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Berkeley Festival and Exposition (BFX Ten) June 6 - June 13, 2010 Calendar of Festival Events BFX Ten Home | Main Stage Info | Tickets | BFX Calendar Event Listings | Venues | Info for Fringe Performers | Support the BFX SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT June 6 June 7 June 8 June 9 June 10 June 11 June 12 June 13             * indicates a Main Stage event. Venue codes are at the bottom of the page. Sunday, June 6 2-3 pm     TRIN Three Trapped Tigers Recorder Ensemble: Barnett, Bickley and Linsenberg: "My notes ascend into the air" pre-modern music for post-modern ears and vice versa. Tickets: 15/10 3 pm      STJ Baroque Etcetera: Master & Student: Heinrich Schütz & Christopher Bernhard. Tickets: 10/ 4 pm      LOP Les Violettes: Demons, Surgeons, & Bells Bells Bells.... Tickets: 15/10 4 pm       Chapel College Ensemble of Men and Boys: Choral Evensong: Byrd, Great Service; Mendelssohn, Hear my prayer. Tickets: FREE. St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 114 Montecito Ave., Oakland 6 pm      TRIN Galax Quartet: Bach's Art of Fugue. Tickets: 25/10 Monday, June 7 10 am        LOP John Prescott lecture: Claudio Monteverdi: a Composer in Transition. Tickets: 10/5 1 pm        TRIN Vinaccesi Ensemble: Involto il tristo core: Venetian Arias, Cantatas, and Duets. Tickets: 15/10 5-5:45 pm       Axis of Medieval: Latte's With Landini. The Musical Offering, 2430 Bancroft Way, Berkeley. Donations: 10-15. 5:30 pm      TRIN Franklin Lei, Baroque Lute: Baroque Lute Recital: J.S. Bach, Partita in d, BWV 1004; S.L. Weiss, Suonata in c (Dresden Ms). Tickets: 15/10 7:30 pm  STJ Vajra Voices: A Medieval Vespers: Contemplative Music of Hildegard von Bingen and the School of St. Martial. Tickets: suggested 10 - 20 8 pm      TRIN Ensemble Aliento: Baroque Music for Wind Instruments. Tickets: 15/10 8 pm ;     STM USC Thornton Baroque Sinfonia and Collegium Musicum: Music on the Cusp: Airs and Grounds from the Late Renaissance and Early Baroque. Tickets: FREE Tuesday, June 8 11 am       ULC The Albany Consort: High Baroque Rarely Heard Virtuoso Works. Tickets: 20/15 12 noon    TRIN Katie Kyme / Ondine Young / William Skeen / Yueh Chou: Devienne Intervention. Tickets: 2:30 pm     STJ Zweikampf: Double the Harpsichord, Double the Fun! Tickets: donation 10/5 4 pm     TRIN Letitia Berlin, Yuko Tanaka, David Morris: Letitia Berlin, recorder, with Yuko Tanaka, harpsichord and David Morris, viola da gamba. Tickets: 15/10 7:30-8:30pm  MS Cançonièr: Double Trouble: A Medieval Recorder and Percussion Extravaganza. Tickets: 15/12 8 pm      TRIN Briarbird: Four French Seasons: soprano duets by Charpentier; instrumental selections by Corrette. Tickets: 15/10 8-10 pm    STM WAVE (Women's Antique Vocal Ensemble): Garden of Musicians of Ferrara (Giardino de musici ferraresi). Tickets: 15/10 9:30-11pm   MS Tim Rayborn: Word Hoard: Early Medieval Epics in Story and Song. Tickets: 15/10 Wednesday, June 9 11am-7pm STM (Parish Hall) Barefoot Chamber Concerts presents: The Marais-a-thon: fabulous local and visiting soloists play Marais all day or until the cake runs out. Tickets: 15 all day, including in/out. 12-1 pm   TRIN Ensemble Vermillian: Music of the 17th Century: Correli, Buxtehude, Couperin. Tickets: 15/10 2 pm    STJ Rebecca Pechefsky, Harpsichordist: Krebs's French Overture & Rameau's Suite in E Minor. Tickets: 15/10 2 pm      BCC Farley Pearce, Amy Brodo, Jonathan Salzedo, Heidi Wilcox: Sperger and Rossini Sonatas for Viennese Bass ; Marais for viols, Handel and Biber for Violin. Tickets: 15/10 3 pm        TRIN Bay Area Baroque Orchestra (BABO): Orchestral Music of Corelli, Vivaldi, Telemann and Lully. Tickets: 15/10 3:40-4:40pm STJ Janine Johnson: Harpsichord music of Bach, Handel, Buxtehude and Pachelbel. Tickets: 15/10 5 pm       LOP Chatham Baroque with guest violinist Dana Maiben: Fresh Ayre. Tickets: 15/10 5:30 pm     BCC Coro Ciconia: Westron Wind: John Taverner's Western Wind Mass with songs of Guillaume Dufay. Tickets: 12/8 8 pm   TRIN The New Esterházy Quartet: Haydn's Jukebox—audience members pick their favorite movements from Haydn's Quartets. Tickets: 25/15. 