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Our Fourteenth Season: 2020/2021

Our Thirteenth Season: 2019/2020

Our Twelfth Season: 2018/2019

Our Eleventh Season: 2017/2018

Our Tenth Season: 2016/2017

Our Ninth Season: 2015/2016

Our Eighth Season: 2014/2015

Our Seventh Season: 2013/2014

Our Sixth Season: 2012/2013

Our Fifth Season: 2011/2012

Our Fourth Season: 2010/2011

Our Third Season: 2009/2010

Our Second Season: 2008/2009

Our First Season: 2007/2008

 

Our Fourteenth Season–2020/2021

 

Op. 2, No. 2
Op. 17, No. 6
Op. 76, No. 5

 

Saturday, November 21, 2020 in a private garden in Marin County

 

Op. 9, No. 6
Op. 20, No. 6

 

Saturday, February 27, 2021, in a private garden in Marin County

 

Op. 55, No. 3
Op. 74, No. 1

 

Saturday, March 27, 2021 in an Oakland cul-de-sac

 

Op. 17, No. 2
Op. 17, No. 3

 

Sunday, May 2, 2021 in the parking lot of a Berkeley harpsichord workshop

 

Op. 50, No. 3
Op. 64, No. 2

 

Saturday, May 29, 2021 in a private home in Marin County

 

Op. 50, No. 3
Op. 64, No. 2

 

Sunday, June 27, 2021 in an Oakland cul-de-sac

 

Our Thirteenth Season–2019/2020

 

Faculty Concert opening our Classical Workshop
with Bob Weiss, classical clarinet

 

Sunday July 14 at 7:30pm, Church of Mary Magdalen Berkeley

 

Thirteenth Season Gala
with excerpts from our upcoming concerts

 

Monday September 2, 3pm
Private Home in Berkeley
Please contact NEQ for details

 

A Haydn Bouquet—
Four Quartets from Two Decades of Genius

 

Friday, September 13 at 8pm, Church of Mary Magdalen Berkeley

Saturday, September 14 at 4pm, St. Mark's SF

Sunday, September 15 at 4pm, All Saints' PA

 

Schubert's Die Schöne Müllerin
with Paul Max Tipton, baritone
and Kristin Zoernig, string bass

 

Friday, November 22 at 8pm, Church of Mary Magdalen Berkeley

Saturday, November 23 at 4pm, St. Mark's SF

Sunday, November 24 at 4pm, All Saints' PA

 

Beyond Beethoven
Quartets by Georges Onslow, Felix Mendelssohn, and his sister Fanny Hensel

 

Friday, February 21 at 8pm, Church of Mary Magdalen Berkeley

Saturday, February 22 at 4pm, St. Mark's SF

Sunday, February 23 at 4pm, All Saints' PA

 

Quartet Debuts
First Quartets by Haydn, Schubert, Mozart, & Beethoven

 

Friday, April 3 at 8pm, Church of Mary Magdalen Berkeley

Saturday, April 4 at 4pm, St. Mark's SF

Sunday, April 5 at 4pm, All Saints' PA

 

Our Twelfth Season–2018/2019

 

Faculty Concert opening our Classical Workshop
with Marc Schachman, oboe & Stephen Schultz, flute

Haydn: Minuet from op64/5 The Lark
Mozart:Flute Quartet in G, K285a
JC Bach: Oboe Quartet in Bb
JC Bach: 5tet in D, op11/6
P. Wranitsky: 6tet in Eb

 

Sunday June 24 at 8pm, Church of Mary Magdalen Berkeley

 

London, 1845: Gratitude to Haydn

Four Haydn Quartets

op9/4

op20/2

op64/5 The Lark

op76/4 Sunrise

 

Wednesday, July 11 at 2:30pm, Preston Hall, Mendocino

 

Twelfth Season Gala

Music of CPE Bach, Reutter, Porpora, and Haydn

 

Sunday September 16, 3pm
Private Home in Berkeley
Please contact NEQ for details

 

Quintets by Onslow and Schubert
with Kenneth Slowik, cello

 

Friday, September 28 at 8pm, Church of Mary Magdalen Berkeley

Saturday, September 29 at 4pm, St. Mark's SF

Sunday, September 30 at 4pm, All Saints' PA

 

Schubert's Winterreise
with Paul Max Tipton, baritone

 

Friday, November 30 at 8pm, Church of Mary Magdalen Berkeley

Saturday, December 1 at 4pm, St. Mark's SF

Sunday, December 2 at 4pm, All Saints' PA

 

Haydn & His Teachers

Music by Georg Reutter, Nicola Porpora,
JJ Fux, CPE Bach, & Haydn

 

Friday, February 1 at 8pm, Church of Mary Magdalen Berkeley

Saturday, February 2 at 4pm, St. Mark's SF

Saturday, February 2 at 8pm, All Saints' PA

note that there are two performances on Saturday February 2

 

The Hunt For B Flat

Haydn op1/1
Mozart K458
Brahms op67

 

