
SBRS News and Announcements
SOUTH BAY BUZZ
Newsletter of the South Bay Recorder Society
A Chapter of the American Recorder Society
An Affiliate of the San Francisco Early Music Society
May 2013
May 2013
President’s Message
Our April meeting with David Hogan Smith was very rewarding. His
music is always so clear and great to play. The Gabrieli eight
part piece was tricky and required counting carefully. As a
battle song we created great sounds. The Giovanni Croce pieces
were double choir. The crumhorns and recorders provided some
good echo effects. Many brought their crumhorns and shared them
to give others an opportunity to play. Thank you, David, for
sharing the interesting eight- part Renaissance Italian music
for our April session.
We had
our Annual Meeting in April. Welcome to Marcia Wire, Michèle
Kelly, and Fidele Galey who have joined the SBRS Board. Special
thanks to our regular Board members who will continue: Anne Ng,
Laura Gonsalves, Anne-Marie Wiggers, Jean Ridley, Georgiana
Rudge, and Harry Stewart. I look forward to working with you
over the next year. You all help make the South Bay Recorder
Society successful.
Liz Brownell, President
Concert
Review
The Monteverdi Brass Quintet Concert
March 13, 2013 at Foothill Presbyterian Church
This wonderful concert started off with Hildegard von Bingen’s
“Karitas Habundant” hailing us from all parts of the church. The
five musicians were strategically placed around the perimeter of
the church to give us a resonating start to their very polished
performance on brass instruments. This was the appetizer for the
whole of the concert.
The Quintet played Gloria by William Byrd; Italian Madrigals by
Luca Marenzio, Mogens Pederson and Morenzio; a wonderful Kyrie
by Johanes Ockenghem; Dances from the collection of Pierre
Attaingnant; some pieces from the archive of the Duke of Lerma
which had been discovered more recently; and the concert ended
with some luscious pieces by Palestrina, Tomas Luis de Victoria,
and Gesualdo. The performers took it in turns to narrate
throughout the concert, explaining a little bit about the music,
especially the history of the pieces and the composers. They
also talked about their instruments. Instrumentation was modern
in that there were three trombones and two trumpets, but as one
of the narrators explained, the music was enhanced by the
instruments, whether it was Early or late Medieval, Middle Ages,
or Renaissance. The arrangements of the music played were
exceedingly well done.
This was an excellent and exhilarating concert and it was a pity
it was so poorly attended.
Jean Ridley
Calendar of Coming Events
May 10th – Chapter meeting at 7:30 PM in the Choir Room of San
Jose Congregational Church
1980 Hamilton Ave., (corner of Leigh), San Jose, CA 95125
Greta Haug-Hryciw directs.
May 11th – Music della Doria concert
May 17th -19th Marin Headlands workshop
June 8th – Peralta Consort concert
SAVE
THESE DATES FOR THE SUMMER PLAY-INS:
June 29th
July 28th
August 24th
Details will be in the June BUZZ.
Music
Opportunities
Saturday, June
1st – 2:00 PM. Mid-Peninsula Recorder Orchestra, directed by
Fred Palmer, presents a Spring Concert at Trinity Presbyterian
Church,
1106 Alameda de las Pulgas, San Carlos. For information call
Fred Palmer at (650) 591-3648 or visit the orchestra’s website
at www.mpro-online.org.
Saturday, May 11, 2013 – 3:00 PM. Music della Doria; Renaissance and Beyond – Doris Williams (vocals, lute), Jonathan Harris (recorders), and Howard Kadis (lute, archlute). (www.doriswilliams.com)
Saturday,
June 8, 2013 – 3:00 PM. The Peralta Consort: the capstone
concert of the early music series will feature music from late
renaissance, baroque, and modern periods. Kraig Williams and
Greta Haug-Hryciw (recorders/percussion); Mike Megas
(recorders/flute); Michèle Kelly (recorders); Deb
Fenzel-Alexander (cello); Julia Airapetyan (harpsichord/organ).
The
above 2 concerts are the last of this year’s Foothill
Presbyterian Early Music Series.
5301 McKee Road, San Jose; suggested donation - $10; reception
following each concert.
For further information: email FoothillPC@gmail.com or call
(408)258-8133.
Newsletter Editor: Laura Gonsalves
4946 Manitoba Drive, San Jose, CA 95130
e-mail: lauraagonsalves@yahoo.com
website: //www.sfems.org/sbrs