Author Archives: Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra
Violinist Maxine Nemerovski Joins the Orchestra
Violinist Maxine Nemerovski has been a near-constant presence on Philharmonia Baroque’s stage for the past fifteen years. In recognition of...
Video: Gonzalo Ruiz on Making Double Reeds
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra oboist Gonzalo Ruiz discusses and demonstrates the making of double reeds, and how they affect the sound...
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NEW ON CD FROM PHILHARMONIA BAROQUE PRODUCTIONS – HANDEL: ATALANTA
Handel’s 1736 opera Atalanta concluded with a spectacular display of fireworks in its first year of performance; it has only...
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Jane Stuppin: In Memoriam
Founding Board President Peter Strykers remembers the late Jane Stuppin: Jane Kennedy Stuppin died peacefully and not unexpectedly at her...
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Philharmonia Baroque announces its 2012-13 Season
MUSIC DIRECTOR NICHOLAS McGEGAN AND PHILHARMONIA BAROQUE ORCHESTRA AND CHORALE ANNOUNCE 2012-2013 SEASON Highlights of the 32nd Season Include...
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Beethoven’s Fourths
Nov88:00 pm Nov98:00 pm Nov108:00 pm Nov117:30 pm November Program November 8-11 Atherton, San Francisco, Berkeley ...
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A Bach Christmas
Dec138:00 pm Dec148:00 pm Dec158:00 pm Dec167:30 pm December Program December 13-16 Atherton, San Francisco, Berkeley ...
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Quintessence of Classical Style
Feb ’13138:00 pm Feb ’13158:00 pm Feb ’13168:00 pm Feb ’13177:30 pm February Program February 13-17 Stanford, San Francisco, Berkeley ...
Posted in 32nd Season, events, Primary Series | Tagged bassoon, classical, Danny Bond, Haydn, J.C. Bach, Marc Schachman, Mozart, Nicholas McGegan, oboe, Philharmonia Baroque, Sinfonia Concertante | Leave a comment
The Italian Violin
Mar ’13158:00 pm Mar ’13168:00 pm Mar ’13177:30 pm Mar ’13208:00 pm March Program March 15-20 San Francisco, Berkeley, Stanford ...
Posted in 32nd Season, events, Primary Series | Tagged Baroque violin, Corelli, Pergolesi, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Rachel Podger, Vivaldi | Leave a comment
Heroic Theseus
Apr ’13107:30 pm Apr ’13117:30 pm Apr ’13137:30 pm Apr ’13144:00 pm April Program April 10-14 Atherton, San Francisco, Berkeley ...
Posted in 32nd Season, events, Primary Series | Tagged Amanda Forsythe, Amy Freston, Céline Ricci, Dominique Labelle, Drew Minter, Handel, Handel Opera, Nicholas McGegan, Philharmonia Baroque, Robin Blaze | Leave a comment
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra at Festival del Sole
Jul136:00 pm Nicholas McGegan, conductor Susan Graham, mezzo-soprano Works by HANDEL – CORELLI...
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Beethoven Songs & Haydn Trios
Jun38:00 pm Philharmonia Baroque presents Nicholas McGegan (fortepiano) in recital with soprano Dominique...
Sound the Trumpet
Oct38:00 pm Oct58:00 pm Oct68:00 pm Oct77:30 pm October Program October 3-7 Atherton, San Francisco, Berkeley ...
Posted in 32nd Season, Concerts, events, Primary Series | Tagged Bruce Lamott, Clifton Massey, countertenor, Nicholas McGegan, Philharmonia Baroque, Philharmonia Chorale, Purcell | Leave a comment
Raves for March concerts: “Schumann’s Cello Concerto”
San Jose Mercury News Cellist Steven Isserlis and Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra scale heights of Schumann concerto By Georgia Rowe “With...
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Nicholas McGegan on Performing Brahms
In February 2010, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra performed Brahms’ Serenade No. 1, in its first historically-informed performance of the music of...
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March Program Notes – Schumann’s Cello Concerto
Felix Mendelssohn: The Fair Melusine, Op. 32 Felix Mendelssohn, scion of an eminent German banking family, was born in Hamburg on...
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Critics Praise Richard Egarr Concerts
San Francisco Classical Voice English Delights From the PBO by Jonathan Rhodes Lee “That greatest of all `English’ composers, Handel,...
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John Prescott is now a Ph.D.
John Prescott, one of our pre-concert lecturers, has some exciting news to share. In December he completed his dissertation in...
Gustav Leonhardt – A Remembrance
Peter Strykers, the first president of the founding board of Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra (when we were known as Philharmonia, Baroque...
“Beethoven Songs & Haydn Trios” – Program Notes for June 3