Friday, March 29 at 8pm, Church of Mary Magdalen Berkeley

Saturday, March 30 at 4pm, St. Mark's SF

Sunday, March 31 at 4pm, All Saints' PA

 

Haydn's Seven Last Words

 

Friday, April 19 at 7pm, Church of Mary Magdalen Berkeley

 

Our Eleventh Season–2017/2018

 

Faculty Concert opening our Classical Workshop

Haydn: Oboe Quartet in C, op1/6
Mozart: Selections from the Serenade in C minor, K406
   with oboist Marc Schachman
Boccherini: Quartet in A, op8/6

 

Sunday July 23 at 8pm in the Sanctuary of St. Mary Magdalen, Berkeley

Free and open to the public

 

Tales of Two Cities: Haydn's Paris & London Symphonies

Symphonies in Eb, #84 & 99
             Wednesday, August 30 at 6:30pm

Symphonies in Bb, #102 & 85
             Friday, September 1 at 6:30pm

Symphonies in D, #86 & 104 London
             Sunday, September 3 at 5pm

 

Hillside Community Church, El Cerrito

 

Eleventh Season Gala

Music of Boccherini and Haydn

 

Saturday September 9, 3pm
Private Home in Berkeley
Please contact NEQ for details

 

Italy, 1766: The Tuscan Quartet

Boccherini op2/1 (1761)
Cambini op2/6 (1775)
Nardini #4 (1782)
Boccherini op8/6 (1769)

 

Friday, September 22 at 8pm, Hillside Club Berkeley

Saturday, September 23 at 4pm, St. Mark's SF

Sunday, September 24 at 4pm, All Saints' PA

 

The Birth of the String Quartet
Presented by the New Millennium Concert Series

Boccherini op8/6 (1769)
Haydn op20/2 (1772)
Mozart K575 (1789)

 

Thursday, September 28 at 7:30pm
California State University, Sacramento

 

Vienna, 1784: Quartet Party at Storace

Haydn op33/4 (1781)
Ditters #4 (1789)
Vanhal #5 (1786)
Mozart K387 (1782)

 

Friday, November 17 at 8pm, Hillside Club Berkeley

Saturday, November 18 at 4pm, St. Mark's SF

Sunday, November 19 at 4pm, All Saints' PA

 

Paris, 1822: The Baillot Quartet

Haydn op76/2 Quinten (1797)
Beethoven op18/5 (1799)
Mozart Andante from K464 (1785)
Boccherini op32/6 (1780)

 

Friday, January 26 at 8pm, Hillside Club Berkeley

Saturday, January 27 at 4pm, St. Mark's SF

Sunday, January 28 at 4pm, All Saints' PA

 

London, 1845: Gratitude to Haydn

Four Haydn Quartets—
9/4
20/2
64/5 The Lark
76/4 Sunrise

 

Friday, April 13 at 8pm, Hillside Club Berkeley

Saturday, April 14 at 4pm, St. Mark's SF

Sunday, April 15 at 4pm, All Saints' PA

Wednesday, July 11 at 2:30, Mendocino Music Festival

 

Our Tenth Season–2016/2017

 

Faculty Concert opening our Classical Workshop

Mozart: String Quartet in D, K. 575
C.P.E Bach: Fantasia in A
Boccherini: Piano Quintet in E minor, Op. 57/3
Haydn: Finale from the Piano Concerto in G

   with fortepianist Karen Rosenak

 

Sunday, July 10 at 7:30

in the Chapel of St. Albert's Priory
5890 Birch Ct, Oakland, CA 94618
Free and open to the public

 

Tenth Season Gala

Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven

 

Saturday, September 10 at 4pm
Private Home in Berkeley
Please contact NEQ for details

 

Early Music Sundays at the CJC

Mozart: Overture to Cosi fan tutte
Haydn: Quartet in F, op77/2
Beethoven: Quartet in e, op59/2, mvt. 1

 

Sunday, September 11 at 4:30pm
California Jazz Conservatory
2087 Addison St, Berkeley

 

Second Sundays Concert Series

Mozart: Overture to Cosi fan tutte
Haydn: Quartet in F, op77/2
Beethoven: Quartet in e, op59/2, mvt. 1

 

Sunday, September 11 at 7:30pm
Swedenborgian Church
2107 Lyon @ Washington St, SF

 

Padre, Guida, ed Amico!

