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October 2023
Friday, October 6 8:00 pm (Los Angeles)
USC Thornton Baroque Sinfonia: Death and Love in Venice: Venetian Music of the Baroque Era
Celebrating music by Claudio Monteverdi, Barbara Strozzi, Tarquinio Merula, and Antonio Vivaldi .
Directed by Rotem Gilbert and Jason Yoshida
Admission Free and Open to the Public
USC Alfred Newman Recital Hall 3616 Trousdale Pkwy, Los Angeles, CA 90089
more information:
Facebook and YouTube.contact us at earlymusic@usc.edu.
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Tuesday, October 17, 7:30 pm, The Huntington (San Marino)
Camerata Pacifica-Camerata Pacifica Baroque: From Bach to Bolivia
Embracing works from the Old and New Worlds, Camerata Pacifica continues its 34th season with “From Bach to Bolivia,” the first of two programs in its new Camerata Pacifica Baroque series featuring period instruments and curated by acclaimed flutist Emi Ferguson. includes five seminal Bach chamber works: Prelude and Fugue; Trio Sonata No. 5; Prelude; Trio Sonata No. 2; and Toccata and Fugue. They are set against six anonymous chamber works composed during the same era in Bolivia, which were rediscovered in the past 20 years in the Chiquitos Music Archives housed in a Bolivian Jesuit mission church and compiled by Dr. Piotr Nawrot. Bridging Bach’s masterworks and the anonymous works composed on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean is La Folia by Doménico Zipoli, an Italian composer who completed his musical training in Europe before moving in 1717 to Córdoba in Spanish Colonial America (now in Argentina), where he served as music director for the local Jesuit church.
Emi Ferguson, music director/flute, Katie Hyun, violin,Coleman Itzkoff, cello, Mikael Darmanie, piano
PROGRAM:
J.S. BACH Prelude and Fugue, BWV 846
ANONYMOUS Sonata “Chiquitana” No.IV, AMCh 264
ANONYMOUS Preambulum
ANONYMOUS Fugado
J.S. BACH Trio Sonata No. 5, BWV 529
ANONYMOUS Sonata “Chiquitana” No. XIV, AMCh 274
J.S. BACH Prelude, BWV 847
ANONYMOUS Fuga
J.S. BACH Trio Sonata No. 2, BWV 526
DOMÉNICO ZIPOLI La Folia
ANONYMOUS Toccata
J.S. BACH Toccata and Fugue, BWV 565
TICKETS AND INFORMATION:$75 , www.cameratapacifica.org
The Huntington’s Rothenberg Hall, 1151 Oxford Rd, San Marino, CA 91108
Thursday, October 19, 8 pm Colburn School (Los Angeles)
Camerata Pacifica-Camerata Pacifica Baroque: From Bach to Bolivia
Embracing works from the Old and New Worlds, Camerata Pacifica continues its 34th season with “From Bach to Bolivia,” the first of two programs in its new Camerata Pacifica Baroque series featuring period instruments and curated by acclaimed flutist Emi Ferguson. includes five seminal Bach chamber works: Prelude and Fugue; Trio Sonata No. 5; Prelude; Trio Sonata No. 2; and Toccata and Fugue. They are set against six anonymous chamber works composed during the same era in Bolivia, which were rediscovered in the past 20 years in the Chiquitos Music Archives housed in a Bolivian Jesuit mission church and compiled by Dr. Piotr Nawrot. Bridging Bach’s masterworks and the anonymous works composed on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean is La Folia by Doménico Zipoli, an Italian composer who completed his musical training in Europe before moving in 1717 to Córdoba in Spanish Colonial America (now in Argentina), where he served as music director for the local Jesuit church.
