Last Friday Concert Series - 
July, 2011
Last Friday Concert Series
An Evening of Traditional Greek Music, Featuring Agapi Mou

Formed two years ago, Agapi Mou is the latest musical project from the young half-Japanese duo of Aya Davidson and Gregory Masaki Jenkins. 
The name "Agapi Mou" translates from Greek to mean "my love" and signifies the group's love of and dedication to the traditional music of Greece. 
With Aya on violin and vocals and Greg on clarinet and vocals, the group is rounded out with Greek-American percussionist/vocalist Michael Garibaldi and Alan Davidson on the Greek lute (laouto).

Encompassing the diversity of regional musical styles in Greece would be a daunting task for any group, but with graceful nuance, 
Agapi Mou threads together an impressive selection, presenting songs and dance tunes from numerous islands, including Crete, Rhodes, Amorgos, Ikaria, Mytillini, and mainland areas such as Thrace, Macedonia, Eipirus, 
and the Peloponnese. Many of these selections include the traditional improvisational sections known in Greek as "taximi". The group also
performs a number of selections from nearby countries such as Albania, Turkey, and Armenia.

  Agapi Mou web site: http://agapimoumusic.com

Friday July 29th, 2011 at 7:30 PM
Pro Arts Gallery 
150 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza 
Oakland, CA 94612

Tickets: $18 General / $15 Seniors / $12 Students
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3B's Composers: 
Bach, Bruckner & Barber

Cantata No.4 "Christ Lag in Todes Banden" - J.S. Bach

A cappella sacred Motets - Anton Bruckner "Reincarnation for a cappella chorus - Samuel Barber

BACH Chorus & Orchestra
Andrew J. Chung, Conductor

Bay Area Classical Harmonies presents: “3B’s: Bach, Bruckner &Barber”, a choral program featuring pieces that celebrate Spring and Easter. The concert will consist of Anton Bruckner’s Motets: Locus Iste, Ave Maria, Christus Factus Este, and Virga Jesse; Samuel Barber’s “Reincarnations, for a cappella chorus, Op.16”; and finally J.S. Bach’s cantata No.4, “Christ Lag in Todes Banden” (Christ lays in bonds of death). Performed by BACH Chorus & Chamber Orchestra conducted by BACH director Andrew J. Chung, this concert will couple the mystical a cappella sonorities of Bruckner and Barber with one of Bach's best-known Cantatas.

Saturday, May 21st 8PM
Saint Mary Magdalen Church
2005 Berryman Street, Berkeley, CA 94709

Tickets: $20 in advance, $25 at the door - $12 Students
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Last Friday Concert Series - May, 2011
Around the World with
the Bernal Hill Players 

The Bernal Hill Players returns with an international program of chamber music by Falla, Stravinsky, Debussy, Bizet, Albeniz, and new works by local composers Katrina Wreede and Loren Jones. 

Friday May 27, 2011 at 7:30 PM
Pro Arts Gallery 
150 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza 
Oakland, CA 94612

Tickets: $18 General / $15 Seniors / $12 Students
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Fall 2010 

MOZART & BEETHOVEN CONCERT: OCT 16-23

Mozart: The Requiem Mass in D minor 
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.4 in G major & 
Choral Fantasy for Piano, Orchestra, and Chorus 

BACH Chorus & Orchestra John Boyajy Piano 

Andrew J. Chung, Conductor

Bay Area Classical Harmonies presents “Mozart and Beethoven Concert”performing W.A. Mozart’s Requiem, Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No.4& Choral Fantasy for Piano, Orchestra, and Chorus. With this concert, B.A.C.H. brings monumental works of both choral and orchestra by these two Viennese masters. This program features pianist John Boyajy with BACH Chorus and Orchestra conducted by Founder / Director of B.A.C.H. Andrew J. Chung.

This concert program was inspired by Beethoven’s ambitious programming from his famous performance of the Choral Fantasy December 22nd, 1808. This same concert included premieres of his Fifth and Sixth Symphonies, as well as performance of portion of the C major mass.

