Each week , we’re presenting a tiny taste of the BFX—an amuse-bouche for the upcoming Festival feast! * * * * * The life of painter Artemisia Gentileschi was so dramatic it could only be described as “operatic”: trained by her father, fellow painter Orazio Gentileschi, Artemisia became a renowned painter in her own right […]
From the grain patterns of timber to the quality of varnishes, the Leatherwood Rosin team is passionate about the ‘texture’ of the string-playing world. They value the relationships between performers and their artisan violin and bow makers; the journey of construction and maintenance, and the high appreciation of stunningly beautiful natural materials being as important as […]
After 47 years of Early Music in the Bay Area, Robert Dawson, founder and long-time director of the SFEMS Summer Workshops, is moving on and selling dozens of monument editions and playing scores, a hundred early opera DVDs, several hundred CDs, musical paraphernalia, and excellent instruments! C tenor shawm by Charles Collier – $1000 G […]
As a major university town just over 10 miles away from San Francisco’s city center, Berkeley is easily accessible and also contains many accommodation options within walking distance of the main concert venues. For your convenience, this list was compiled based on proximity to Festival venues. However, a Google search is highly recommended for additional […]
Each week , we’re presenting a tiny taste of the BFX—an amuse-bouche for the upcoming Festival feast! * * * * * The Distinguished Order of the Golden Fleece is a Catholic order of chivalry originally founded in Bruges, Flanders, by Philip the Good*, Duke of Burgundy in 1430 to celebrate his marriage to Isabella […]
Each week , we’re presenting a tiny taste of the BFX—an amuse-bouche for the upcoming Festival feast! * * * * * “Lisette quitté la plaine” (Lisette has left the plain) is the earliest surviving Creole literary text, a poem set to music by a white Creole named Duvivier de la Mahautière sometime around 1757. It has as its […]
Each week , we’re presenting a tiny taste of the BFX—an amuse-bouche for the upcoming Festival feast! * * * * * Until fairly recently, women’s roles in European society were severely circumscribed, mainly confined to “kinder, küche, kirche”: children, cooking, church. Often, a good marriage was the only sort of financial security a woman could […]
PRE-ORDER YOUR READER & T-SHIRTS Festival Reader: The Reader is a special book produced for each Festival, featuring program details, bespoke program notes, as well as information about Fringe concerts and the Exhibition. A treasure trove of all things about this year’s celebration of early music, it is a bargain at $10! Pre-orders will be […]
Located at Tables P12 and P13 in the Parish Hall Vintage early instruments mostly from the collection of cornett maker John McCann, including a full consort of Renaissance recorders pitched at A=440 Hz made by Bernard Junghänel of plumwood with natural oiled finish. This set includes a Renaissance Great Bass and Contrabass made of curly […]
Each week , we’re presenting a tiny taste of the BFX—an amuse-bouche for the upcoming Festival feast! * * * * * Dieterich Buxtehude needs no introduction to early music lovers: his compositions are included regularly on concert programs, he is still a mainstay in college composition classes, and he is rightly lauded for his contributions […]