Mozart: Quartet in A, K169
Haydn: Quartet in F, op77/2
Haydn: Quartet in c, op17/4
Mozart: Quartet in D, K575

 

Friday, September 16 at 8pm, Hillside Club Berkeley

Saturday, September 17 at 4pm, 1st Unitarian Universalist Chapel
 1187 Franklin St, San Francisco

Sunday, September 18 at 4pm, All Saints' PA

 

Students of Haydn IX

Quartets by Haydn, Shield, & Beethoven's op59/2

 

Friday, January 6 at 8pm, Hillside Club Berkeley

Saturday, January 7 at 4pm, St. Mark's SF

Sunday, January 8 at 4pm, All Saints' PA

 

At the Opera III

Philidor: Les Femmes Vengées
Mozart: Cosi fan tutte

 

Friday, February 17 at 8pm, Hillside Club, Berkeley

Saturday, February 18 at 4pm, St. Mark's SF

Sunday, February 19 at 4pm, All Saints' PA

 

Grand Concert Symphonique II

Haydn: Piano Concerto in G,
             Concerto in Eb for Keyed Trumpet
             Symphony #100 in D, "Military"
                   with fortepianist Karen Rosenak
                   and keyed-trumpeter Jonathan Impett

 

Friday, March 24 at 8pm, Hillside Club, Berkeley

Saturday, March 25 at 4pm, St. Mark's SF

Sunday, March 26 at 4pm, All Saints' PA

 

Our Ninth Season–2015/2016

 

The Late Quartets of Beethoven at the Hillside Club in Berkeley

All six of Beethoven's profound last quartets in three concerts
For more information, see the website of the Hillside Club

 

Wednesday August 26 at 8pm

      String Quartet No. 12 in Eb major, Op.127
      String Quartet No. 13 in Bb major, Op. 130

 

Friday August 28 at 8pm

      String Quartet No. 16 in F major, Op.135
      String Quartet No. 15 in A minor, Op.132

 

Sunday August 30 at 4pm

      String Quartet No. 14 in C# minor, Op.131
      Große Fuge in Bb major, Op.133

 

Schubert's Last Quartet

Tuesday, September 15 at 8pm, Studio Haba na Haba, Berkeley

 

Ninth Season Opener

Sunday, September 20 at 6pm—Private Home in Berkeley
Please contact NEQ for details

 

The New Esterházy Trio

Music of Haydn & Mozart, including Mozart's Divertimento in Eb, K563

 

Friday October 30 at 8pm, Hillside Club Berkeley

Saturday, October 31 at 4pm, St. Mark's SF

Sunday, November 1 at 4pm, All Saints' PA

 

At the Opera II with guest David Wilson

Overture to Gazzaniga's Don Giovanni (Venice, 1787)

Overture and Highlights from Mozart's Don Giovanni (Prague, 1787)

 

Friday, November 27 at 8pm, Hillside Club Berkeley

Saturday, November 28 at 4pm, St. Mark's SF

Sunday, November 29 at 4pm, All Saints' PA

 

Haydn & His Students VIII

János Spech: Quartet in G minor, Op. 2, No. 1
Haydn: Quartet in Bb, Op. 71, No. 1
Beethoven: Quartet in F, Op. 59, No. 1

 

Friday, January 15 at 8pm, Hillside Club Berkeley

Saturday, January 16 at 4pm, St. Mark's SF

Sunday, January 17 at 4pm, All Saints' PA

 

Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra Pre-Concerts

Mozart's Minuets

 

Wednesday, February 3, 2016 — 1st United Methodist, Palo Alto

Friday, February 5, 2016 — Herbst Theater, San Francisco

Saturday, February 6, 2016 — 1st Congregational Church, Berkeley

Sunday, February 7, 2016 — 1st Congregational Church, Berkeley

 

Viola Quintets from Haydn's Circle with guest Robert Mealy

Works by Joseph & Michael Haydn, Ignaz Pleyel, Sigismund Neukomm
and Mozart's Quintet in Eb, K. 614

 

Friday, April 1 at 8pm, Hillside Club, Berkeley

Saturday, April 2 at 4pm, St. Mark's SF

Sunday, April 3 at 4pm, All Saints' PA

 

From Bohemia's Fields & Groves

Smetana's 2nd Quartet, with Dvořák's Opp. 61 & 54

 

Friday, May 27 at 8pm, Hillside Club, Berkeley

Saturday, May 28 at 4pm, St. Mark's SF

Sunday, May 29 at 4pm, All Saints' PA

 

Our Eighth Season–2014/2015

 

“Amadè-Athon” at the Hillside Club in Berkeley

All six quartets that Mozart dedicated to Haydn in three concerts with pre-concert discussions of their friendship and chamber music

 

Wednesday July 30, 2014 at 8pm
Friday August 1, 2014 at 8pm
Sunday August 3, 2014 at 4pm

For more information, see the website of the Hillside Club

 

“Opera Gala” Season Opener

Saturday, September 13, 2014 at 6pm—Private Home in Berkeley
Please contact NEQ for details

 

Masonic Brotherhood: Mozart, Haydn, and Pleyel

Quartets written for the free-thinking King of Prussia
featuring Mozart’s Quartet in Bb, K589

 

Friday September 26, 2014 at 8pm, Hillside Club Berkeley

Saturday, September 27, 2014 at 4pm, St. Mark's SF

Sunday, September 28, 2014 at 4pm, All Saints' PA

 

Friday, November 14, 2014 at 7:30pm, Santa Rosa
presented by the Santa Rosa Junior College Chamber Music Series

 

Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra Pre-Concerts

Music at the Prussian Court

A sampling of some of the music written for Berlin by
CPE Bach, Boccherini, and Haydn

