Guitarist

SFCM’s Faculty Artist Series is presented as an annual concert series featuring SFCM faculty in performance. This series showcases our world-class faculty to our community and audience members in personally curated repertoire.

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Richard Savino, guitar

San Francisco Conservatory of Music

**Event: Visions and Reveries**

**Date and Time:** Saturday, March 16, 2024, at 7:30 pm

**Location:** Zilkha Hall, The Hobby Center for the Performing Arts, Houston, Texas. [View on Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps)

**Description:**

Join Ars Lyrica Houston for an enchanting evening of baroque music titled "Visions and Reveries." This concert promises to transport audiences to the heart of the French baroque era, featuring a select ensemble of period-instrument specialists alongside one of our favorite sopranos. The program is a delectable prix-fixe menu of lyric cantatas on mythological themes by Elizabeth Claude Jacquet de la Guerre and Jean-Philippe Rameau, complemented by a sumptuous instrumental suite by François Couperin. These pieces, celebrated for elevating the genre to high art, promise an evening of awe and wonder.

**Artistic Personnel:**
- Lauren Snouffer, soprano
- Colin St Martin, traverso
- Manami Mizumoto, violin
- Maria Lin, violin
- Eric Taeyang Mun, cello
- Deborah Dunham, violone
- Richard Savino, theorbo & guitar
- Matthew Dirst, harpsichord & artistic director

**Program Highlights:**
- François Couperin: Sonade from L’Impériale
- Élisabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre: Le Sommeil d'Ulysse
- Jean-Philippe Rameau: Cinquième Concert, Le Berger fidele

**Duration:** 1.5 hours, including intermission

**About the Program:**
"Visions and Reveries" delves into the evocative chamber works of François Couperin, Élisabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre, and Jean-Philippe Rameau, exploring the themes of myth and allusion. The program showcases the blend of Italian and French chamber idioms, with pieces that feature a mix of fugal styles and dance movements, reflecting the rich musical traditions of the ancien régime.

**Tickets and Additional Information:**
While the live concert has passed, digital subscriptions and digital replay passes are available for those who wish to experience the magic of this performance. The online concert broadcast offers an opportunity to enjoy this exquisite program from the comfort of your home, with access all season long.

For more information on digital subscriptions, replay passes, and to learn more about Ars Lyrica Houston's 20th anniversary season, please visit our [official website](#).

**Don't miss this opportunity to immerse yourself in the beauty and sophistication of French baroque music with Ars Lyrica Houston's "Visions and Reveries."**

Visions and Reveries

Hobby Center for the Performing Arts

Four distinguished guitar professors from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music return to St. Mark’s Lutheran Church to astonish in a display of solo guitar virtuosity deeply rooted in their decades of experience. Each artist will appear as a soloist, and then… a few surprises!

Maestros of 50 Oak Street

St. Mark’s Lutheran Church

Directed by world-renowned guitarist and lutenist Richard Savino, El Mundo takes us on a treasure hunt through the archives of the Cathedral of Guatemala City, where classical 16th-century polyphony blended with secular indigenous dances to create a unique Hispanic style that still exists today. The archives contain numerous works by some of the most celebrated Latin American and Spanish composers of the 17th and 18th centuries, among them Juan Iribarren, Sebastián Durón, and Jose de Torres of Spain, as well as native-born Guatemalan composers Manuel José Quiroz and his nephew, Rafael Antonio Castellanos.

El Mundo

First Congregational Church of Berkeley

First Presbyterian Church

First Unitarian Universalist Society of San Francisco

Acclaimed cellists Tanya Tomkins and Robert Howard join forces with guitarist/lutenist Richard Savino for a diverse exploration of this unique string trio. The program will explore the breadth of Baroque styles, from the intricacies of French ornamentation, through the stark contrast of the Italians, landing with the unrivaled structural mastery of J.S. Bach. Additional Works by M. Marais, E. Cervetto.

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