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Agave Baroque presented by Noe Valley Chamber Music
On April 17, 2015, at 4pm NVCM welcomes Agave Baroque to our stage at Noe Valley Ministry. Enjoy "Fire and Ice", an exceptional program of experimental 17th century string music from northern Europe. Join us for a journey traveling, blending, and adapting musical styles from across Europe....the story of Baroque music! Come early for Musical Conversations, a pre-concert talk at 3:15pm with Scott Foglesong. Wine and cheese at intermission.
Aaron Westman, violin
Anna Washburn, violin
Gretchen Claassen, viola da gamba
Kevin Cooper, classical & baroque guitarist
Henry Lebedinsky, harpsichord
3:00pm Doors Open
3:15pm Musical Conversations, a Pre-concert talk
4:00pm Performance
The performance lasts approximately 2 hours, including a short intermission with wine and cheese. Audience members have the chance to mingle with the performers immediately following the performance.
Program:
John Blow - Sonata in A
James Oswald - Sonatina III
Domenico - Sinfonia Cossaca
Johann Schop - Lachrimae Pavaen
Luigi Madonis - Violin Sonata no. 2 in A minor
Johann Paul Westhoff - Sonata no. 2 in A minor
Dmitri Stepanovich Bortniansky - Larghetto in F
David Petersen - Sonata V in G minor from Speelstukken, 1683
William Brade - Suite from Newe auserlesene Branden, Intraden...
Dietrich Becker - Sonata à 3 from Musicalische Frühlings-Früchte
Nathanael Diesel - Suite in D minor for Guitar and Basso Continuo
TICKETS are $20-30, FREE for children 12 and under.
($30 with a discount for students, seniors and advance purchases.)
Childcare is available. Please allow time to look for street parking.
Agave Baroque is "an energized, free-spirited group" (Early Music America Magazine, Fall 2014), based in the San Francisco Bay Area, and specializing in string chamber music of the seventeenth century. Agave has received numerous awards and accolades and gained local and national attention for its "rapturous music," "brilliant... profound playing" (EMA Magazine), and growing discography. Now in its sixth season, Agave debuts a new and expanded lineup, several new collaborations, and continues to be a unique and innovative voice in the chamber music community nationally.
During its initial season, Agave was selected by Early Music America to perform in a showcase concert at the APAP Convention in New York. In 2009, The Museum of Jurassic Technology in Los Angeles commissioned Cold Genius: The music of Henry Purcell, which Agave premiered at the MJT in 2010, and subsequently recorded. In 2011, EMA selected Agave Baroque as one of five finalists in the NAXOS/EMA Recording Competition. In 2012, the San Francisco Early Music Society chose Agave to present a main stage concert on the 2012 Berkeley Early Music Festival, about which Early Music America Magazine said, "Rapturous music and impressive playing...[;;;;;;Agave Baroque];;;;;; kept the audience entranced." Later in 2012, EMA selected Agave to compete in New York as one of six finalists at their Baroque Performance Competition. Agave received a generous grant from the San Francisco Friends of Chamber Music to record Friends of Ferdinand, which VGo Recordings released in 2013. VGo recently recorded Agave's new album Queen of Heaven: Music of Isabella Leonarda with acclaimed countertenor Reginald L. Mobley. Also in 2014, Agave will become an ensemble in residence at the San Francisco Friends of Chamber Music/Presidio Trust's new concert series Presidio Sessions, as well as begin a collaboration with Los Angeles concert series Jacaranda: music at the edge, and embark on a tour with Reginald Mobley.
Agave Baroque has performed to sold-out crowds throughout the Bay Area, including Barefoot Chamber Concerts, Chamber Music Day, Chattanooga Chamber Music, Old First Concerts, Sonoma Bach, MSRI, and Trinity Chamber Concerts, as well as at Fresno City College, Fresno Pacific University, the Museum of Jurassic Technology, Jacaranda, The Arizona Early Music Society, University of North Carolina School for the Arts, Appalachian State University, and the Berkeley Early Music Festival. On-air appearances include KPFK Pacifica Radio in Los Angeles, WDAV (North Carolina), New Mexico Public Radio, as well as several features on NPR's Harmonia early music radio program. Agave Baroque has also presented two programs to groups of K-12 educators as part of the San Francisco Symphony's "Keeping Score" program.
*About Noe Valley Chamber Music
Noe Valley Chamber Music (NVCM) has been presenting superb chamber music to audiences in Noe Valley since 1992. NVCM ticket holders have an opportunity to hear and meet the Bay Area's finest musicians, ensembles, and vocalists in the authentic yet informal chamber music tradition. This concert series allows both established and emerging local artists to develop audiences for their work, and to perform new, old or unusual repertoire in an intimate setting.
For more information please contact Tiffany Loewenberg, Executive Director, NVCM at tiffany@nvcm.org or call (415) 648-5236 or visit our website www.nvcm.org.
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1021 Sanchez Street
San Francisco, CA 94114
United States
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