 

Wednesday, October 8, 2014—SF Jazz Center

Thursday, October 9, 2014—Bing Concert Hall, Stanford

Saturday, October 11, 2014—1st Congregational Church, Berkeley

Sunday, October 12, 2014—1st Congregational Church, Berkeley

 

Please see Philharmonia for tickets and details

 

A Flight of Fugues

Contrapuntal complexity by Purcell, Bach, Mozart, Haydn, and Beethoven
featuring Mozart’s Adagio & Fugue and Beethoven's Grosse Fuge

 

Friday, January 2, 2015 at 8pm, Hillside Club Berkeley

Saturday, January 3, 2015 at 4pm, St. Mark's SF

Sunday, January 4, 2015 at 4pm, All Saints' PA

 

Saturday, January 17, 2015 at 8pm, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Presented by the Renaissance & Baroque Society

 

Mozart Operatic Highlights

Music from the Abduction from the Seraglio and The Marriage of Figaro
in 18th Century arrangements for string quartet

 

Friday, March 6, 2015 at 8pm, Hillside Club, Berkeley

Saturday, March 7, 2015 at 4pm, St. Mark's SF

Sunday, March 8, 2015 at 4pm, All Saints' PA

 

Haydn’s The Seven Last Words for Easter

With homilies by Dean Emeritus Alan Jones of Grace Cathedral

 

Good Friday, April 3, 2015 at 10pm
in the Hillside Swedenborgian Church, El Cerrito
presented by Barefoot Chamber Concerts
see here for details

 

Students of Haydn VII

Featuring music by Haydn, Paul Struck, and Beethoven’s Op. 131

 

Friday, April 24, 2015 at 8pm, Hillside Club, Berkeley

Saturday, April 25, 2015 at 4pm, St. Mark's SF

Sunday, April 26, 2015 at 4pm, All Saints' PA

 

Haydn Cantatas, with Christine Brandes

Two forsaken lovers, Berenice and Arianna, in dramatic scenes
plus two Haydn Quartets

 

Friday, June 5, 2015 at 8pm, Hillside Club, Berkeley

Saturday, June 6, 2015 at 4pm, St. Mark's SF

Sunday, June 7, 2015 at 4pm, All Saints' PA

 

Our Seventh Season–2013/2014

 

GALA Fundraising Concert in Berkeley

Saturday, September 7, 2013 at 6pm—Private Residence
please contact NEQ for details

 

The Cellist King

Music for Friedrich Wilhelm II of Prussia

Haydn's Quartet in Bb, Op 50, No. 1

Boccherini's Quartet in C minor, Op. 41, No. 1

Mozart's Quartet in F, K. 590

 

Friday, September 13, 2013 at 8pm, Hillside Club, Berkeley

Saturday, September 14, 2013 at 4pm, St. Mark's SF

Sunday, September 15, 2013 at 4pm, All Saints', PA

 

Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra Pre-Concert Lectures:

Chamber Music of Imperial Russia

Music by Anton Ferdinand Titz, Aleksandr Alyabyev, and Michael Glinka

 

Friday, November 15, 2013—SF Jazz Center

Saturday, November 16, 2013—1st Congregational Church, Berkeley

Sunday, November 17, 2013—1st Congregational Church, Berkeley

Tuesday, November 19, 2013—Menlo-Atherton Performing Arts Center

 

Please see Philharmonia for tickets and details

 

University of California, San Francisco Noontime Concerts:

First and Last Quartets

Mozart's Quartet in G, K. 80 & Haydn's Unfinished Quartet, Op. 103

 

Haydn & His Students VI

Joseph Eybler's Quartet in C minor, Op. 1, No. 2

Haydn's Quartet in G, Op. 64, No. 4

Beethoven's Quartet in Eb, Op. 127

 

Friday, November 29, 2013 at 8pm, Hillside Club, Berkeley

Saturday, November 30, 2013 at 4pm, St. Mark's SF

Sunday, December 1, 2013 at 4pm, All Saints', PA

 

Paris Symphonies

Haydn's Symphony No. 85 La Reine

Mozart's Symphony No. 21 Paris

Cherubini's Quartet No. 2 in C

 

Friday, January 3, 2014 at 8pm, Hillside Club, Berkeley

Saturday, January 4, 2014 at 4pm, St. Mark's SF

Sunday, January 5, 2014 at 4pm, All Saints', PA

 

World Premiere of Esterházy: Book II by Paul Brantley

Friday, January 31, 2014 at 7:30pm, Palo Alto Friends Meetinghouse

 

Vienna in the 19th Century

Haydn's Unfinished Quartet, Op. 103 (1803)

Schoenberg's Earliest Quartet, in D major (1897)

Schubert's Last Quartet, in G major (1827)

 

Friday, March 21, 2014 at 8pm, Hillside Club, Berkeley

Saturday, March 22, 2014 at 4pm, St. Mark's SF

Sunday, March 23, 2014 at 4pm, All Saints', PA

 

Vienna in the 17th & 18th Centuries

Music to the Hapsburg Taste by Schmelzer, Bertali, Fux, et al.