8 pm      San Francisco Renaissance Voices: The Armed Man — Josquin des Prez (c1450-1521). St. John's Presbyterian Church, 2727 College Ave., Berkeley. Tickets: 20/15 Thursday, June 10 9am-5pm BCC, FCC, UC Campus The EMA Conference, "400 Years of Vespers" brings together leading scholars and musicologists, leading professional early music performers, and other EMA members to learn from each other in a relatively informal setting. 12-6pm    FCC The Exhibition features publishers, instrument builders, service organizations, universities, and other early music practiitioners. FREE and open to the public. The Exhibition is presented by Early Music America. 12 noon STM (Parish Hall) Wildcat Viols: Purcell: Fantazias for 3 and 4 Viols. Tickets: 15/13/less online 12 noon      TRIN Harmonia Felice: Music of Jacquet de la Guerre, Couperin, and Marais for 2 violins, 2 gambas, 2 cellos, 2 sopranos, continuo. Tickets: 15/10 2 pm        LOP Euphora Consort (Shirley Hunt, Andrew Levy, Dominic Schaner & Amy White): Glosa: Virtuosic Embellishment & Florid Ornamentation of the Late Renaissance. Tickets: 15/10 2 pm       STJ Fair Iris and Her Swains: The Dialogue of Love: Cantatas and Duets of Purcell, Rameau, Clerambault and J.S. Bach. Tickets: 10 3 pm       TRIN Henry Lebedinsky, clavichord: The Birth of Russian Keyboard Music. Tickets: 15/10 3:30 pm Sarah Viola, Jonathan Davis, Anthony Martin, Andrew Fouts, William Skeen: Sweeter than Roses. Alphonse Berber Gallery, 2546 Bancroft Way, Berkeley. Tickets: 15/12/8 5 pm    STM * AVE, Artists Vocal Ensemble: Tenebrae Responsoria by Carlo Gesualdo. Tickets: 35. 8 pm    FCC * ¡Sacabuche! with Paul Elliott & Nigel North: San Marco and the Venetian double-choir. Tickets: 38/32 Friday, June 11 9am-5pm BCC, FCC, UC Campus The EMA Conference, "400 Years of Vespers" brings together leading scholars and musicologists, leading professional early music performers, and other EMA members to learn from each other in a relatively informal setting. 9-11 am    LOP ARS: Recorder Relay. Tickets: FREE 10am-6pm FCC The Exhibition features publishers, instrument builders, service organizations, universities, and other early music practiitioners. FREE and open to the public. The Exhibition is presented by Early Music America. 12-1:15 pm TRIN Elizabeth Blumenstock & Janine Johnson: J.S. Bach Sonatas for Violin and Harpsichord. Tickets: 15/10 2 pm   LOP Voices of Music: Bach Violin Sonates. Tickets: 20/15 2 - 3 pm     STM David Wilson, Steve Escher, and Jonathan Dimmock: Stile Fantastico: Italian virtuosic writing for violin & cornetto. Tickets: 15/10 2 pm      STJ Vince Ho (harpsichord and organ) with Guest Eugene Petrushansky (harpsichord duet): "Keyboard music heard through Monteverdi's personal experiences" Organ and Harpsichord Music in Cremona, Milan, Mantua, Prague, Belgium, Vienna, Venice, and Bologna during Monetverdi's Stays. Tickets: 10 3 pm      TRIN Wild Rose: folk & baroque: Shira Kammen & Friends: music spanning 15th-21st century on folk & baroque instruments. Tickets: 15/10/sliding 3:30-4:30   STJ Eugene Petrushansky: Solo Harpsichord Music. Tickets: 5 pm    FCC * The Marion Verbruggen Trio: The Virtuoso Recorder. Tickets: 38/32 8 pm    FCC * Magnificat: Motets by Chiara Margarita Cozzolani. Tickets: 38/32 10 pm        TRIN The Lost Mode (Annette Bauer, Shira Kammen, Peter Maund, with Derek Wright): The Lost Mode - Medieval and Other Modal Music - CD Release Concert. Tickets: 15/10 Saturday, June 12 9am-5pm BCC, FCC, UC Campus The EMA Conference, "400 Years of Vespers" brings together leading scholars and musicologists, leading professional early music performers, and other EMA members to learn from each other in a relatively informal setting. 