Category Archives: 31st Season
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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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 Orchestra at Festival del Sole
Nicholas McGegan, conductor Susan Graham, mezzo-soprano Works by HANDEL – CORELLI – VIVALDI...
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Beethoven Songs & Haydn Trios
Philharmonia Baroque presents Nicholas McGegan (fortepiano) in recital with soprano Dominique Labelle, violinist...
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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...
Michael Costa Appointed Executive Director
Michael Costa has been appointed to the Robert A. Birman Executive Director Chair of Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra effective immediately, it...
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GRAMMY® Nomination for our Haydn Symphonies CD!
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra and Music Director Nicholas McGegan are thrilled to announce that the second release from their new Philharmonia...
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Video: Nicholas McGegan discusses Bach’s Mass in B Minor
Music Director Nicholas McGegan discusses Bach’s Mass in B Minor, which will be performed December 2 – 6 by Philharmonia...
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Post-Concert LGBT Reception
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra invites you to join members of the LGBT community at a post-concert reception in San Francisco hosted...
“A virtuoso display of precision vocal fireworks” – San Francisco Chronicle
Joshua Kosman, Chronicle Music Critic October 31, 2011 “Coloratura singing, as a wise observer remarked, is a bit like dancing...
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Video: Elizabeth Blumenstock on the Baroque violin
Elizabeth Blumenstock gives you an up-close look at the Andrea Guarneri violin she plays.
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Philharmonia Baroque’s Education Programs are in “Play” mode this season as we reach out to students of all ages
Connecting With History: Family Concert (Families with children 17 and younger) In our third annual Family Concert, the Orchestra will...
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Philharmonia Baroque’s lively Mozart pastiche (San Francisco Chronicle)
Joshua Kosman, Chronicle Music Critic Tuesday, September 27, 2011 “Kelley’s distinguished performance made for a lively concert … [It] was...
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“Brilliantly Accessible: Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra” – San Francisco Classical Voice
“R.J. Kelley’s natural horn performance was a perfect blend of grace, virtuosity, and humor… “Not only did Music Director Nicolas...
“Beethoven Songs & Haydn Trios” – Program Notes for June 3