Herbst Theatre at the San Francisco War Memorial Building (San Francisco, CA)
Led by conductor Nicholas McGegan, the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra performs a concert of works by Rameau, Telemann, Vivaldi, and J. S. Bach. Guest artists includes Marion Verbruggen, recorder, Elizabeth Blumenstock, violin, and Stephen Schultz, flute.
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Well, I moved my seats back from the second row center right because I thought the sound would be unbalanced, but this turned out to be the wrong move because the lute would have been right in front of us. The sound from it was much softer from where I sat, but in retrospect, it would have been nice to hear that instrument come through louder.
The recorder sounds like someone whistling, but tuned perfectly, of course. Ms. Verbruggen is indeed exceptional.
exceptional quality, high spirits, and somewhat unusual. We would not have thought of the recorder as a virtuoso instrument.
The Herbst is small by most performing-arts standards (only 928 seats). So despite its stately appearance, it provides a refreshingly intimate atmosphere.
Wine, beer, soda and coffee are often available in the Main Veterans marbled lobby for shows with intermissions (not lectures).
Website: http://www.philharmonia.org/NextConcert.htm
Program
Jean-Philippe Rameau: Suite d’orchestre from Castor et Pollux
Georg Philip Telemann: Concerto for recorder and flute in E minor, TWV 52:e1
Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for violin in B-flat major, RV 375
Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for recorder in F major, after BWV 169 (reconstruction by Frans Brüggen)
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra
Nicholas McGegan, conductor
Marion Verbruggen, recorder
Elizabeth Blumenstock, violin
Stephen Schultz, flute
San Francisco's Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra has been dedicated to historically-informed performance of Baroque, Classical and early-Romantic music on original instruments since its inception in 1981. Under the leadership of Nicholas McGegan, its Music Director since 1985, Philharmonia has become "an ensemble for early music as fine as any in the world today" (Los Angeles Times). The Orchestra performs a subscription season in four cities in the San Francisco Bay Area, and is regularly heard on tour in the United States and internationally. In addition to Mr. McGegan, the Orchestra has welcomed eminent guest conductors to its podium including William Christie, Andrew Parrott, Jordi Savall, Gustav Leonhardt, Monica Huggett and Stanley Ritchie.
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