Saturday, May 3, 2014 at 4pm, St. Mark's SF

Sunday, May 4, 2014 at 7:30pm, All Saints', PA

Note: This is an Evening Concert

 

Haydn and Mozart Rediscovered

Concerts with the California Bach Society

Friday, May 2, 2014 at 8pm in San Francisco

Saturday, May 3, 2014 at 8pm in Palo Alto

Sunday, May 4, 2014 at 4pm in Berkeley

Please see the California Bach Society for tickets and details

 

Our Sixth Season–2012/2013

 

GALA Fundraising Concert in Berkeley

Friday, September 7, 2012 at 6pm—Private Residence
please contact NEQ for details

 

Cantatas & Quartets by Haydn

Christine Brandes sings Arianna a Naxos and Berenice, che fai

Quartets in G, Op 76, No. 1 and in G minor, Op. 74, No. 3, The Rider

 

Saturday, September 8, 2012 at 4pm, St. Mark's SF

repeated that evening at 8pm, Trinity Chapel, Berkeley

 

Haydn & His Students VProgram Notes

Haydn: Quartet in G, Op. 17, No. 5

Anton Ferdinand Titz: Quartet No. 5 in D minor

Beethoven: Quartet in Bb, Op. 130

 

Saturday, November 24, 2012 at 4pm, St. Mark's, SF

Sunday, November 25, 2012 at 4pm, All Saints', PA

 

Presented by Barefoot Chamber Concerts:

Thursday, November 29, 2012 at 6:30pm

Hillside Community Church, El Cerrito

Friday, November 30, 2012 at 6pm

St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, Berkeley

 

Grand Concert SymphoniqueProgram Notes

with Eric Zivian, pianoforte

Beethoven: Overture to The Creatures of Prometheus

Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 12 in A, K. 414

Haydn: Symphony No. 104 in D, London

 

Saturday, January 5, 2013 at 4pm, St. Mark's, SF

Sunday, January 6, 2013 at 4pm, All Saints', PA

repeated that evening at 8pm and the next at 7pm for

Benvenue House Concerts, Berkeley

very limited seating, for information please

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Pages Torn from HoffmeisterProgram Notes

Franz Anton Hoffmeister: Quartet in F minor

Haydn: Quartet in D minor, Op. 42

Mozart: Quartet in D, K. 499

 

Saturday, February 2, 2013 at 4pm, St Mark’s, SF

Sunday, February 3, 2013 at 4pm, All Saints’, PA

 

The Danube Runs Through ItProgram Notes

Haydn: Quartet in B minor, Op. 33, No. 1

Imre Székely: Quatuor Hongrois in Bb

Béla Bartók: Quartet No. 1

 

Saturday, April 20, 2013 at 4pm, St Mark’s, SF

Sunday, April 21, 2013 at 8pm, All Saints', PA

          Note: this is an Evening Concert 

Monday, April 29, 2013 at 8pm, Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse, Berkeley

 

Our Fifth Season–2011/2012

 

Dedicated to Haydn

Park Avenue Christian Church, New York City

Haydn: Quartet in D, Op. 33, No. 6

Romberg: Quartet in Bb, Op. 1, No. 2

Mozart: Quartet in Bb, K. 458 The Hunt

 

Saturday, August 13, 2011 at 8pm

 

please click here for tickets and directions

 

GALA Fundraising Concert in Berkeley

Sunday September 4, 2011 at 5pm—Private Residence

please contact NEQ for details

 

Dedicated to Haydn VProgram Notes

Quartets by Haydn, Bernard Romberg, and Mozart (in A, K. 464)

September 10, 2011 at 8pm, St. Mark's, SF (EVENING CONCERT)

September 11, 2011 at 4pm, All Saints, PA

 

Wine, Women, and Song: Haydn in London, Mozart in Prague

Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra Pre-Concert Lectures

 

Thursday, September 22, 2011—Menlo-Atherton Performing Arts Center

Friday, September 23, 2011—Herbst Theater, SF

Saturday, September 25, 2011—1st Congregational Church, Berkeley

Sunday, September 26, 2011—1st Congregational Church, Berkeley

 

please see www.philharmonia.org for tickets and details

 

Haydn & His Students IIIProgram Notes

Quartets by Haydn, Reicha, Zmeskall, and Beethoven (in F minor, Op. 95, Serioso)

November 26, 2011 at 4pm, St. Mark's, SF

November 27, 2011 at 4pm, All Saints, PA

 

Dedicated to Haydn VIProgram Notes

Quartets by Haydn, Peter Hänsel, and Mozart (in C, K. 465, Dissonant)

January 7, 2012 at 4pm, St. Mark's, SF

January 8, 2012 at 4pm, All Saints, PA

 

Schubert's Cello Quintet with guest cellist Elisabeth Le Guin

January 13, 2012 at 7pm, Saint Luke's Lutheran Church

2491 San Miguel Drive, Walnut Creek

for details, tickets, and directions, phone (925) 935-0160

 

Cello Quintets by Boccherini, Onslow, & Schubert with guest cellist Elisabeth Le Guin

January 14, 2012 at 8pm, Mission Blue Center, 475 Mission Blue Dr, Brisbane

for details, tickets, and directions, click here

 

Padre, Guida, ed Amico!

