The Berkeley Baroque Strings opens its 2016-17 season with a concerti concert performed by members of the orchestra. Among the works presented will be the Adagio and Allegro movements of J.S. Bach’s “Harpsichord Concerto in D Major,” Handel’s Tenor Aria “Sharp Violins” from “Ode for St. Cecilia’s Day,” and J.S. Bach’s “Concerto for Violin and Oboe in c minor.” The Viola da Gamba, an instrument of the early music period, will be featured in two movements of the “Sonata for Viola da Gamba in e minor” by Telemann. Among other pieces rounding out the program will be two movements of the “Cello Concerto in a minor” by Nicola Porpora, and the Presto from Telemann’s “Viola Concerto in G Major.”
Under the music direction of Kati Kyme, a member of the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra and the New Esterhazy Quartet, the chamber orchestra is an affiliate of the San Francisco Early Music Society.
The concert takes place at St. Clement's Episcopal Church, 2837 Claremont Blvd., Berkeley. Admission is free. Donations are gratefully accepted.
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To raise funds for the orchestra the program will be repeated on Saturday, November 12, at 4 pm. This concert will take place at St. Mark's Episcopal Church, 2300 Bancroft Way, Berkeley. Tickets at the door $20; students $10; children under 12 free.