10am-5pm FCC The Exhibition features publishers, instrument builders, service organizations, universities, and other early music practiitioners. FREE and open to the public. The Exhibition is presented by Early Music America. 10am-noon FCC Early Music Discovery for Children, ages 5-15, is an opportunity for kids to try out early music instruments, supervised by skilled practitioners. FREE and open to the public. Early Music Discovery is presented by Early Music America. 10:10am-1pm LOP Marion Verbruggen: MASTERCLASS. Tickets: $10 for auditors 12-1 pm  TRIN Alta Sonora, Les Violes Douces, & Friends: Victoria Vespers. Tickets: 15/10 1 pm   LOP Voices of Music presents David Tayler: In a Garden so Green: Lute music of England and Scotland. Tickets: 20/15. 1:30-5:30 pm MS Margriet Tindemans: Master Class. Tickets: FREE 3 pm  BCC Musica Pacifica: Dancing in the Isles. Tickets: 20/15 3 pm      TRIN Howard Kadis: A Panoply of the Lute, From Attaignant to Zamboni. Tickets: 15/12 3:30 pm    STM Mostly Motets: Renaissance and Medieval Sacred Music Concert. Tickets: 16/12 on/before June 1. 5 pm    FCC * Music's Recreation: Early English Baroque Masters. Tickets: 25 8 pm    FCC * ARTEK: Monteverdi's Madrigals, Book 5. Tickets: 38/32 Sunday, June 13 10 am    Mostly Motets, Susan Hellauer & Marsha Genensky: Chant in Renaissance Polyphony: Chant Camp and Sing-Along. Morning session. Chavez Center Choral Rehearsal Hall, UC Campus. Tickets: 25/20* morning, 30/25* afternoon, or 45/35* both sessions (*on/before 6/8/10). 11 am      BPC La Foolia!: La Foolia!: The Grand Tour. Tickets: 15/12 1 pm    TRIN Mostly Motets, Susan Hellauer & Marsha Genensky: Chant in Renaissance Polyphony: Chant Camp and Sing-Along. Afternoon session. Tickets: 25/20* morning, 30/25* afternoon, or 45/35* both sessions (*on/before 6/8/10). 1:30 pm      MS Agave Baroque Ensemble: Cold Genius: instrumental and dramatic music of Henry Purcell, William Lawes, Matthew Locke, and Nicola Matteis. Tickets: 15/10 2 pm       ULC The Albany Consort: More Rarely Heard Virtuoso Orchestral Works. Tickets: 20/15 2 pm   STJ Junior Recorder Society East Bay Chapter: Junior Recorder Society performs at the Berkeley Early Music Festival Tickets: FREE. 4 pm    FCC * All Main Stage Groups, plus Archetti: FESTIVAL FINALE CELEBRATION. Vespers in Venice from Monteverdi to Vivaldi. Tickets: 38/32 7 pm        TRIN Euphora Consort (Peter Maund, Dominic Schaner & Amy White): Ávila: Musicians & Mystics of Sixteenth Century Spain. Tickets: 15/10 7 pm       STA Vibeka Lyman, harpsichord: A Trip to France: L'Art de Toucher by Francois Couperin. Tickets: 15/10 * indicates a Main Stage event. Event Locations All are in Berkeley unless otherwise noted. ALL       All Souls Episcopal Church and Parish Hall, 2220 Cedar Street (at Spruce). 510.848.1755 BCC Berkeley City Club: 2315 Durant Avenue. 510.848.7800 BPC Berkeley Piano Club: 2724 Haste Street. 510.845.8488 FCC First Congregational Church: 2345 Channing Way (at Dana). 510.848.3696 HH Hertz Hall: University of California campus. 510.642.4864 IH International House: 2299 Piedmont (at Bancroft). 510.642.9490 LOP Loper Chapel at First Congregational Church: Dana at Durant. 510.848.3696 MS MusicSources: 1000 The Alameda (at Marin). 510.528.1685 STA St. Alban's Episcopal Church: 1501 Washington Avenue, Albany. 510.525.1716 STJ St. Joseph of Arimathea Chapel: 2543 Durant Street near Bowditch. 510.841.3083 STM St. Mark's Episcopal Church and Parish Hall: 2300 Bancroft Way. 510.848.5107 TRIN Trinity Chapel: 2320 Dana (at Durant). 510.549.3864 ULC University Lutheran Chapel: 2425 College (at Haste). 510.843.6230 WHEE Wheeler Auditorium: University of California campus. 510.642.5550 ZP Zellerbach Playhouse: University of California campus. 510.642.5550 The Berkeley Festival & Exhibition is presented by San Francisco Early Music Society in association with Early Music America, Cal Performances, Magnificat, Ave, Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, and the American Recorder Society. 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