Haydn & Mozart Quartets in Tucson for the Arizona Early Music Society

January 15, 2012 at 3pm, St. Philip's In The Hills Episcopal Church

please see here for tickets and details

 

The 7 Last Words of Our Savior from the Cross

with homilies by Alan Jones, Dean Emeritus of Grace Cathedral, San Francisco

February 4, 2012 at 4pm, St. Mark's, SF

February 5, 2012 at 4pm, All Saints, PA

 

Haydn & His Students IVProgram Notes

Quartets by Haydn, Anton Wranitzky, and Beethoven (in A minor, Op. 132)

April 14, 2012 at 8pm, St. Mark's, SF (EVENING CONCERT)

April 15, 2012 at 4pm, All Saints, PA

 

Haydn's Creation with guest violist Benjamin Simon

April 30, 2012 at 8pm, Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse, 2020 Addison St., Berkeley

for details, tickets, and directions, click here

 

Haydn in America—The Moravian Heritage

June 8, 2012 at 5pm, St. Mark's Episcopal Church, 2300 Bancroft Way, Berkeley

Concert co-produced by the San Francisco Early Music Society for the 2012 Berkeley Festival & Exhibition

For tickets click here

 

Our 2010/2011 Season

 

GALA Fundraising Concert in Berkeley

 Sunday August 22, 2010 at 5pm—Private Residence

 please contact NEQ for details

 

GALA Fundraising Concert in Portola Valley

 Monday August 23, 2010 at 6pm—Private Residence

 please contact NEQ for details

 

 

Dedicated to Haydn IIProgram Notes

Adalbert Gyrowetz Op. 2, No. 6 in A (1789)

Haydn Op. 33, No. 5 in G How Do You Do? (1782)

Mozart K. 421 in D minor (1783)

 

Saturday, September 11, 2010 at 4pm—St Mark’s Lutheran, SF

Sunday, September 12, 2010 at 4pm—All Saints’ Episcopal, Palo Alto

 

 

“D minor Music :⎮⎮: Demonic Mozart?”

Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra Pre-Concert Lectures

 

Friday, September 24, 2010—Herbst Theater, SF

Saturday, September 25, 2010—1st Congregational Church, Berkeley

Sunday, September 26, 2010—1st Congregational Church, Berkeley

Tuesday, September 28, 2010—Menlo-Atherton Performing Arts Center

Wednesday, September 29, 2010—The Lesher Center, Walnut Creek

please see www.philharmonia.org for tickets and details

 

 

Haydn Favorites

Presented by Noe Valley Chamber Music

Op. 64, No. 6 in Eb (1791)

Op. 20, No. 5 in F minor (1772)

Op. 9, No. 4 in D minor (1771)

Op. 54, No. 2 in C (1788)

 

Sunday October 10, 2010 at 4pm

please see http://www.nvcm.org/season/index.htm for tickets and details

 

 

The Power of Place

Presented by the San Francisco Girls Chorus

Program to include Michael Haydn’s Magnificat, Brahms’ Psalm 13

and the Divertimento in D, Op. 1, No. 3 by Joseph Haydn

 

Friday, October 22, 2010 at 8pm—Calvary Presbyterian Church, SF

Sunday, October 24, 2010 at 7:30pm—1st Congregational Church, Berkeley

please see www.sfgirlschorus.org/october for tickets and details

 

 

Haydn and His Students IProgram Notes

Haydn Op. 76, No. 6 in Eb (1797)

Franciszek Lessel Op. 19 in Bb (1824)

Beethoven Op. 74 in Eb The Harp (1809)

Sponsored by a very generous gift from Willi and Larry Bussard

 

Saturday, November 27, 2010 at 4pm—St Mark’s Lutheran, SF

Sunday, November 28, 2010 at 4pm—All Saints’ Episcopal, Palo Alto

 

 

Dedicated to Haydn III

Haydn Op. 33, No. 2 in Eb The Joke (1782) 

Hyacinthe Jadin Op. 1, No. 3 in F minor (1795)

Mozart K. 428 in Eb (1783)

 

Saturday, January 8, 2011 at 4pm—St Mark’s Lutheran, SF

Sunday, January 9, 2011 at 4pm—All Saints’ Episcopal, Palo Alto

 

 

Haydn and His Students IIProgram Notes

Pleyel Op. 1, No. 3 in A (1783) 

Haydn Op. 50, No. 5 in F The Dream (1787) 

Beethoven Op. 135 in F (1826)

 

Saturday, February 5, 2011 at 4pm—St Mark’s Lutheran, SF

Sunday, February 6, 2011 at 4pm—All Saints’ Episcopal, Palo Alto

 

