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Behind the Curtain with David v.R. Bowles
We are excited to announce the release of our new recording, Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 7 (purchase your copy...
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Cognoscenti Luncheon Offers New Season Preview
On April 24, Philharmonia supporters gathered at the St. Regis Hotel in San Francisco for the annual Friends of Philharmonia...
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Philharmonia Announces Time Travel Through Music
This summer, Philharmonia will release a 35-minute documentary, entitled Time Travel Through Music, introducing viewers to Baroque music and period instrument...
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Nic’s Picks for April, 2013
The best book on the subject of Teseo is Handel’s Operas 1704-1726 by Winton Dean and Merrill Knapp published by...
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The 2013 Family and Student Concerts
On March 15, Philharmonia presented the 2013 Student Concert at San Francisco’s Herbst Theatre; the annual Family Concert took place...
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In Conversation with Carla Moore
Carla Moore serves as one of Philharmonia’s concertmasters and regular soloists. Described by The Strad as possessing “unerring musicality,” she...
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Winton Dean on Teseo
Winton Dean is an English musicologist, most famous for his research into the life and works of George Frideric Handel,...
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The Italian Violin: Program Notes
Program Notes by Michelle Dulak Thomson For most of Western musical history before the end of the seventeenth century, music...
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Ready for Rachel
This interview originally appeared in All Things Strings in 2005. To purchase tickets to Podger’s upcoming concert with Philharmonia Baroque,...
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Bruce Lamott on KRBC 12/7 at 12:30
Bruce Lamott, director of the Philharmonia Chorale, will be interviewed today, December 7, at 12:30 pm on KRCB radio about upcoming Messiah performances.
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Vivaldi’s Four Seasons Tour
Nicholas McGegan, conductor Elizabeth Blumenstock, violin Vivaldi’s beloved set of violin concerti...
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April Program Notes: Alexander’s Feast, or The Power of Music
George Frideric Handel was born on February 23, 1685 in Halle and died on April 14, 1759 in London. His...
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September Program Notes: Mozart & Haydn: A Tale of Two Cities
Mozart: Symphony No. 38 in D Major, K. 504 “Prague” Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, born 1756 in Salzburg, left humanity a...
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April Program Notes: Haydn’s Creation
Franz Joseph Haydn was born in Rohrau, Austria on March 31, 1732. By age 29 he had entered service to...
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Violist Aaron Westman’s passion for early music
The Santa Rosa Press Democrat features Philharmonia Baroque’s own violist Aaron Westman in a recent article about his passion for...
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January Chamber Concert Program Notes: Viva Vivaldi!
Antonio Lucio Vivaldi was born on March 4, 1678 in Venice, where he was ordained as a priest in 1703....
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January Program Notes: David Daniels
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1787) Concerto for Three Horns and Violin in D major, TWV 54:D2 Suite in F major, TWV...
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Music Director Nicholas McGegan on the Road