  and limited street parking.

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May 2018

 

Saturday, May 5, 2018 - 8 PM

Kontrapunktus Neo-Baroque Chamber Orchestra: Mentors, Pupils & Scions-The Legacy of J.S. Bach & Arcangelo Corelli

Featuring the music of J.S. Bach, Geminiani, Locatelli, Domenico Scarlatti, Telemann, Handel, Hasse, C.P.E. Bach, Wassenaer,and Rachmanino in tribute to Arcangelo Corelli. We will also perform the new Baroque music of Mark Moya.

KONTRAPUNKTUS is a classical neo-Baroque orchestra led by conductor, Edward Hong. Joining him are violinists Eduardo Rios, Madeleine Vaillancourt, Hannah Ji, Kako Miura, violist Tanner Menees, cellist Vardan Gasparyan, bassist Marlon Martinez, among others. Together they represent a young, remarkable array of extraordinary talent from all corners of the globe with a dynamic affinity.

Mission Basilica Catholic Church - San Juan Capistrano, CA

Admission: Free

https://www.kontrapunktus.com/concerts

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Sunday, May 6, 4:00 pm

 Los Angeles Baroque presents: Escape the Ordinary: LAB Road Trip

Directed by Lindsey Strand-Polyak and Alexa Haynes-Pilon, LAB invites you to the closing concert of their 17/18 season, with a wild ride across Europe from Poland to England, traveling through Austria, Italy and France. This light-hearted free one-hour afternoon concert features works by Janitsch, Schmelzer, Vivaldi, Lully and Handel. Join us for a party with performers after the show. All welcome!

Janitsch: Sinfonia in G Major
Schmelzer: Harmonia à 5
Vivaldi: Concerto Grosso in C Major, RV114
Lully: Selections from Le bourgeois gentilhomme
Handel: Concerto Grosso, Op.6, No.1

Free Event! Suggested donation of $10.

St James’ Episcopal Church
1325 Monterey Road, South Pasadena CA

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SUNDAY, MAY 6

5:00pm Jean Rondeau, harpsichord: Vertigo.

Style, virtuosity, youth: all combine in the person of Jean Rondeau, a magnetic new French harpsichordist whom the San Diego Early Music Society is privileged to present. Playing masterfully yet lyrically, Rondeau draws power and emotion from the instrument in a most magical way. With a program featuring music by J.S. Bach, Jean Philippe Rameau and Pancrace Royer, this concert will showcase the splendor of the harpsichord at its zenith.
Performing Arts Theater at Cuyamaca College, 900 Rancho San Diego Parkway, in El Cajon. Tickets  $35/$25/$10.

For more information call (619) 291 8246 or visit http://www.sdems.org

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Wednesday May 9  2018  8:00pm  Pre-Concert Talk 7:40

Jean Rondeau, harpsichord: music by Bach, Rameau, Royer

The Da Camera Society Chamber Music in Historic Sites presents:A young French harpsichord phenom, “one of the most natural performers one is likely to hear on a classical music stage these days” (The Washington Post), takes the Pompeian Room by storm with “an affinity for [the harpsichord] and comfort in its presence that allow him to see in it its possibilities rather than its limitations” (Gramophone). He performs masterworks of Bach and Rameau with “the sort of communicative gifts normally encountered in musicians twice his age” (The Washington Post).
Tickets $55, $75. Dessert Reception with artists following the concert.  Doheny Mansion Los Angeles (north of USC)

program details http://dacamera.org/concert_details/program.html?#350

site notes  http://dacamera.org/concert_details/site_notes.html?#350

driving, parking directions  http://dacamera.org/concert_details/directions.html?#350

Do not confuse this Doheny Mansion (located near USC) with Greystone (a different Doheny residence in Beverly Hills).

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Wednesday, May 9, 2018, 12:00pm 12:45pm

Bach Collegium San Diego: Ecstasy - Bach at Noon

Antonio Vivaldi, In furore iustissimae irae RV 626, Tomaso Albinoni, Sonata a 5 Op. 2 no. 2, Healey Willan, Fugue in c minor.  Free Admission,     All Souls' Episcopal Church, San Diego, more info: http://bachcollegiumsd.org/

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Friday, May 11, 2018, 7:30pm 9:30pm

Bach Collegium San Diego: Welcome to All the Pleasures! Henry Purcell: The Sacred and the Profane

One of the greatest and most original composers of the seventeenth century, Henry Purcell produced a uniquely English form of music by incorporating French and Italian stylistic elements into his compositions. Two celebratory odes, written to commemorate St. Cecilia and Queen Mary respectively, serve as the backdrop for a festive program featuring Purcell's varied and unique works.  

 Soloists to include:Margot Rood, Soprano, Jay Carter, Countertenor, Aaron Sheehan, Tenor, Enrico Lagasca, Bass.

