PAST EVENTS
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!
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
May 28th, FRIDAY
Last Friday Concert Series - May
AN ARIA and LIEDER
ABEND: Featuring works of Handel,
Mozart, Weber, Brahms, Schubert, and Mahler
Kate Howell, Soprano
Katie Francis, Mezz -Soprano
Michael Kim. Tenor
Steve Hoffmann, Baritone
Chris Goslow, Pianist
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
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
with Flute and Harpsichord March 27th & 28th - BACH Ensemble 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.
A Night of Baroque Music
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.
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
G.F. Handel's Brockes Passion
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.
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
Sat, Mar. 27th @7:30PM in Berkeley - Purchase tickets
Sunday, March 28th @4:30PM in San Jose - Purchase tickets
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.
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
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
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 with An den Wassern zu Babel, the only music he composed in German. Kanachian’s Nanor 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
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