Early Music/Baroque

Pulcinella stands in red and green costume leaning on a cane while staring mischievously into the camera

Pulcinella's Dream: Music, dance and pantomime of 18th century Italian theatre

Venue:
Joe Goode Annex
Date:
City:
San Francisco
Price Range:
$25 to $28
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Music@Menlo Festival: Baroque Splendor

Venue:
Spieker Center for the Arts
Date:
City:
Atherton
Price Range:
$25-$85
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Berkeley Baroque Strings Presents Music of Handel

Venue:
First Congregational Church of Berkeley
Date:
City:
Berkeley
Price Range:
$20 at the door, $10 students, accompanied children under 12, free
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Berkeley Baroque Strings Presents Music of Handel

Venue:
St. Clement's Episcopal Church
Date:
City:
Berkeley
Price Range:
Admission by donation
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Hallifax & Jeffrey with Andrew Canepa: “Music by Couperin and Marais”

Date:
Price Range:
$20
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A red banner with the SFCMA logo and "Civic Strings" in white text.

Civic Strings Spring Concert

Venue:
First Baptist Church of San Francisco
Date:
City:
San Francisco
Price Range:
FREE - suggested donation of $10-$20 per person
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Apollo and Daphne
Review

Ovid in Operatic Dress: American Bach Soloists Animate Two Tales of Transformation

Nicholas Jones - May 9, 2023

The group’s season-ending concert was devoted to Handel’s Apollo and Daphne and Jean-Philippe Rameau’s Pygmalion.

SFEMS SUMMER MINI-FESTIVAL

Venue:
First Congregational Church of Berkeley
Date:
City:
Berkeley
Price Range:
Ticket prices range from $20 to $35; Kip Cranna's lecture is free. (registration required)
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Mary Ellen Callahan and Daniel Lockert - Bach Fest Concert and Sing-along

Venue:
Piedmont Piano Company
Date:
City:
Oakland
Price Range:
$15 - $40
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Feature

The SFCV Summer Music Festival Guide, 2023

SFCV Editors and Janos Gereben - May 2, 2023

Your cheat sheet to great music festivals across California and the West.