$28 in advance, $35 at the door - $20 Students

Saturday, October 16th, 7:30PM
Mt. Tamalpais United Methodist Church
410 Sycamore Avenue, Mill Valley
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Sunday, October 17th, 4PM
Saint John Armenian Church
275 Olympia Way, San Francisco
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Friday, October 22nd, 7:30PM
Arlington Community Church
52 Arlington Avenue, Kensington
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Saturday, October 23rd, 7:30PM
Saint Paul Episcopal Church
114 Montecito Avenue, Oakland
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July 30th, 2010 - FRIDAY

Last Friday Concert Series - July

                 The Bach Quartet Project - In Concert

Transcriptions of J.S. Bach's Organ works by David Cheng for String
Quartet.



String quartets by J.S. Bach? Join us Friday evening, July 30th, as we explore
the genius of Johann Sebastian Bach as you have never experienced before. We
will sample some of Bach’s masterworks originally composed for his favorite
instrument, the organ, now cleverly transcribed to take full advantage of a
String Quartet.

J.S. was considered the finest and most ingenious organist of his generation,
inspiring awe and fear among his contemporaries for his musical prowess. One
famous story recounts an upcoming organ competition in Dresden between J.S. Bach

and the French musician, Louis Marchand, which drew the attention of thousands.
Legend states that, the night before the competition, Marchand heard Bach
practicing on the organ, and was so impressed that, by morning, Marchand had
suddenly left town!

The program will include a wide variety of works, from the majestic Prelude &
Fugue in e minor BWV 533 (Cathedral), to the bold harmonies of the Fantasia &
Fugue in G minor BWV 542 (Great). Of course, this program is not complete
without the famous Toccata & Fugue in D minor BWV 565.

This concert is sure to win the heart of the most hard core Bach afficionado.

David Cheng, Quelani Penland, violins
Stephanie Ng, viola
Gabriel Beistline, cello

Friday, July 30th, 7:30PM
Pro Arts at Oakland Art Gallery
150 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza
Oakland, CA 94612

Tickets can be purchased online or at the door
$18 General / $15 Seniors / $12 Students

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June 25th, 2010 - FRIDAY

Last Friday Concert Series - June

               An Evening of Korean Art Songs (" 한국가곡")

Korean Art Song performance returns to Pro Arts Gallery. This year, the Korean Art Songs will be explored around 4 seasons: Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter. In the 1900’s western classical music was introduced to Korea. Over time Korean composers began fusing the European Romantic style with Korean folk melodies and poetry. These songs tell stories of  love, longing, leaving loved ones behind, home, war and nature— mountains, rivers, sea, birds and flowers. 

Featuring 5 Bay Area Korean- American Opera Singers: Sopranos Yoonsil Kae (계윤실) and Shawn Kim (김선주), Mezzo-Soprano Jennifer Kay (계수정),  Tenor Michael Kim (김상민), and Bass Andrew Chung (정종철) with pianist Jungmee Kim (김정미).

Don’t miss this opportunity to hear music that is rarely performed!

Friday, June 25th, 7:30PM
Pro Arts at Oakland Art Gallery
150 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza
Oakland, CA 94612

Tickets can be purchased online or at the door
$18 General / $15 Seniors / $12 Students

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May 28th, FRIDAY

Last Friday Concert Series - May

AN ARIA and LIEDER ABEND: Featuring works of Handel, Mozart, Weber, Brahms, Schubert, and Mahler

Members of BACH cast of Le Nozze di Figaro and accompanist Chris Goslow come together for an evening of opera favorites and Lieder gems. Hear this ensemble of stunning voices perform Brahms' Op.31 Three Quartets for Solo Voices and Piano.

Kate Howell, Soprano

Katie Francis, Mezz -Soprano

Michael Kim. Tenor

Steve Hoffmann, Baritone

Chris Goslow, Pianist

Friday, April 30th, 7:30PM
Pro Arts at Oakland Art Gallery
150 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza
Oakland, CA 94612

Tickets can be purchased online or at the door
$18 General / $15 Seniors / $12 Students

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April 30th, 2010 - Last Friday Concert Series

May 20 - 22, 2010 

The Josquin Singers: The Empty Tomb & Tongues of Fire, From Easter to Pentecost in East & West

Celebrating the Feast of Feasts and the foundation of the Church, Artistic Director John Michael Boyer leads the ensemble on a journey from Easter to Pentecost and from East to West.  The holidays of Pascha (Easter) and Pentecost have yielded some of the most joyful and profound music in both the East and the West. This Pentecost weekend, the Josquin Singers will perform repertoire from this joyful season taken from the chant and polyphonic traditions of Rome, England, Moscow and Constantinople, sung in their original languages of Latin, Greek and Slavonic. 

