Berkeley Festival & Exhibition Announces 2018 Lineup

Berkeley Festival and Exhibition announced its 2018 biennial festival, June 3 through 10, presented by the San Francisco Early Music Society.
This year's Festival reimagines the concept of traditional Early Music by broadening the boundaries to include historically informed masterworks from as far back as the early Middle Ages through the Romantic era. Highlights include a Festival debut by legendary Early Music ensemble Sequentia in two performances that focus on important Latin texts from the Middle Ages; two programs dedicated to J.S. Bach's cantatas and motets featuring Belgian ensemble Vox Luminis in their third Festival appearance; a concert version recreation of Purcell's
Dido and Aeneas co-presented by Voices of Music and the San Francisco Girls Chorus; a 19th-century salon-style presentation of solo and chamber works by Schumann and Schubert by musicians of the Valley of the Moon Festival and tenor Nick Phan; and the Festival's inaugural International Early Piano Competition devoted to Classical and Romantic music on historically appropriate instruments.
The eight-day festival also includes over 50 self-produced concerts by participants from around the world as part of its Fringe Festival; a three-day exhibition, June 7 through 9, that brings together instrument makers, publishers, retailers and organizations; Young Artist Series featuring Seattle Historical Arts for Kids presentation of Handel's Serse, Davis Senior High School Baroque Ensemble, Juilliard415 and San Francisco Conservatory of Music students, faculty and alumni; concurrent special events from the Westfield Historical Keyboard Center and the second International Early Music Film Festival; and special lectures, masterclasses and colloquia.
San Francisco Early Music Society Presents
Berkeley Festival & Exhibition
June 3-10, 2018
Main stage events take place at St. Mark's Episcopal Church, 2300 Bancroft Way, Berkeley, CA, with additional events at First Congregational Church, 2345 Channing Way, Berkeley.
For complete event and venue information, call 510-528-1725 or visit
http://www.berkeleyfestival.org
--Brenden Guy PR
Spotlight on "Beethoven Unleashed" Star Avery Amereau
There is a clear reason
The New York Times calls Avery Amereau "A Rarity in Music." It's her voice. She is a rare contralto and not many of them exist. Joyce DiDonato says Avery's voice is "like velvet, caramel chocolate." And now, San Francisco Bay Area audiences will get a chance to hear her unique timbre when Avery Amereau makes her PBO mainstage debut in April's season finale, "Beethoven Unleashed."
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra is excited to welcome Avery Amereau to our cast of esteemed guest singers in our season finale April 25-29. We hope you'll join us.
Beethoven:
Mass in C major, Op. 86
Cherubini:
Chant sur la mort de Joseph Haydn
Beethoven:
Fantasia in C minor, Op. 80 "Choral Fantasy"
Wednesday, April 25, 7:30 pm
Bing Concert Hall, Stanford, CA
Friday, April 27, 8 pm
Herbst Theatre, San Francisco, CA
Saturday, April 28, 8 pm
First Congregational Church, Berkeley, CA
Sunday, April 29, 4 pm
First Congregational Church, Berkeley, CA
Tickets and information:
https://philharmonia.org/2017-2018-season/beethoven-unleashed/
--Marketing, Philharmonia Baroque
At the Pleasure of Mazzarin
Salon/Sanctuary presents At the Pleasure of Mazarin: Roman Treasures from the Bibiothèque Nationale de Paris, the season finale concert and the final concert in a mini-series of early music concerts that explores the echoes of politics in over half a millennium of French music.
April 28
The Church of Saint Jean Baptiste
184 East 76th Street
New York, NY 10021
For tickets, call 1 888 718 4253 or visit
http://www.salonsanctuary.org.
For sound clips, program notes, texts and translations, and more information, visit
http://www.mazzarinomusica.org.
--Salon/Sanctuary Concerts
Corinne Morris and BBC Philharmonic to Debut Nimrod Borenstein's New Cello Concerto
Cellist Corinne Morris will give the world premiere of Nimrod Borenstein's
Cello Concerto No. 2, alongside the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra on 5th June, 2018. Frederic Chaslin will conduct, at BBC Philharmonic Studio, Salford.
The concerto, written for Morris, is intended to be "a large-scale, muscular concerto in the grand tradition of Dvorak, Shostokovich and Elgar", according to its composer. This followed an idea by the cellist, who felt that these kinds of 'big' concertos for cello were increasingly rare. Borenstein, who has a long-standing artistic relationship with Morris, was happy to oblige. "Corinne has a certain scale and richness to her playing, which gives the composer that facility, and it's a joy to have that kind of canvass." he says.
