The Friday evening concerts are held at the Trinity Lutheran Church,

997 East Walnut Street, Pasadena, CA

(Parking is on the North Side of the church)

The Sunday afternoon concerts are held at Contrapuntal Performances Recital Hall,

655 North Bundy Drive, Brentwood, CA

(8/10ths of a mile north of Sunset, street parking)

Our 31st Season (2009) will be

 

Friday January 9, 2009 in Pasadena Sunday January 11, in Brentwood Los Angeles Baroque Players Frances von Seggern Bach, viola da gamba Adriana Zoppo, baroque violin Anthony Brazier, baroque flute Wm Neil Roberts, harpsichord

Sonata II in D Major from Sonates en Trio, Op 14 by Michel Corrette Les Nations "La Fraçoise" by François Couperin Suite in D Major, Op 5. no.3 for flute & continuo by J.Hotteterre Sonata II in B minor from Six Sonates en Quatuors by . L.G. Guillemain

Friday February 6, 2009 in Pasadena Sunday February 8, 2009 in Brentwood harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani performing J.S. Bach Toccatas Mr. Esfahani comes to us from London where he was just appointed to a thre-year term as Artist-in-residence at Oxford University's New College. He studied Musicology and Theory as a President's Scholar at Stanford University. receiving honors and his B.A. His principal studies have been under George Houle (Stanford), Peter Watchorn (Boston) and Italian organist Lorenzo Ghielmi (Milan) He will be making his Wigmore Hall debut as concerto soloist with The English Concert in the 2008-09 season. Future projects, in addition to a heavy schedule of internatioal perorming, include further work on a record project encompassing the works of Elizabethan composer, John Bull, and as a BBC artist, numerous BBC Radio 3

Friday March 6, 2009 in Pasadena Sunday March 8 in Brentwood Los Angeles Baroque Players Frances von Seggern Bach, viola da gamba Adriana Zoppo, baroque violin Anthony Brazier, baroque flute Wm Neil Roberts, harpsichord

J.S. Bach, Organ Trio Sonata arranged by Roberts J.B. Quentin (Le jeune) Trio Sonata in E minor D. Buxtehude Sonata for viiolin, gamba & continuo G. P. Telemann "Paris" Quartet

Friday -April 3, 2009 in Pasadena Sunday - April 5, 2009 in Brentwood   Gilbert Martinez, harpsichord Musical Espionage: Close Encounter During the Thirty Years War featuring music by Bull, Tomkins, Chambonnières, Froberger, Cabanilles, Scheidemann and others.   Gilbert Martinez is the director of MusicSources, the Bay Area's much venerated center for historically informed performance,founded by early music pioneer Laurette Goldberg. He says it is "fortunate that he was mentored from an early age by distinguished performer/scholars who were passionate advocates of expressive harpsichord playing. Among these is his first teacher, Wm Neil Roberts, who inspired Gilbert with his superb performances and recordings, and later with his erudite teaching. Susequently he studied with baroque dynamo Laurette Goldberg at the SF Conservatory of Music and then with maestro Alan Curtis in Italy." He has performed as soloist with many leading artists and orchestras, including Philarmonia Baroque, Musica Angelica, The Whole Noyse, soprano Judith Nelson, mezzo soprano Fredericka von Stade, Les Idées Heureuses of Montréal, Grammophone award winning violinist Anne Akiko Meyers and the New Century Chamber Orchestra. He has worked with conductors Kent Nagano, Nicholas McGegan and Alan Curtis and was a prizewinner in the Concours International de Claveçin Bach held in Montréal. More recent attention has been in researching and conducting large scale performances of baroque opera, including a lavish performance of "le Delizie di Posilipo, 1628," insluding settings, machines and and choreography according to the original descriptions.

Friday May 1, 2009 in Pasadena Sunday May 3, 2009 in Brentwood Los Angeles Baroque Players Frances von Seggern Bach, viola da gamba Adriana Zoppo, baroque violin Anthony Brazier, baroque flute Wm Neil Roberts, harpsichord

program will be posted later

Friday June 5, 2009 in Pasadena Sunday June 7, in Brentwood harpsicordist Bertrand Cuiller performing works by Louis Couperin, J.S. Bach, and D.Scarlatti Mr. Cuiller is making his first concert appearances in the Western United States having been well received in France and other European countries since taking 3rd place in the Bruges Harpsichord competition in 1998 at the age of 20. He began his harpsichord studies with his mother, Jocelyne Cuiller, when he was 8 years old and later studied at the National Superior Music Conservatory of Paris with Christophe Rousset obtaining the diploma "Formation Supérieure" in 2001. He is active as a recitalist and as continuo player with numerous early music groups such as Les Arts Florissants, Le Concert Spiritual and Stradivaria. His first CD was released in 2006 featuring harpsichord works by the English Virginalists William Byrd, Peter Philips and John Bull.