Thursday, May 20, 2010 7:30 pm
Blessed Sacrament Cathedral, Sacramento
1017 11th Street, Sacramento
$25 General, $20 Senior, $12 Student
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Friday, May 21, 2010 7:30 pm
Greek Orthodox Cathedral of the Ascension
4700 Lincoln Avenue, Oakland
$25 Suggested Donation
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Saturday, May 22, 2010 7:30 pm
Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church
999 Brotherhood Way, San Francisco
$25 General, $20 Senior, $12 Student
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April 30th, 2010 - Last Friday Concert Series

A Night of Baroque Music

with Flute and Harpsichord

Featuring the music of Handel, Bach, Froberger, and Sweelinck

Harpischordist Eugene Petrushansky returns to the Last Friday Concert Series to perform J.S. Bach's French Suite No.4, Johann Froberger's Suite in A minor, Partita sopra Mayrin,and Jan Sweelink's Ballo del Granduca.

Flautist Stephen Whitehead will join Petrushansky in the 2nd half of the program to perform G.F. Handel's Sonata for Flute and Harpsichord No.2 in G minor and also No.3 in A minor.

Friday, April 30th, 7:30PM
Pro Arts at Oakland Art Gallery
150 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza
Oakland, CA 94612

Tickets can be purchased online or at the door
$18 General / $15 Seniors / $12 Students

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March 27th & 28th - BACH Ensemble

G.F. Handel's Brockes Passion

Bay Area Classical Harmonies (B.A.C.H.) presents the rarely performed Brockes Passion by G.F. Handel to celebrate the weekend of Palm Sunday.

Barthold Heinrich Brockes published a German oratorio libretto on the setting of the passion story. This work was one of the first passion oratorios, a free, poetic meditation on the passion story without the use of an evangelist character. Many baroque composers have written a passion oratorio based on this setting but the most famous setting is by G.F. Handel.

BACH founder/director Andrew J. Chung will lead a baroque BACH Ensemble with singers and musicians comprised of the Bay Area’s most talented up and coming musicians, along with professionals well known to local audiences. 

The concert will be free for children 12.

Saturday, March 27th @7:30PM
Saint Mary Magdalen Church - Berkeley
2005 Berryman Street, Berkeley

Sunday, March 28th @4:30PM
Trinity Cathedral - San Jose
81 N 2nd Street, San Jose 

TICKETS: $20 in advance, $27 at the door - $15 Students, 
Children 12 and Under FREE
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February 26th, 2010 - Last Friday Concert Series

The Bernal Hill Players

The Bernal Hill Players return to Pro Arts Gallery for an enchanting evening of Classical, Romantic, and Contemporary chamber music.

The program features a magnificent Brahms Trio, a divine Mozart aria, a zesty C.P.E. Bach sonata, a trance-inducing Saint-Säens tarantelle, and a sinuous Piazzolla fugue.

The Bernal Hill Players is a trio of seasoned professional chamber musicians featuring Martha Rodríguez-Salazar on flute and voice, Leah di Tullio on clarinet, and Jennifer Peringer on piano.  They are joined for this concert by special guest Poppea Dorsam on cello. 

The Bernal Hill Players believe in keeping music live, local, diverse, and friendly. Their next performing project, "San Francisco: In and About the City", features new works by local composers.

Check out their website: 
www.bernalhillplayers.com

Friday, February 26th @7:30PM
Pro Arts at Oakland Art Gallery
150 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza
Oakland, CA 94612

Tickets can be purchased online or at the door
$18 General / $15 Seniors / $12 Students

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January 22, 2010

Notes from Armenia
Collaboration of the Seemorgh Ensemble with Oakland East Bay Symphony



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January 29th, 2010 - Last Friday Concert Series

Escalay - Middle Eastern Jazz

Escalay (“waterwheel”) melds classical Arabic music and jazz in the tradition of John Coltrane. Led by Tom Chandler, a student of the Nubian oud master Hamza El Din, Escalay’s repertoire includes music by El Din, Coltrane, John Zorn, Andrew Hill, Ornette Coleman, Oum Kulthum, and Arabo-Andalusian music as well as original compositions. 