--James Inverne Music Consultancy
92Y May/June 2018 Concerts
Friday, May 4, 2018 at 9:00 PM
92Y – Buttenwieser Hall, NYC
Schubert's Final Sonatas: Part 2
Shai Wosner, piano
Thursday, May 10, 2018 at 7:30 PM
92Y – Kaufmann Concert Hall, NYC
Benjamin Verdery, guitar
St. Lawrence String Quartet
Friday, May 11, 2018 at 9:00 PM
92Y – Buttenwieser Hall, NYC
Schubert's Final Sonatas: Part 3
Shai Wosner, piano
Friday, June 8, 2018 at 9:00 PM
92Y – Buttenwieser Hall, NYC
New York Polyphony, vocal quartet
Tickets are available at
www.92Y.org/Concerts or 212-415-5500.
For more information, visit
www.92Y.org
--Hannah Goldshlack-Wolf, Kirshbaum Associates
World Premiere of Ellen Reid's "dreams of the new world"
An expansive new choral work exploring lesser-known stories about the pursuit of the American Dream in Memphis, Houston, and Los Angeles, told through an interview-based libretto, will be premiered by the Los Angeles Master Chorale on Sunday, May 13 at 7 PM in Walt Disney Concert Hall. dreams of the new world is composed by Ellen Reid with a libretto by Sarah LaBrie.
Tickets are available now, starting from $29:
Online:
lamasterchorale.org
Phone: 213-972-7282
Tickets can also be purchased in-person at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion Box Office Monday – Saturday, 10 AM–6 PM.
For further information, visit
lamasterchorale.org
--Jennifer Scott, Los Angeles Master Chorale
Schimmel Center and Knickerbocker Chamber Orchestra Present "The Struggle to Forgive"
Schimmel Center, NYC, with the Knickerbocker Chamber Orchestra presents the world premiere of
The Struggle to Forgive: Confronting Gun Violence in America on Friday, May 4, 2018 at 7:30 p.m. Led by Music Director and Conductor Gary S. Fagin, the new cantata—which has a libretto by Fagin and features soprano Mikaela Bennett, mezzo-soprano Sarah Heltzel, and baritone Jorell Williams—gives voice to those whose lives have been impacted by gun violence in the United States, including victims and their families.
The program also includes Charles Ives's
The Unanswered Question; and a new orchestral version of
Prayer for Mary, written by Fagin in remembrance of the life of a KCO member whose life was lost due to gun violence in 2014.
For complete information, visit
www.schimmelcenter.org
--Katlyn Morahan, Morahan Arts and Media
Concerts at Saint Thomas Presents Music for the Feast of the Ascension
Concerts at Saint Thomas will give the season's final performance with the Saint Thomas Choir of Men and Boys on May 9, singing music written for the Feast of the Ascension. The program features Bach's
Cantata 37, his first written for the Ascension, and his 'Lutheran'
Mass in G minor, as well as Vivaldi's lesser-known setting of the
Introduzione e Gloria, RV 588.
The choir will be joined by soloists Eric S. Brenner, Lawrence Jones, Mark Bleeke, and Daniel Moore, and accompanied by period instrumentalists from the Orchestra of St. Luke's.
May 9, 2018 | Wednesday at 7:30 pm
Music for the Eve of the Ascension
Saint Thomas Church, Fifth Avenue at West 53rd Street, NYC
For more information, visit
http://www.saintthomaschurch.org/calendar/events/worship/19211/music-for-the-eve-of-ascension
--Andrew Ousley, Unison Media
Five Boroughs Music Festival Presents TENET in "The Sounds of Time"
The early music virtuosi of TENET return to Five Boroughs Music Festival (5BMF) this season with "The Sounds of Time," an exploration of 12th and 13th century songs by the French trouvères. The program is presented in Queens, NY on Friday, May 11, 2018 at 7:00 p.m. at King Manor Museum, NY, and on Saturday, May 12, 2018 at 7:30 p.m. at Christ Church Riverdale in the Bronx. Led by guest music director and baroque violin virtuoso Robert Mealy, the program showcases the great lyric tradition of the troubadours, who adapted the musical forms invented by their Provençal counterparts and infused them with a lighter vein that produced a memorably tuneful body of music.
"The Sounds of Time" features soprano Jolle Greenleaf, mezzo-soprano Luthien Brackett, tenor Jason McStoots, Shira Kammen and Robert Mealy on vielle and harp, and Charles Weaver on plucked instruments.
Friday, May 11, 2018 at 7:00 p.m.
King Manor Museum | 150-03 Jamaica Avenue | Queens, NY
Tickets: Tickets, priced at $15 for general admission and $10 for students, seniors, and museum members, can be purchased by visiting
www.5bmf.org.
Saturday, May 12, 2018 at 7:30 p.m.