Emi Ferguson, music director/flute, Katie Hyun, violin,Coleman Itzkoff, cello, Mikael Darmanie, piano
PROGRAM:
J.S. BACH Prelude and Fugue, BWV 846
ANONYMOUS Sonata “Chiquitana” No.IV, AMCh 264
ANONYMOUS Preambulum
ANONYMOUS Fugado
J.S. BACH Trio Sonata No. 5, BWV 529
ANONYMOUS Sonata “Chiquitana” No. XIV, AMCh 274
J.S. BACH Prelude, BWV 847
ANONYMOUS Fuga
J.S. BACH Trio Sonata No. 2, BWV 526
DOMÉNICO ZIPOLI La Folia
ANONYMOUS Toccata
J.S. BACH Toccata and Fugue, BWV 565
TICKETS AND INFORMATION: $75 , www.cameratapacifica.org
Zipper Hall, The Colburn School, 200 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90012
Friday, October 20, 7:30 pm (Santa Barbara)
Camerata Pacifica-Camerata Pacifica Baroque: From Bach to Bolivia
Embracing works from the Old and New Worlds, Camerata Pacifica continues its 34th season with “From Bach to Bolivia,” the first of two programs in its new Camerata Pacifica Baroque series featuring period instruments and curated by acclaimed flutist Emi Ferguson. includes five seminal Bach chamber works: Prelude and Fugue; Trio Sonata No. 5; Prelude; Trio Sonata No. 2; and Toccata and Fugue. They are set against six anonymous chamber works composed during the same era in Bolivia, which were rediscovered in the past 20 years in the Chiquitos Music Archives housed in a Bolivian Jesuit mission church and compiled by Dr. Piotr Nawrot. Bridging Bach’s masterworks and the anonymous works composed on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean is La Folia by Doménico Zipoli, an Italian composer who completed his musical training in Europe before moving in 1717 to Córdoba in Spanish Colonial America (now in Argentina), where he served as music director for the local Jesuit church.
Emi Ferguson, music director/flute, Katie Hyun, violin,Coleman Itzkoff, cello, Mikael Darmanie, piano
PROGRAM:
J.S. BACH Prelude and Fugue, BWV 846
ANONYMOUS Sonata “Chiquitana” No.IV, AMCh 264
ANONYMOUS Preambulum
ANONYMOUS Fugado
J.S. BACH Trio Sonata No. 5, BWV 529
ANONYMOUS Sonata “Chiquitana” No. XIV, AMCh 274
J.S. BACH Prelude, BWV 847
ANONYMOUS Fuga
J.S. BACH Trio Sonata No. 2, BWV 526
DOMÉNICO ZIPOLI La Folia
ANONYMOUS Toccata
J.S. BACH Toccata and Fugue, BWV 565
TICKETS AND INFORMATION:$75 , www.cameratapacifica.org
Hahn Hall, Music Academy, 1070 Fairway Rd, Santa Barbara, CA 93108
Friday, October 20th from 1-2 pm (Los Angeles)
USC-Huntington Early Modern Studies Institute presents
Brett Kostrzewski: "Why Josquin? New Questions in Old Musicology."
USC campus: Herklotz Seminar Room in the Doheny Music Library
more information:
contact us at earlymusic@usc.edu.
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Saturday, October 21, 7:30 p.m. (Mar Vista - West LA)
Jouyssance Early Music Ensemble: A Salute to William Byrd and Thomas Weelkes On the occasion of their Quadricentennial
The program will feature Byrd's beloved Mass for Four Voices and some of Weelkes' most popular madrigals. Plus enjoy beautiful motets and (sometimes hilarious) secular music by both composers.
$25 General Admission, $20 Seniors and SCEMS members, $10 Students, ACDA MEMBERS AND THEIR STUDENTS WILL BE GRANTED FREE ADMISSION TO BOTH CONCERTS!
St. Bede's Episcopal Church 3590 Grand View Blvd., Mar Vista
Sunday, October 22, 4 p.m. (Pasadena)
Jouyssance Early Music Ensemble: A Salute to William Byrd and Thomas Weelkes On the occasion of their Quadricentennial
The program will feature Byrd's beloved Mass for Four Voices and some of Weelkes' most popular madrigals. Plus enjoy beautiful motets and (sometimes hilarious) secular music by both composers.
$25 General Admission, $20 Seniors and SCEMS members, $10 Students, ACDA MEMBERS AND THEIR STUDENTS WILL BE GRANTED FREE ADMISSION TO BOTH CONCERTS!