Band Lineup: Tom Chandler, oud, Micha Patri, drums,

Eric Vogler, bass and Lila Sklar, violin

Friday, January 29th @7:30PM
Pro Arts at Oakland Art Gallery
150 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza
Oakland, CA 94612

Tickets can be purchased online or at the door
$18 General / $15 Seniors / $12 Students
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November 21 and 22

The Ever-Ringing Belfry
The Legacy of Komitas



Year 2009 commemorates the 140-year anniversary of the birth of Komitas (1869-1935), the founder of the Armenian classical music. The Seemorgh Ensemble will honor this occasion by bringing to life some rarely performed sacred and secular choral masterpieces by Komitas and his renowned student, Barsegh Kanachian. Program features Komitas’ two unseen jewels, Lord’s Prayer and Vespers Hymn, along withAn den Wassern zu Babel, the only music he composed in German. Kanachian’sNanor will take you on a pilgrimage to St. Karapet monastery and a complete cycle of Komitas’ Wedding Songs, together with other surprises, will call to mind the beauty of Armenian tradition.

TICKETS: $29 in advance, $39 at the door - $15 Students

Sat, Nov. 21 @ 7:00pm in Cupertino - Map - Purchase tickets

Sun, Nov. 22 @ 7:00pm in San Francisco - Map - Purchase tickets

October 30th - Last Friday Concert Series

Winds & Strings,
A Night of Chamber Music

Members of the B.A.C.H. Orchestra, Bill Benjamin, Oboe, Alice Benjamin, Bassoon, Alice Kao, Violin, Nansamba Ssensalo, Viola, and Nancy Kim, Cello will perform a variety of chamber music for winds and strings by W.A. Mozart, Karl Stamitz, Geroges Bizet, and Francois Gebauer including Quartet in F Major K.370 for Oboe, Violin, Viola, and Cello by Mozart. Come and enjoy a delightful evening of chamber music accompanied by a glass of wine at our gorgeous new space in downtown Oakland!

Friday, October 30th @7:30PM
Pro Arts at Oakland Art Gallery
150 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza
Oakland, CA 94612

Tickets can be purchased online or at the door
$18 General / $15 Seniors / $12 Students
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September 24 -27th

Le Nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro) by W.A. Mozart

Bay Area Classical Harmonies Brings in Greek National Opera Stage Director to Stage Mozart Masterpiece

Bay Area Classical Harmonies (B.A.C.H.) is proud to host Eugenia Arsenis, stage director of the Greek National Opera, as it brings a fully staged and orchestrated production of Le Nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro) by W.A. Mozart to downtown Oakland; free opera tickets will be available to children 12 and under. 

BACH founder/director Andrew J. Chung will conduct Mozart’s beloved and perhaps most loved comic masterpiece with cast members and musicians comprised of the Bay Area’s most talented up and coming musicians, along with professionals well known to local audiences.

Ms. Arsenis recently collaborated as stage director for the prestigious San Francisco Opera - Merola Opera program in summer of 2007. Awards include the Greek State Scholarship Foundation, the Onassis Foundation, the National Bank Cultural Foundation, the Dame Margaret Tuke Travel Bursary from Royal Holloway University of London. Moreover, the Fulbright scholarship for Artists and Art Scholars, the Propondis scholarship and a scholarship from the New York Film Academy.

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Cast for the Production:

Count Almaviva: Nicolas Aliaga

Figaro: Steven Hoffmann

Cherubino: Megan Stetson

Antonio:  Jordan Eldredge

Countess Rosina Almaviva: Daniella Risman (9/24, 9/26)  

Lang Nixon (9/25,9/27)

Doctor Bartolo: Patrick Boyle

Don Basilio: Jose Hernandez

Don Curzio: Michael Kim

Susanna: Katherine Howell

Marcellina: Elana Cowen (9/24,9/26)

Katie Francis (9/25,9/27)

Barbarina: Felicia Chen (9/24,9/26)

Erin Lahm(9/25,9/27)