Christ Church Riverdale | 5030 Henry Hudson Parkway | Bronx, NY
Tickets: Tickets, priced at $25 for general admission and $15 for students, seniors, and Christ Church Riverdale members, can be purchased by visiting
www.5bmf.org.
--Katy Salomon, Morahan Arts and Media
Share the Joy with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra
We are very proud to present our latest image video to you today!
Filmed in January 2018 during a tour with our Artistic Advisor Daniele Gatti, this video illustrates the many facets of our special partnership: h
ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OeiF0TzX5Y&feature=youtu.be
Share the joy live with us on our upcoming tour with Daniele Gatti in Italy, Germany, and Spain:
https://www.mahlerchamber.com/concerts/tours/51
You can hear us in Bari (19 April), Heidelberg (21 April), Bilbao (23 April), Zaragoza (24 April) and Barcelona (26 April) with a programme featuring works by Schumann and Beethoven.
For more information, visit
https://www.mahlerchamber.com/
--Mahler Chamber Orchestra
ASPECT Presents Sherezade Panthaki and the Four Nations Ensemble
The ASPECT Foundation for Music & Arts presents its final concert of the season, "Fête Galante: The Anatomy of Melancholy" on Thursday, May 17, 2018 at 7:30pm at the Italian Academy at Columbia University, part of the foundation's second New York City season of illuminating performances featuring many of the most prominent performers and musical scholars of today. Féte Galante features the acclaimed New York-based Four Nations Ensemble and soprano Sherezade Panthaki, with an illustrated talk by art historian Tav Holmes.
The concert provides insight into the elegant new style of art following the final years of the reign of Louis XIV. While Versailles was draped in the heavy mood of recent years, Antoine Watteau was breaking with tradition, creating the new fresh, elegant, and sensual genre of the fête galante. The evening features Four Nations Ensemble and Panthaki in works by Leclair, Clérambault, Devienne, and Telemann to emphasize Holmes' glimpse into the unique, idealized world of artists Watteau, Boucher, and Fragonard.
"Fête Galante: The Anatomy of Melancholy"
Thursday, May 17, 2018 at 7:30pm
The Italian Academy | 1161 Amsterdam Avenue | NYC
Tickets: $45 includes wine and refreshments
Link:
https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3065574
--Katy Salomon, Morahan Arts and Media
ABS Performs All Four Bach Orchestral Suites
Music Director Jeffrey Thomas will lead the American Bach Soloists in performances of all four of Johann Sebastian Bach's
Orchestral Suites (BWV 1066-1069) May 11-14 in Belvedere, Berkeley, San Francisco, and Davis, CA. The works presented in these concerts are full of exuberant sonority and captivating melody and display the virtuosity of ABS's famous roster of "the best American specialists in early Music" (
The Washington Post). These extremely popular pieces are intensely infused with the spirit of dance, expressing joy and felicity.
Tickets: $25–$89; $10 student tickets for ages 25 and under with valid student ID, at the door or reserve at 415-621-7900.
Online:
americanbach.org/tickets
For complete information, visit
americanbach.org
--Jonathon Hampton, American Bach Soloists
42nd Street Moon Announces Cast and Creative Team for ME AND MY GIRL
San Francisco's 42nd Street Moon (Daren A.C. Carollo and Daniel Thomas, Co-Executive Directors), currently celebrating its 25th Anniversary in continuous operation, has announced the full cast and creative team for the final production of the 2017-2018 season: ME AND MY GIRL, a hilarious and delightful 1930s West End smash hit (winner of three Tony Awards for the critically-acclaimed 1986 Broadway revival). ME AND MY GIRL features book and lyrics by L. Arthur Rose & Douglas Furber, revised by Stephen Fry with contributions by Mike Ockrent, and music by Noel Gay. ME AND MY GIRL runs from May 2 – 20, 2018 and will perform at San Francisco's Gateway Theatre (formerly the Eureka Theatre). The press opening will take place on Saturday, May 5 at 6:00 p.m. Tickets range from $25 - $75 and can be purchased through the Box Office at (415) 255-8207 or online at www.42ndstmoon.org.
42nd Street Moon's production of ME AND MY GIRL will be directed and choreographed by Mindy Cooper, with Music Direction by Dave Dobrusky.
May 2 - 20, 2018 (press opening on Saturday, May 5 at 6:00 p.m.).
Wednesday-Thursday 7:00 p.m.; Friday 8:00 p.m.; Saturday 6:00 p.m.; Sunday 3:00 p.m.
Gateway Theatre, 215 Jackson St, San Francisco, CA 94111.
Running time: 2 hours and 15 minutes (including a 15-minute intermission).
Tickets: $25 - $75 and may be purchased online at
www.42ndstmoon.org or by calling (415) 255-8207
--Jonathan White PR