Concert: Jordi Savall + Hespèrion XXI + La Capella Reial de Catalunya - Songs, Battles, and Dances from the Old and the New World (04/21/2026)

The OG early music superstar. Jordi Savall returns once again to Berkeley with Hesperion XXI with a fascinating program, juxtaposing African spirituals, instrumental pieces, and other vocal pieces. At 84, he's showing the audience that he's still got it all.

Concert: Voices of Music - The Secret Garden (04/17/2026)

Another fascinating program and concert from Voices of Music's Hanneke van Proosdij and David Tayler! From very early music to contemporary premiere !

Antonio Valente (c.1520－c.1580): Intavolatura de Cimbalo (Cera/Maurer/Falcone)

Antonio Valente (c.1520－c.1580). Intavolatura de Cimbalo. One of the earliest published Neapolitan keyboard works. (Cera/Maurer/Falcone)

「Valente(哇！連爹)都這樣說?」

Concert: La Morra (03/01/2024)

Fantastic concert by Ensemble La Morra , introducing me to pieces out of my usual early music diet.

Thomas Weelkes 400th death anniversary. Madrigals, anthems, and instrumental music.

400th death anniversary of Thomas Weelkes (1576 – 11.30.1623). His anthem "O Lord, grant the King a long life" was performed at the coronation of King Charles III this year.

「剩最後一個了。誰想要買？」

「Weelkes (我要！可是) 我身上的現金不夠…」

I've Found a New Baby: Baroque Meets Afro-Latin Jazz (Rumbarroco)

I've Found a New Baby: Baroque Meets Afro-Latin Jazz.

Lively toe-tapping stylistic fusion of different regions and time periods by Rumbarroco.

William Byrd: Consort Music (Phantasm) + The Great Service (Cardinall's Musick)(Musica Contexta)

 

400th death anniversary of William Byrd (c. 1540 – 07.04.1623).

Concert: Corina Marti (03/06/2022)

 

Merulo: Organ-Alternatim Masses (Federico del Sordo/Nova Schola Gregoriana/In Dulci Jubilo)

Claudio Merulo (1533-1604): Organ-Alternatim Masses

 

「得準備回轉了。前面Merulo(沒路囉)～～」

William Billing: Anthems and Fuging Tunes (His Majestie's Clerkes/Paul Hillier)

 

American early music by William Billings (1746-1800)

「你吃水果絕對Billings(比零食)健康啦～～」

Shakespeare's Musick (Musicians of the Globe/Philip Pickett)

 

Shakespeare's Musick (Musicians of the Globe/Philip Pickett)

古樂裡的莎士比亞。

Concert: Sequentia (06/07/2018) (Boethius: Songs of Consolation)

Concert: Canconier - Choreomania (03/08/2013)

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Concert: Ciaramella - A Piper's Noël (12/12/10)

12/12/2010

Collection of Medieval Christmas songs and music played during Renaissance Italy, Spain, Flanders, France, Germany and England...

Ciaramella 

Adam and Rotem Gilbert, Doug Milliken, recorder, shawm, bagpipes
Greg Ingles, Erik Schmalz, slide trumpet, sackbut, recorder


Dylan Hostetter, countertenor
N. Lincoln Hanks, tenor
Joel Nesvadba, baritone
Jinyoung Jang, bass

St. Mark's Lutheran Church, San Francisco