Nola Richardson (soprano), Clifton Massey (countertenor), Gregório Taniguchi (tenor) and Jesse Blumberg (baritone) join the Festival Orchestra and Chorus in Handel’s Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne, “Eternal Source of Light Divine” (Kathryn Adduci, baroque trumpet) and Purcell’s ode Welcome to All the Pleasures. Plus, instrumental selections from Purcell’s stage work Dioclesian, a Purcell In nomine for solo strings, and Handel’s celebrated Concerto Grosso Op. 6, No. 11 with its beautiful violin solos.

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Festival Finale: Handel and Purcell Odes

St. Mark Presbyterian Church

Late French and German Baroque chamber music in the musical equivalent of 18th-century fine art’s rococo, the immediately appealing galante style—including Telemann’s “Paris” Quartet in G Major. Plus, Bach’s solo keyboard Toccata BWV 914. Judith Linsenberg (recorder) joins “Friday Gardens” regulars Lara Wickes (oboe), Elizabeth Blumenstock (violin), Michael Kaufman (cello) and Gabriel Arregui (harpsichord).

Galante in the Gardens

Sherman Library and Gardens

Elizabeth Blumenstock, Jolianne Einem and Rob Diggins (violins), with Eva Lymenstull (cello and viola da gamba) and Ian Pritchard (harpsichord and organ), in virtuosic music for three violins by Giovanni Battista Buonamente, Johann Pachelbel (yes, the canon – and more!), Henry Purcell, Johann Heinrich Schmelzer, and others. Plus, birdsong-inspired pieces.

Baroque Music Festival Corona del Mar

Jun 23, 2024

Festival Finale: Handel and Purcell Odes

Jun 21, 2024

Galante in the Gardens

Baroque Music Festival Corona del Mar