Concert Schedule

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2009-2010 Season Concerts: March | April

 

2010-2011 Season Concerts:

September I October I November I December I January I February I March I April

 

2009-2010 Past Concerts: September | October | November | December | February

 

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2009-2010 Season Concerts

The French Suite of Europe - March 2010

Jordi Savall, conductor and viola da gamba

 

DUMANOIR: Ballet de Stockholm

LULLY: Suite d'Alceste

TELEMANN: Suite for Viola da gamba and Strings in D major

HANDEL: Water Music in D major and G minor

 

March 5-13 in San Francisco, Berkeley, Palo Alto and Lafayette

 

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Orlando's Madness - April 2010

Nicholas McGegan, conductor

Dominique Labelle, soprano

Susanne Rydén, soprano

Diana Moore, mezzo-soprano

William Towers, countertenor

Wolf-Matthias Friedrich, bass-baritone

 

HANDEL: Orlando

 

April 8-13 in San Francisco, Berkeley and Palo Alto

 

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2010-2011 Season Concerts

Robert Levin plays Mozart - September 2010

Nicholas McGegan, conductor
Robert Levin, fortepiano

 

MOZART: Incidental Music for Thamos, King of Egypt

MOZART: Concerto for Fortepiano in D minor

MOZART: Fragments of newly found works for Fortepiano and Orchestra (U.S. Premiere)

MOZART: Symphony No. 41 in C major, "Jupiter"

 

September 24-29 in San Francisco, Berkeley, Atherton and Walnut Creek

 

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Bach's Wedding Cantata - October 2010

Lars Ulrik Mortensen, conductor and harpsichord

Maria Keohane, soprano

 

BACH: Orchestral Suite No. 1 in C major

BACH: Concerto for Harpsichord in D minor

BACH: Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten (The Wedding Cantata)

BACH: Concerto for Harpsichord in D major

 

October 15-19 in San Francisco, Berkeley and Atherton

 

 

Vivaldi's Four Seasons - November 2010

Nicholas McGegan, conductor

Elizabeth Blumenstock, violin

 

VIVALDI: Le quattro stagioni (The Four Seasons)

 

November 5-10 in San Francisco, Berkeley, Atherton and Walnut Creek

 

 

Handel's Messiah - December 2010

Nicholas McGegan, conductor

Kirsten Blaise , soprano

Daniel Taylor, countertenor

John McVeigh , tenor

Tyler Duncan, bass

Philharmonia Chorale

Bruce Lamott, director

 

HANDEL: Messiah

 

December 3-7 in San Francisco, Berkeley and Atherton

 

 

David Daniels - January 2011

Nicholas McGegan, conductor
David Daniels, countertenor

 

VIVALDI: Stabat Mater

HANDEL: Arias from Giulio Cesare

TELEMANN: Suite in F major, "Alster Overture"

 

January 15-21 in San Francisco, Berkeley and Atherton

 

 

Hummel's Concerto for Keyed Trumpet - February 2011

Nicholas McGegan, conductor

Gabielle Cassone, keyed trumpet

 

SPOHR: Symphony No. 2 in D minor

HUMMEL: Concerto for Keyed Trumpet in E major

MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No. 1 in C minor

 

February 11-15 in San Francisco, Berkeley and Atherton

 

 

Flicka! - March 2011

Nicholas McGegan, conductor

Frederica von Stade, mezzo- soprano

 

REBEL: Les caracteres de la danse

STOOKEY: Into the Bright Lights (U.S. Premiere)

RAMEAU: Les Indes galantes, suite d'orchestre

 

March 4-9 in San Francisco, Berkeley, Atherton and Walnut Creek

 

 

Haydn's Creation - April 2011

Nicholas McGegan, conductor

Dominique Labelle, soprano

Thomas Cooley, tenor

Philip Cutlip, bass-baritone

Philharmonia Chorale

Bruce Lamott, director

 

HAYDN: The Creation

 

April 8-13 in San Francisco, Berkeley, Atherton and Walnut Creek


2009-2010 Past Concerts

Apotheosis of the Dance - September 2009

Nicholas McGegan, conductor

Steven Isserlis, violoncello

 

HAYDN: Symphony No. 101 in D major, "The Clock"

HAYDN: Concerto for Violoncello in C major

BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 7 in A major

 

September 10-15 in San Francisco, Berkeley, Palo Alto and Lafayette

 

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The Concerto - An Adversarial Friendship - October 2009

Elizabeth Wallfisch, leader and violin

 

MUFFAT: Fasciculus VIII Indissolubilis Amicitia "Inseperable Friendship" in E major from Florilegium Secundum

TELEMANN: Concerto for Two Violins and Bassoon in D major

BIBER: Serenade in C major Der Nachtwächter , “Nightwatchman’s Call”

TELEMANN: Sonata for Four Violins in C major

MUFFAT: Fasciculus Nobilis Juventus "Noble Youth" in D minor from Florilegium Secundum

SCHMELZER: Die Fechtschule "Fencing School"

BIBER: Battalia á 10

BACH: Violin Concerto No. 2 in E major

 

October 9-17 in San Francisco, Berkeley, Palo Alto and Lafayette

 

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The Passion of Dido - November 2009

Susan Graham, mezzo-soprano

Nicholas McGegan, conductor
Susan Graham, mezzo-soprano

William Berger, baritone

Cyndia Sieden , soprano

Céline Ricci, soprano

Jill Grove, contralto

Brian Thorsett, tenor

Philharmonia Chorale

Bruce Lamott, director

 

PURCELL: Suite from Abdelazer

PURCELL: O Sing Unto the Lord a New Song

PURCELL: Chacony in G minor

PURCELL: Hear My Prayer, O Lord

PURCELL: Dido and Aeneas

 

November 5-8 in San Francisco, Berkeley and Palo Alto

NOVEMBER 8 IS SOLD OUT.

 

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Gloria! A Holiday Celebration - December 2009

Bruce Lamott, conductor and director

Elizabeth Blumenstock, leader and violin

Philharmonia Chorale

 

VIVALDI: Magnificat in G minor

TORELLI: Concerto Grosso in G minor, "Christmas Concerto"

VIVALDI: Credo in unum Deum

VIVALDI: Concerto in F minor, "Winter"

SAMMARTINI: Concerto Grosso in G minor, "Christmas Concerto "

VIVALDI: Gloria in D major

 

December 4-11 in San Francisco, Berkeley, Palo Alto and Lafayette

 

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An Elegant Romance - February 2010

Nicholas McGegan, conductor
Viktoria Mullova, violin

 

BRAHMS: Serenade No. 1 in D major

BRAHMS: Violin Concerto in D major

 

February 11-14 in San Francisco, Berkeley and Palo Alto

 

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