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Southern California Early Music Society
Early Music Around Town Online Event Calendar
www.earlymusicla.org



Please note that SCEMS does not present or sponsor concerts. The listings below include early music related concerts and events offered by organizations throughout the Southern California area. Readers are advised to call ahead to verify events, times, and ticket availability, which are subject to change. Should you find an error in a listing, please report it immediately to calendar@earlymusicla.org



The ++ symbol following a listing indicates the performers use period instruments and/or historically informed vocal styles.

MAY, 2008


Saturday, May 31, 2008

8:00 Musica Angelica Chamber Music Concert Intimate Bach Elizabeth Blumenstock, violin; Corey Jameson, harpsichord. Program includes works by Boccherini, Haydn, Kohaut, Vivaldi single ticket prices tba Pasadena Presbyterian Church, 585 E. Colorado Boulevard, Pasadena info & tickets 310 458-4504 musicaangelica.org ++


JUNE 2008



Sunday, June 1, 2008

2:00 Recorder Players West, Rotem Gilbert director, Spring Concert. Program includes works by Holborne, Cristinius, Pachelbel, Bosmortier and others. free St Bede's Episcopal Church, 3590 Grand View Blvd., Los Angeles, 90069 www.larohome.org

4:00 Musica Angelica Chamber Music Concert Intimate Bach Elizabeth Blumenstock, violin; Corey Jameson, harpsichord. Program includes Boccherini, Haydn, Kohaut, Vivaldi single ticket prices tba All Saints Church, 504 Camden Drive,[at Santa Monica Boulevard] Beverly Hills info & tickets 310 458-4504 musicaangelica.org ++



Friday, June 6, 2008

12:15 Bach's Lunch RUSS LITCHFIELD organ A graduate of Whittier College, Russ Litchfield is Organist of First Friends Church in Whittier. For the past nine years he was the Music Director and Organist of Trinity Lutheran Church in Pasadena. frewill donation Trinity Lutheran Church, 1340 Eleventh Street Manhattan Beach, CA 90266



8:00 St Matthews Chamber Orchestra Marda Todd, violin, David Searfoss, trumpet. Program includes Handel, Jubilate and Te Deum for the Peace of Utrecht, Persichetti and Vaughn Williams. St Matthew's Episcopal Church, 1031 Bienveneda Ave., Pacific Palisades 310 573-7787 ext 127 www.stmatthews.com/musicguild

Sunday, June 8, 2008

4:00 Bach Collegium San Diego, Bach Mass in B minor Anne-Marie Dicce, soprano; Angela Young Smucker, alto; Vladimir Maric, tenor; John Polhamus, bass. $60, 35,25 St James by-the-Sea Episcopal Chuyrch, 743 Prospect Street, La Jolla, 92037 for tickets call 619 341-1726

SATURDAY June 14

3:00 Los Angeles Recorder Orchestra (LARO) presents Fanfare for the 20th Century. The orchestra, which plays music of all periods on early instruments, surveys the 20th century with composers ranging from Stravinsky and Copland to Pete Rose, the respected American recorder virtuoso and composer, who requested that LARO perform his one work for recorder orchestra, Mega-RONY. Glendale Congregational Church, 2001 Canada Blvd.  Admission is free. Information (323) 654-6150. Performance repeated on June 15.

 

 SUNDAY June15

2:00 Los Angeles Recorder Orchestra (LARO) presents Fanfare for the 20th Century. The orchestra, which plays music of all periods on early instruments, surveys the 20th century with composers ranging from Stravinsky and Copland to Pete Rose, the respected American recorder virtuoso and composer, who requested that LARO perform his one work for recorder orchestra, Mega-RONY.   St. Bede’s Episcopal Church, 3590 Grand View Blvd. in west Los Angeles.  Admission is free. For information please contact (323) 654-6150.      

 4:00 Baroque Music Festival, Corona del Mar, Baroque Concertos Concertos by Telemann, Sammartini, Tartini and Vivaldi for violin, violoncello, organ and Baroque trumpet$30 Saint Michael & All Angels Church, 3233 Pacific View Drive, Corona del Mar .92625 ++ information: bmf.org

Monday, June 16, 2008
8:00 Baroque Music Festival, Corona del Mar, Organ Recital Masterworks by Bach, Distler,Liszt and others. $15 Saint Michael & All Angels Church, 233 Pacific View Drive, Corona del Mar .92625 i++ nformation: bmf.org

Wednesday, June 18, 2008
8:00 Baroque Music Festival, Corona del Mar, Music in the Gardens I Vocal and instrumental works by Scarlatti, Farina and others. $35 Sherman Library & Gardens, Central Patio Room, 2645 East Coast Highway, Corona del Mar, CA 92625 ++ information (949) 673-226.or bmf.org



Friday, June 20, 2008

8:00 Baroque Music Festival, Corona del Mar, Music in the Gardens I Chamber music by Bach, Roman, Telemann and others $35 Sherman Library & Gardens, Central Patio Room, 2645 East Coast Highway, Corona del Mar, CA 92625 ++ information (949) 673-226.or bmf.orgSherman Library & Gardens, Central Patio Room, 8 p.m.



Sunday, June 22, 2008

4:00 Baroque Music Festival, Corona del Mar, Festival Finale Festive works by Bach, Vivaldi and Lully $30 Saint Michael & All Angels Church, 233 Pacific View Drive, Corona del Mar .92625 ++ information: bmf.org

4:30  AVIARIUM sings Jewels from the Anglican Crown:  acapella works by Tallis, Byrd, Gibbons, and Purcell (along with Schutz and Clemens (non Papa).  AVIARIUM is a 12 voice ensemble specializing in period-style performance of Renaissance and Baroque  choral repertoire; Sandy Fryling, director.  Reception to follow.  Blessed Sacrament Episcopal Church at 1314 N. Angelina in Placentia.  Ticket prices: $15/adult, $10/student.  For more information please call (714) 528-2995.