Who are we? The San Francisco Early Music Society is the Bay Area’s portal for early music, promoting engagement with historically informed performance spanning centuries and cultures, and creating a community reflective of our region’s diversity.
Approaching a half century as the Bay Area’s portal for early music, The San Francisco Early Music Society’s 49th concert season, “Fertile Gardens,” showcases vibrant styles and traditions spanning nearly a millennium, celebrating the beauty and variety of historical musical styles in blossom and in full bloom. From the earliest written Medieval polyphonic music to the refined splendor of the high Renaissance—
and as well as virtuosic Baroque masterworks, the Classical period in Vienna, and living traditions with ancient roots beyond Europe—curious listeners and early music aficionados alike can experience the dazzling world of early music in ”Fertile Gardens.”
Tasto Solo | Oct 10–12
La Flor en Paradis— The New Musical Art in Europe, 1250-1350
Discover the luminous world of 13th-century France through an intimate combination of voice and portative organ with vielle and percussion. Spanish ensemble Tasto Solo presents “La Flor en Paradis—The New Musical Art in Europe, 1250-1350” exploring motets, liturgical music, devotional songs, and Medieval secular dances and monodies from major historical sources such as the Codex Las Huelgas and the Montpellier Manuscript. Led by keyboard specialist Guillermo Pérez, Tasto Solo has become an indisputable reference in the early music scene, combining creativity, historical research, and virtuosity in its exploration of Medieval and early Renaissance music.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10, 7:30 PM
First Presbyterian Church
1140 Cowper Street at Lincoln, Palo Alto
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11, 7:30 PM
First Church Berkeley UCC (First Congregational)
2345 Channing Way
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 12, 4:00 PM
St. Gregory of Nyssa Episcopal Church
500 De Haro St, San Francisco
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