Skeletons Copulating on a Tin Roof: Concerti for 3 and 4 Harpsichords by Bach and Wagenseil

MusicSources proudly opens its glorious season with Bach's enduringly famous concerti for 3 and 4 harpsichords, in addition to the charming concerto for 4 harpsichords by Georg Christoph Wagenseil, heard for the first time in the Bay Area. An ensemble of period instruments will accompany soloists
Kathy McIntosh, JungHae Kim, Katherine Heater, Jonathan Salzedo and Gilbert Martinez.

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Sunday, November 13, 2011, 3:00 pm
St. Luke’s Episcopal Church
20 University Ave., Los Gatos

Cançonièr presents music for a fascinating and little-understood phenomenon: during the Middle Ages and Renaissance, certain areas (especially in Germany) experienced brief outbreaks of manic, “contagious” dancing that often afflicted dozens, or even hundreds. Otherwise ordinary people would succumb to a compulsion to dance furiously for days or weeks on end, some to their deaths. Many feared that they had been cursed by saints, and perhaps gave in to mass hysteria; the true causes are still debated. Music was offered for the dancers in the hope that it would ease their suffering, or appease divine wrath. Instrumental and vocal dance music, music of city waits, penitential prayers, and more!

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A dazzling feast of ancient yuletide music will banish the winter blues!

Fans of Medieval music will not want to miss this exclusive Bay Area appearance of one of the world’s most esteemed early music ensembles. The Dufay Collective has traveled all over the world and done much to popularize music of the Middle Ages. This concert is sure to offer a rousing winter solstice celebration. A dazzling feast of ancient yuletide music will banish the winter blues

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The Art of the English Fortepiano.

Join us as we unveil two early square fortepianos, both made by Georg Astor in 1789 that were recently made a part of the MusicSources collection and restored by fortepiano builder Tom Winter. On the concert are Concerti and Sonatas for one and two pianos, among the first ever written for the instrument by Johann Christian Bach and the child prodigy Mozart. Maestro Gilbert Martinez is joined by by dazzling fortepianist Barry Lloyd and a chamber ensemble performing on early classical instruments.

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Lycanthropos:
The Werewolf in Story and Song

Tim Rayborn presents an eerie look into the enduring fear of werewolves, a belief which induced terror on moonlit nights from the Middle East to the Balkans, from Italy to Ireland. In music and story, he will perform tales of shape-shifters from Greek and Roman sources, the Lai of Bisclaveret by Marie de France (late 12th c.), the Icelandic Volsunga Saga, the frightening true stories of Peter Stumpf (16th-c. Germany), the Beast of Le Gevaudan (18th-c. France), and more

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Sunday, February 5, 5:00 pm
St. Mary Magdalen Church
2005 Berryman Street, Berkeley

Leaving Parnassus: The Legacy of the French
Viol in the 18th Century

Taking its name from the Greek word for fragments of ancient pottery, OSTRAKA is a young group of virtuosi devoted to music for viol and the rich continuo accompaniment of lutes, theorbo and baroque guitar. Their performance will journey through the refined and the outrageous music of DeVisee, Marais, Hervelois, Forqueray and Boismortier. Ostraka is MusicSources new affiliate ensemble. Its members are Josh Le, viola da gamba, David Walker, baroque guitar and theorbo, and John Lenti, theorbo

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Francesco Corti, harpsichord

Italian harpsichordist Francesco Corti is the newest rising star amongst international classical musicians. He was the First Prize winner of the Leipzig Bach Competition, held in Germany. Since then he has recorded music of J. S. Bach and performed to high critical acclaim all over Europe. We are pleased to be the first to present him in his first visit to California

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Sunday, March 11, 4:00 pm
St. Alban’s Episcopal Church
1501 Washington Ave., Albany

The Blood Countess: Music from the Time of Elizabeth Bathory (1560-1614)

Cançonièr offers a perfect complement to its acclaimed Black Dragon program:
music from the age of the infamous “blood countess,” Elizabeth Bathory, a Hungarian noblewoman accused of all manner of crimes and perversions, the most famous of which was bathing in the blood of murdered female servants and peasants in the belief that this would keep her eternally young. The truth of these crimes is unclear, and there is evidence that she was innocent of many of the atrocities of which she was accused,but her ghastly legend has endured through the centuries, rivaling that of Vlad Dracula. Music of the Habsburg Court, songs of Sebestyan Tinodi, Balkan folk music, songs of the Roma, traditional Ottoman music, and music of the Bathory Court (including Vecchi and Gabrieli). Cançonièr is joined by special guest Tom Zajac

Saturday, March 24, 2:00 pm
Most Holy Redeemer Church
100 Diamond St. (in the Castro District)
San Francisco

Sunday, March 25, 5:00 pm
TBA

Carolus Vivat!
The Life of Charles V in Music

MusicSources new affiliate ensemble, the Pacific Collegium directed by Christopher Kula, will offer us a Marian service heard in the “Flemish” chapel of Charles V. Sublime music of Lassus, Josquin, Morales, and others will be performed by an ensemble of men and boys, each work representing a major political event associated with the life of one of Europe's most powerful monarchs.

Sunday, April 1 , 2012, 5:00 pm
Northbrae Community Church, Haver Hall,
941 The Alameda, Berkeley

A Benefit for MusicSources
$75 Priority Seating
$50 General

Continuing our tradition of the rowdiest musical party of the year, MusicSources Collegium presents virtuoso concerti by Johann Sebastian Bach and Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, as well as wild gypsy music of Georg Phillip Telemann. Among the star soloists are Anthony Brazier, baroque flute and Judith Linsenburg, recorder. Maestro Gilbert Martinez leads a band of period instrument superstars. Included in the evening are complimentary wine and hors d'ouvre.

Saturday, April 14, 2012, 8:00 pm
St. Mary Magdalen Church, 2005 Berryman Street, Berkeley
$40 general, $35 Seniors, Students, MusicSources and SFEMS members

Emma Kirkby & Marcia Hadjimarkos

MusicSources is proud to present soprano Dame Emma Kirkby, accompanied by fortepianist Marcia Hadjimarkos. This one time event is Kirkby's only Bay Area recital featuring music of Haydn, Mozart, Benda and others. Don't miss this exclusive Bay Area appearance by one of Early Music's most distinguished voices!

Sunday, April 22, 2012, 5 pm
St. Alban’s Episcopal Church (Parish Hall)
1501 Washington Ave., Albany

Christiano Holtz: Harpsichord

Making his US debut, harpsichordist Christiano Holtz was amongst the last pupils of the great Gustav Leonhardt. His concerts and recordings are receiving rave reviews and are noted for his judicious use of instruments uniquely suited to demanding repertoire. His recital will feature rarely heard works of Bach, Handel and Mattheson.