 Now does the glorious day appear (Birthday Ode for Queen Mary, 1689), Welcome to all the Pleasures (Ode to St. Cecilia's Day, 1683), Rejoice in the Lord alway (Bell Anthem, Man that is born of a woman (from Funeral Music for Queen Mary, 1695); in the midst of life (from Funeral Music for Queen Mary, 1695), Hear my prayer, O Lor, including music from King Arthur and Fairy Queen.  All Souls' Episcopal Church, more info: http://bachcollegiumsd.org/

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Saturday, May 12, 4 pm

Chorale Bel Canto presents: French Masterworks

Chorale Bel Canto, a community masterworks chorale based in Whittier, will present Two French Masterworks on Saturday, May 12, 2018 at East Whittier United Methodist Church in Whittier, California.

The concert will be performed at 4:00 p.m. and will feature La Creation du Monde by Darius Milhaud, and King David, a beloved oratorio by Arthur Honegger, with chamber orchestra, soloists, a boy soprano, chorus, and narrator.

Under the leadership of Stephen Gothold, Chorale Bel Canto has provided quality classical concerts in the greater San Gabriel Valley for over 35 years. During its long history, the Chorale has entertained and educated audiences by singing challenging choral works of major composers past and present. Tickets: $25 Adults,  $20 Seniors 55+, $10 Students
http://choralebelcanto.org

East Whittier United Methodist Church
10005 S. Cole Rd., Whittier CA

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Sunday  13 May 2018  4:00pm

Bach Collegium San Diego: Henry Purcell’s selections from King Arthur and Fairy Queen

Ruben Valenzuela, Director.  Twenty-four of the finest early music instrumentalists and vocalists gather from across the country to explore Henry Purcell’s celebratory odes and music for the theater (King Arthur, Fairy Queen). "The chorus sounded so glorious that there might as well have been 100 of the them rather than a select few” (Opera West). “Superbly timed pauses… [and] phrases like exhalations” (San Diego Union Tribune).

With its 90 foot high dome and exquisite decorative detail, the grandeur of this Beaux Arts landmark provides a setting of classical beauty for a festive program showcasing one of the greatest and most original composers of the 17th century.

Dessert Reception with artists following the concert  .  Tickets: $50

The Art of Living Foundation, Los Angeles Center (former Second Church of Christ Scientist)

Historic Adams District (north of USC)

more info: (program, driving and parking directions, venue notes)

http://dacamera.org/concert_info.php?products_id=346&osCsid=hrkie667tioiinm1gg2bour0h3

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Saturday, May 12, 2018, 7:30pm 9:30pm

Bach Collegium San Diego: Welcome to All the Pleasures! Henry Purcell: The Sacred and the Profane

     See  May 11 listing

 Sts. Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Church (map), more info: http://bachcollegiumsd.org/
 

Saturday, May 19, 7:30 pm (workshop at 4:30)

TESSERAE Baroque Ensemble: Chorale Concertos & Cantatas

For Tesserae’s season finale, we celebrate the 500th Anniversary Year of the Reformation, one of the most significant events in the history of western music. As a part of the Reformation, Martin Luther sought to involve the congregation in the musical aspects of the church service. The new Lutheran chorales — many composed by Luther himself, and some adapted from secular sources — became the basis of a number of sacred concertos, cantatas, and variations. From Schütz and Scheidt, to Selle and Bach, Tesserae presents a beautiful and varied program of music based on famous Lutheran chorales.

A workshop for both instrumentalists and singers will precede the performance starting at 4:30 PM concluding at 6:00 PM,  featuring chorals by Martin Luther, some of which will be performed in the concert. Vocalists who participate in the workshop will be invited to join Tesserae in the evening performance to sing several of the hymn lines that lay the foundation for some of the great musical creations of the time .   Copies of the music may be obtained in advance by emailing tesseraemusic@gmail.com.  Pitch will be at A440--the pitch of modern instruments.

Tickets are available at the door. General Admission: $30, $25 SCEMS & Seniors. Students $10. Workshop attendance is free.

Trinity Lutheran Church Pasadena 997 East Walnut Street, Pasadena

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May 19 Saturday 2 pm

The Joel Lish Trio :  “Bach and his Contemporaries”

Johann Sebastian Bach is undoubtedly the best known of the classical composers today, but during his lifetime there were numerous other composers who were equally famous.  This trio will play and compare the music and cross influences of these 18th century masters. 

Joel Lish is a professional violist and actively performs casual, chamber and orchestral music with a number of ensembles throughout the Los Angeles area.  He teaches in his studio and participates in film studio recordings. FREE

El Segundo Public Library 111 West Mariposa Avenue El Segundo CA 90245

More info:  310-524-2728 x31052

http://www.performingartslive.com/Events/Joel-Lish-Trio-performs-at-the-El-Segundo-Public-Library-El-Segundo-Public-Library

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MONDAY, MAY 28  10:00

Los Angeles Baroque (LAB): Come Together: Concert Music Workshop.

 Led by Lindsey Strand-Polyak and Alexa Haynes-Pilon, LAB presents its first one-day consort music workshop this Memorial Day for all instrumentalists who wish to explore the English Broken Consort repertoire. LAB’s Artistic Directors will be sitting in and playing with the workshop groups. LAB’s Memorial Day BBQ follows. St James’ Episcopal Church, South Pasadena. Registration: $50. For more information and to register please visit www.losangelesbaroque.org/workshops or email losangelesbaroque@gmail.com  

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