 

Classical at the Freight

Presented by the SF Chamber Orchestra

Program to include Viola Quintets by Haydn & Mozart 

with guest artist Benjamin Simon

 

Monday, March 28, 2011 at 8pm—Freight & Salvage, Berkeley

please see www.sfchamberorchestra.org/concerts/classical-at-the-freight/

for tickets and details

 

 

Dedicated to Haydn IVProgram Notes

Johan Wikmanson Op. 1, No. 1 in D minor (1801

Haydn Op. 33, No. 6 in D (1782)

Mozart K. 458 in Bb The Hunt (1784)

 

Friday, May 13, 2011 at 6pm—Barefoot Chamber Concerts, Berkeley

please see www.barefootchamberconcerts.com for tickets and details

Saturday, May 14, 2011 at 4pm—St Mark’s Lutheran, SF

Sunday, May 15, 2011 at 4pm—All Saints’ Episcopal, Palo Alto

 

Our 2009/2010 Season

 

Haydn & Beethoven: Influence & Anxiety

Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra Pre-Concert Lecture Series

Thursday, September 10, 2009 7:15pm Herbst Theater, SF

Friday, September 11, 2009 7:15pm Lafayette-Orinda Presbyterian Church, Lafayette

Saturday, September 12, 2009 7:15pm First Congregational Church, Berkeley

Sunday, September 13, 2009 6:45pm First Congregational Church, Berkeley

Tuesday, September 15, 2009 7:15pm First United Methodist Church, Palo Alto

 

Gala Fundraising Concert in Berkeley

Sunday, October 4, 2009 5pm -- Private Residence

Please email mail@newesterhazy.org or call NEQ

(415) 520-0611 for details and reservations

 

in Portola Valley

Tuesday, October 13, 2009 7pm -- Private Residence

Please email mail@newesterhazy.org or call NEQ

(415) 520-0611 for details and reservations

 

 

Presented by the USC Early Modern Studies Institute

Tuesday, November 10, 2009—University United Church, USC Campus, Los Angeles

Op2/6

Op9/4

Op77/2

 

Le Matin, Le Midi, Le Soir

Saturday, November 28, 2009 4pm -- St Mark’s Lutheran S.F.

Sunday, November 29, 2009 4pm -- All Saints’ Episcopal Palo Alto

Op1/0 in Eb

Op9/4 in d

Op64/6 in Eb

Op103 in Bb/d

Sponsored by a very generous gift from Camille Reed

 

Freight and SalvageProgram Notes

Monday, November 30, 2009 8pm

2020 Addison Street

Berkeley, CA

www.freightandsalvage.org

 

 

Music at Kohl Mansion with Guest Artist Marc Schachman, oboe

Sunday, December 13, 2009 at 7pm

Haydn Oboe Quartet in D, Op1/6

Haydn Quartet in Eb, Op64/6

Mozart Quartet in Bb, K172

Mozart Oboe Quintet in C minor, K406

 

 

Haydn Cycle Grand Finale!!Program Notes

Saturday, January 2, 2010 4pm -- St Mark’s Lutheran S.F.

Sunday, January 3, 2010 4pm -- All Saints’ Episcopal Palo Alto

Op64/4 in G

Op74/2 in F

Op64/2 in b

Op76/6 in Eb

 

Boccherini Quintets with guest artist Elisabeth LeGuin, cello

Presented by the San Francisco Early Music Society

Friday, January 8, 2010 8pm First Lutheran Palo Alto

Saturday, January 9, 2010 8pm St John’s Presbyterian Berkeley

Sunday, January 10, 2010 4pm St Mark’s Lutheran S.F.

 

Extras and EncoresProgram Notes

Saturday, February 6, 2010 4pm -- St Mark’s Lutheran S.F.

Sunday, February 7, 2010 4pm -- All Saints’ Episcopal Palo Alto

Selections from The Seven Last Words

Selections from The Seasons, arranged by Sigismund Neukomm

Suite of Minuets by Haydn’s Students

Prelude & Fugue by Gregor Werner, arranged by Haydn

Serenade from Op 3, No. 5

Kaiser Variations

and more, including a Bay Area Premiere of a piece dedicated to Haydn!

 

Dedicated to HaydnProgram Notes

Saturday, April 24, 2010 4pm -- St Mark’s Lutheran S.F.

Sunday, April 25, 2010 4pm -- All Saints’ Episcopal Palo Alto

Quartets by various composers honoring the work of Haydn

including Mozart’s Quartet in G, K 387

 

Our 2008/2009 Season

 

Haydn at the Opera (Scenes and Arias from Haydn Quartets)Program Notes

Saturday October 11, 2008 4pm -- St Mark’s Lutheran S.F.

Op1/2 in Eb

Op20/2 in C

Op33/6 in D

Op17/5 in G

 

Haydn in the Morning I (Featuring “The Dream”)Program Notes

Saturday November 22, 2008 4pm -- St Mark’s Lutheran S.F.