Church of the Angels 1100 Avenue 64, Pasadena
Sunday, October 22, 3 pm (Thousand Oaks)
Camerata Pacifica-Camerata Pacifica Baroque: From Bach to Bolivia
Embracing works from the Old and New Worlds, Camerata Pacifica continues its 34th season with “From Bach to Bolivia,” the first of two programs in its new Camerata Pacifica Baroque series featuring period instruments and curated by acclaimed flutist Emi Ferguson. includes five seminal Bach chamber works: Prelude and Fugue; Trio Sonata No. 5; Prelude; Trio Sonata No. 2; and Toccata and Fugue. They are set against six anonymous chamber works composed during the same era in Bolivia, which were rediscovered in the past 20 years in the Chiquitos Music Archives housed in a Bolivian Jesuit mission church and compiled by Dr. Piotr Nawrot. Bridging Bach’s masterworks and the anonymous works composed on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean is La Folia by Doménico Zipoli, an Italian composer who completed his musical training in Europe before moving in 1717 to Córdoba in Spanish Colonial America (now in Argentina), where he served as music director for the local Jesuit church.
Emi Ferguson, music director/flute, Katie Hyun, violin,Coleman Itzkoff, cello, Mikael Darmanie, piano
PROGRAM:
J.S. BACH Prelude and Fugue, BWV 846
ANONYMOUS Sonata “Chiquitana” No.IV, AMCh 264
ANONYMOUS Preambulum
ANONYMOUS Fugado
J.S. BACH Trio Sonata No. 5, BWV 529
ANONYMOUS Sonata “Chiquitana” No. XIV, AMCh 274
J.S. BACH Prelude, BWV 847
ANONYMOUS Fuga
J.S. BACH Trio Sonata No. 2, BWV 526
DOMÉNICO ZIPOLI La Folia
ANONYMOUS Toccata
J.S. BACH Toccata and Fugue, BWV 565
TICKETS AND INFORMATION: $80, www.cameratapacifica.org
Scherr Forum Theatre, 2100 E. Thousand Oaks Blvd, Thousand Oaks, CA 91362
Oct. 22, Sunday 3 P.M., (Pomona)
Artifex Consort : French Baroque music
Early music ensemble Artifex Consort makes their Pomona College debut. This relatively new ensemble presents a program on period instruments. The ensemble is comprised of faculty member Malachai Komanoff Bandy, along with Eva Lymenstull and Eric Tinkerhess on bass violas da gamba, and are joined by Ian Pritchard on harpsichord. French Baroque music by Marin Marais,
from his Pièces de viole, Livre IV
Pomona College: BRIDGES HALL OF MUSIC 150 4th St, Pomona, CA 91766
more info: pomona.edu/music-calendar
https://www.pomona.edu/sites/default/files/music-calendar.pdf
https://www.pomona.edu/academics/departments/music/concert-calendar/concert-parking
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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 22 4:00 (Newport Beach)
Baroque Music Festival, Corona del Mar: For the Baroque Music Curious... to the Aficionado - The Fall Preview.
Join artistic director Elizabeth Blumenstock for the first of the Festival's 44th Season preview events. Highlights include an unaccompanied baroque violin performance by Blumenstock (10-15 mins); exclusive sneak-peek at music planned for the 2024 Festival; tray-passed appetizers and fine wines, teas, and coffees; South Coast Brass pre-event al fresco; Festival monthly membership information, and a special time-limited sponsorship opportunity.
General Admission: $50 early bird through Oct 7; then $100 per person Oct 8-15.
Newport Beach Civic Center Community Room, 100 Civic Center Drive, Newport Beach.
For information please visit https://bmf-cdm.org, email zenedwards@bmf-cdm.org or call (949) 760-7887.
Oct. 29, Sunday 3 P.M., Pomona
William Peterson, organ: J.S. Bach and Buxtehude
Emeritus faculty organist William Peterson presents an organ program on the Hill Memorial organ in Bridges Hall of Music. The concert centers around the music of J.S. Bach and Buxtehude. The distinctly eclectic Hill Memorial organ was built by C. B. Fisk and dedicated in 2002. It is known as Opus 117.
Pomona College: BRIDGES HALL OF MUSIC 150 4th St, Pomona, CA 91766
more info: pomona.edu/music-calendar
https://www.pomona.edu/sites/default/files/music-calendar.pdf
https://www.pomona.edu/academics/departments/music/concert-calendar/concert-parking
Master Calendars
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Credit: Renaissance minstrels in Augsburg (1520). iStock.com/© gameover2012
Early Music Around Town
A timely shortlist of local early music concerts and events.
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To view the entire season of concerts and events, consult the current Master Calendar.
Please note that SCEMS does not present or sponsor concerts.
The listings below include early music related concerts and events offered by organizations throughout the Southern California area. Readers are advised to call ahead to verify events, times, and ticket availability, which are subject to change.