Stage Director: Eugenia Arsenis

Conductor: Andrew Chung

BACH Chorus & Orchestra

WHEN: 
Thursday, September 24th @7:30PM 
Friday, September 25th @7:30PM 
Saturday, September 26th @7:30PM 
Sunday, September 27th @3:00PM (Matinée) FREE SHOW for children 12 and under 
 
Where: 
Oakland Metro Operahouse 
630 3rd Street, Oakland, CA  
 
TICKETS: $35 General, $32 Senior, and $25 Student

Guitar Duel
An Evening of Classical Guitar with Jard and Fred
Friday, July 31st at 7:30pm

Two established Bay Area musicians, Jard Davis and Fred Boette (www.guitarfred.com ) show off their chops in a varied program ranging from Bach to Villa Lobos. Enjoy a summer evening, a glass of wine and the beautiful music by Jard and Fred at our gorgeous new space in downtown Oakland!

 

New Location:

Pro Arts at Oakland Art Gallery
150 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza
Oakland, CA 94612
(Entrance on Kahn's Alley) 
Parking and Directions

$18 General / $15 Seniors / $12 Students
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http://guitarduel.eventbrite.com

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Join this trio in an evening of Klezmer and Yiddish art songs that are sure to bring you to your feet! Heather Klein; soprano and Alla Gladysheva on piano are excited to share the stage with SPECIAL GUEST Peter Jaques, a Bay Area fixture and director of the Brass Menažeri, on the clarinet. For a special treat, Bruce Bierman, a Bay Area favorite and klezmer dance master, will be leading the dancing. His interpretations of the trio's pieces will get everyone dancing.

Friday, June 26th at 7:30pm

$18 General / $15 Seniors / $12 Students
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Works by the Fugue Masters: Bach, Handel, and Gould

Founder and Director Andrew J. Chung will conduct a beautiful Baroque Summer evening of the Fugue Masters, including Handel's Chando Anthem no. 8: "O Come, Let Us Sing unto the Lord," J.S. Bach's Cantata 140: "Wachet Auf ruft uns die Stimme," and the reprise of one of our favorites: Glen Gould's "So You Want to Write a Fugue."  A show that will be sure to have everyone wanting to write a fugue!

Friday, June 12th 8PM
Berkeley, Saint Mary Magdalen Church
2005 Berryman Street, Berkeley
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Saturday, June 13th 8PM
 San Francisco, Saint John Armenian Church
275 Olympia Way, San Francisco
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Sunday, June 14th  7PM
 Bethel Korean United Methodist Church
1700 Lincoln Street, Santa Clara
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Tickets available online, by phone or at the door

510-868-0695

Tickets available online, by phone or at the door

March 27 - ESCALAY - Middle Eastern Jazz




Escalay ("waterwheel") melds classical Arabic music and jazz in the
tradition of John Coltrane in search of musical transcendence or "tarab".
Led by Tom Chandler, a student of the Nubian oud master Hamza El Din,
Escalay's repertoire includes music by El Din, Coltrane, John Zorn, Andrew
Hill, Ornette Coleman, Oum Kulthum, Arabo-Andalusian music as well as
original compositions.
More info: http://www.tchandler.com/escalay

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January 30 - The California Honeydrops
Keep the good vibes going for 2009 with a dance party New Orleans style! 

Playfully crossing genres from roots and blues to R&B and soul, The California Honeydrops' sound is tied together by their unique instrumentation, soulful vocal harmonies, and a funky, good-time New Orleans style. Digging deep into the traditions of American music, the California Honeydrops bring to the stage not only an unmatched level of musicianship and authenticity but also a funky good time that¢s hard to beat. Ripping through classic material as well as their own original songs, The California Honeydrops will get any crowd on its feet, dancing and singing along.
More info: http://www.myspace.com/thecaliforniahoneydrops

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February 27 - The Bernal Hill Players



A new local chamber ensemble conceived by San Francisco Community
Music Center faculty members, Jennifer Peringer and Martha Rodriguez-Salazar.
Leah diTullio and Ron Relic complete the unusual lineup, which consists of flute,
clarinet, viola, mezzo-soprano, and piano. The upcoming program features
works by Mozart, Saint-Saens, Holmboe, Villa-Lobos, and Malcolm Arnold.

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