Los Angeles Baroque Players Frances von Seggern Bach, viola da gamba and baroque cello Adriana Zoppo, baroque violin Anthony Brazier, baroque flute; Wm Neil Roberts, harpsichord The group was organized in the spring of 1983 and are recognized as an important early music ensemble performing on period instruments.

Southern California Baroque Association was established 1986 to foster performances of early music on period instruments.    We are pleased to be able to continue early music concerts and want to thank the Southern California Baroque Association and its many contributors for their continued financial support.   As a 501-(C)(3) California non profit corporation established in 1986, your contributions are tax deductible as allowed by law.

The following is a list of artists that have appeared on the Harpsichord Center Series since its opening in 1978.

Allerlei Trio of Los Angeles Merrill Collins of San Francisco Katherine Roberts of San Francisco Davitt Moroney of Berkeley Wm Neil Roberts of Los Angeles Linda Skernick of New York City Dr. Robert Bowman of Cal State Chico Susanne Shapiro of Los Angeles Ron Radcliffe* of Cal Poly, San Louis Obispo Janine Poletti of Los Angeles Gustav Leonhardt of Amsterdam/Holland Brazier, Van Antwerp*, Roberts of Los Angeles Kathleen McIntosh of Pasasdena Nanon Bertrand of Paris/France Brazier, Roberts Duo of Los Angeles Dr. Carole Terry of U. of Wash. Seattle Patricia Mabee of Marina del Rey Louis Bagger of New York City Elizabeth Hamilton of San Diego Charlotte Mattax Dr. Larry Palmer of SMU, Dallas Barbara Cadranel of New York City Fernando Valenti* André Reynaud of Aix en Provence; France David Jacques Way* Eileen Anderson of San Francisco Mary Jane Newman of New York City James Bonn of USC, Los Angeles Richard Rephann of Yale University Ed Parmentier of U of Mich., Ann Arbor John Metz of U of Ariz, Phoenix Karyl Louwenaar of Florida State U. Tallahassee Brazier,Carroll,Roberts Trio of Los Angeles Leif & Ingrid Grave-Müller of Molndal/Sweden Bernard Brauchli of Switzerland Dr. Fred Hammond of UCLA Laurette Goldberg* of Oakland Verena Lutz of Zurich/Switzerland Inesita, Spanish Dancer with Patrick Lindley Louis Bagger of New York City Los Angeles Baroque Players Trevor Pinnock of London/England Charles Sherman of New York City Doris Ornstein* Charlotte Mattax of San Francisco Michael Cave* Lluïsa Cortada of Barcelona/Spain *= deceased

Mark Kroll of Boston Wm Neil Roberts Jennifer Paul of Los Angeles Igor Kipnis * of Connecticut Skip Sempe of Paris (with John Holloway) Judith Nelson & Elaine Thornburgh of San Francisco Jillon Stoppels Dupree of Cleveland John Metz of Ariz State at Tempe Andrew Willis of Philadelphia Karen Swietlik of Buffalo Eva Legene of Indiana State Univ. with Susanne Shapiro Los Angeles Baroque Players with Judith Nelson Los Angeles Baroque Players with Ann Briggs of NY City James Weaver of Smithsonian, Wash. D.C. Los Angeles Baroque Players with Judith Nelson Los Angeles Baroque Players and friends Nancy Sartain of Los Angeles Patrick Lindley of Los Angeles Christa Rakich of the New England Conservatory Colin Tilney of Montreal/Quebec Wm Neil Roberts & Patrick Lindley of Los Angeles Judith Nelson & Elaine Thornburgh of San Francisco Arthur Haas of New York City Yuko Tanaka of Los Angeles Los Angeles Baroque Players with Maurita Thornburg Janine Johnson & John Khouri, duo fortepianos Peter Sykes of Boston Mary Jane Newman of New York Matthew Durst of Huston, TX Los Angeles Baroque Players with Mauretta Thornberg-Phillips Voltair Verzosa, counter-tenor with L.A. Baroque Players Inga La Rose, recorder with Los Angeles Baroque Players Susan Alexander-Max, fortepiano (London) David Leigh, harpsichord (England) Leslie Tung, fortepiano Rebecca Pechefsky, harpsichord (NYC) Egon Mihajlovic, harpsichord (Berlin & Montenegro) Carole Cerasi, fortepiano (London) Jory Vinikour, harpsichord (Paris, France) Luc Beauséjour, harpsichord (Montreal, Canada) Jane Chapman (London)

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