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The Cleveland Duo & James Umble - With Tango by Jessica & Gustavo Hornos
9/12/2009
Grammy nominated group of violin, piano & saxophone, sharing the stage with renowned Tango dancers, bringing passion and music to a new level.
Salmon Creek School Auditorium, Occidental

Daedalus Quartet
10/24/2009
A return of one of the finest ensembles around

Contrasts Quartet
11/14/2009
Exhilarating performances of old and new repertoire by clarinet, violin, cello & piano

École Royale
1/23/2009
Kraft, Kyme, Wilson, Morris playing period instruments for music as it is to be experienced.

Flanders Recorder Quartet
2/27/2010
Visiting virtuosos that breathe excitement back in to a simple instrument with a contagious enthusiasm.

Johannes String Quartet
3/20/2010
Four impressively gifted instrumentalists in their own right come together to form one of the great chamber music groups of our time.

SF Conservatory Trio
4/17/2009
Interpretive prowess and excellent musicianship from our own Bay Area scholars, Axel Strauss, Jean-Michel Fonteneau, and Jeffrey Sykes

Calefax Reed Quintet
5/1/2009
Five musicians arrange, recompose and interpret music from eight centuries in a fresh way to suit their unique constellation: Oboe, clarinet, bassoon, bass clarinet, and saxophone.

Program and performance venue subject to change
All performances 8:00pm in the Occidental Church, except September 12, which is at the Salmon Creek School, Occidental

École Royale
A unique opportunity to listen to Bay Area early music masters on period instruments!

Saturday, January 23, 2010, 8:00 p.m.
Occidental Community Church, Occidental

Kathleen Kraft, flute
Kati Kyme, violin
David Wilson, viola
David Morris, ‘cello

These fine players will whisk us away to the late 18th century with their program played on “period” instruments. Named after the precursor to the Paris Conservatorie, École Royale will present an evening of music from a revolutionary time in history. A time that began as a revolt of the spirit; a revolt against supernatural religion and the church, in favor of natural religion and practical morality, in favor of naturalness; against authority, in favor of freedom for the individual; and against privilege, in favor of equal rights and universal education. With this period instrument ensemble, we will hear the beauty of the sources of the classical style, when Haydn and Mozart were moving toward public concerts, publishers were printing sheet music, and music was truly to be enjoyed by all.

Listen to a recording of Kathleen Kraft performing Bach’s
Partita in a minor, Sarabande

Listen to David Morris playing Ruhe’s Sonata II for Viola da Gamba, Preludium

Learn more about Kathleen Kraft

Learn more about Kati Kyme

Learn more about David Wilson

Learn more about David Morris

Concert Program

Carl Friedrich Abel (1723-1787)
Quartet in A major for flute, violin, viola & 'cello

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Duo in G major for violin & viola (K 423)

Ludwig von Beethoven (1770-1827)
Serenade in D major (op. 25) for flute, violin & viola

Intermission

F. Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Divertissement II in G major (op. 100) for flute, violin &'cello

Francois Devienne (1759-1803)
Sonata V in e minor (op. 68) for flute & 'cello

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Quartet in D major (KV 285) for flute, violin, viola, 'cello

Tickets
General $25 – Full-time Students $10 –
Member discount $2

for École Royale at Brown Paper Tickets

Tickets also available through Handgoods in Occidental, or by calling to be put on the will call list, or at the door if the show is not sold out. We begin selling will call tickets that have not been picked up at 7:45pm.