Op1/6 in C

Op9/2 in Eb

Op9/1 in C

Op50/5 in F (The Dream)

 

LIVE at Mission Blue

Saturday November 29, 2008 8pm

Mission Blue Center -- 475 Mission Blue Dr. Brisbane CA

www.liveatmissionblue.com/New_Esterhazy_Quartet.html

 

Haydn in the Morning II (Featuring “The Sunrise”)

Saturday January 3, 2009 4pm -- St Mark’s Lutheran S.F.

Op9/5 in Bb

Op71/2 in D

Op17/6 in D

Op76/4 in Bb (The Sunrise)

 

Rossmoor Chamber Music Society

Monday February 16, 2009 7pm

K 172 in Bb (Mozart)

K 387 in G (Mozart)

Op2/1 in A (Haydn)

Op76/4 in Bb “Sunrise” (Haydn)

 

Haydn in the Morning III (Featuring “The Lark”)

Saturday February 28, 2009 4pm -- St Mark’s Lutheran S.F.

Op2/1 in A

Op54/3 in E

Op9/6 in A

Op64/5 in D (The Lark)

 

Sundays@4 presented by The Crowden School

Sunday March 1, 2009 4pm

The Crowden School --1475 Rose Street Berkeley, CA

http://crowden.org/Events/sundays.html

 

Haydn in the Morning IV (Featuring “The Razor”)Program Notes

Sunday March 29, 2009 4pm -- St Mark’s Lutheran S.F.

Op1/4 in G

Op50/1 in Bb

Op9/3 in G

Op55/2 in f/F (The Razor)

 

Haydn Across Four Decades (NEW YORK DEBUT)

Friday, May 1 2009 8pm

Christ and St Stephen’s Church 122 W 69th New York City

Op 1/3 in D

Op 17/4 in c

Op 50/6 in D

Op 77/2 in

 

Our 2007/2008 Season

 

The Inaugural Concert

Sunday July 1, 2007 4pm -- St Mark’s Lutheran S.F.

Op33/5 in G (How Do You Do?)

Op2/2 in E

Op55/1 in A

Op76/5 in D

 

Haydn & Royalty, Part 1—The Princes and the FrogProgram Notes

Saturday September 29, 2007 4pm-- St Mark’s Lutheran S.F.

Op1/3 in D  (Prince Nicholas Esterházy)

Op77/1 in G (Prince Franz Joseph Lobkowitz)

Op2/4 in F (Prince Nicholas Esterházy)

Op50/6 in D (The Frog)

 

The Horseman & the Hunt

Presented by the S.F. Early Music Society

Friday October 19, 2007 8pm-- First Lutheran Church, Palo Alto

Saturday October 20, 2007 8pm-- St. John’s Presbyterian, Berkeley

Sunday October 21, 2007 3:30pm -- St. Gregory of Nyssa Episcopal Church, S.F.

Op1/1 in Bb (La Chasse)

Op74/3 in g (The Rider)

Op17/3 in Eb

Op33/3 in C (The Bird)

 

Haydn & Royalty, Part 2—The Duke and the Counts

Saturday November 24, 2007 4pm-- St Mark’s Lutheran S.F.

Op76/1 in G (Count Joseph von Erdödy)

Op33/4 in Bb (Grand Duke Paul of Russia)

Op71/1 in Bb (Count Anton Georg Apponyi)

Op33/2 in Eb (Grand Duke Paul of Russia)

 

Haydn's FuguesProgram Notes

Sunday December 16, 2007 4pm-- St Mark’s Lutheran S.F.

Op42 in d

Op20/5 in f

Op20/6 in A

Op50/4 in f#

 

Haydn & Royalty, Part 3—The King and the Emperor

Saturday January 12, 2008 4pm-- St Mark’s Lutheran S.F.

Op50/2 in C (King of Prussia)

Op50/3 in Eb (King of Prussia)

Op76/3 in C (The Emperor)

 

Haydn in BethlehemProgram Notes

Saturday February 16, 2008 4pm -- St Mark’s Lutheran S.F.

Op17/4 in c

Op20/3 in g

Op17/1 in E

 

Haydn in SalemProgram Notes

Saturday March 8, 2008 4pm -- FIrst Unitarian Universalist Church S.F.

Op2/6 in Bb

Op17/2 in F

Op20/1 in Eb

Op77/2 in F

 

Haydn in London: The Wisdom of SalomonProgram Notes

Saturday April 12, 2008 4pm-- St Mark’s Lutheran S.F.

Op64/3 in Bb

Op71/3 in Eb

Op74/1 in C

 

A Toast to Johann TostProgram Notes

Saturday May 31, 2008 4pm -- St Mark’s Lutheran S.F.

Op54/1 in G

Op55/3 in Bb

Op64/1 in C

 

Haydn in Hungary

Saturday June 21, 2008 4pm -- St Mark’s Lutheran S.F.

Op33/1 in b

Op54/2 in C

Op20/4 in D

Op76/2 in d (Quinten)

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