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Berkeley Festival & Exhibition June 3-10, 2012 The Berkeley Festival and Exhibition now has its own website: berkeley-festival.org BFX 12 Home | Event List by Performer | Combined Events Calendar | Printable Schedule (pdf) Venues | Tickets | Support the BFX | Info for Fringe Performers External links: berkeley-festival.org | Main Stage Calendar | Fringe Calendar | Fringe Performers | Main Stage Box Office "The Berkeley Festival & Exhibition has become a remarkable institution on the American musical scene." - The New York Times A Musical Mosaic The course of western music has been profoundly shaped by encounters of interspersing peoples—artists, migrants, traders and adventurers—that have sparked astonishing creativity over the centuries. The 2012 Berkeley Festival (June 3-10, 2012) celebrates the finest musical fruits of these great cultural cross-fertilizations. The Main Stage At this year's festival we have a very exciting Main Stage performance calendar featuring some of the world's finest early music performance ensembles. Main Stage tickets are available online from the BFX 12 Box Office or by calling 510.642.9988. Main Stage Festival Highlights PHILHARMONIA BAROQUE presents NICHOLAS McGEGAN AND DOMINIQUE LABELLE IN RECITAL: Beethoven Songs and Haydn Trios CHANTICLEER LOUIS A. BOTTO (LAB) CHOIR, Ben Johns, director, presents Music of New Spain: Exploring California’s Missions and Mexico’s Cathedrals MUSICA PACIFICA presents 300 Years On: A Dance Collection from the Reign of Louis XIV AGAVE BAROQUE presents The Otherworldly Fiddler: the sacred and the profane meet at Heinrich Biber’s musical table BLUE HERON, Scott Metcalfe, director, presents Song of Songs/Songs of Love THE NEW ESTERHÁZY QUARTET presents Haydn in America—The Moravian Heritage AMERICAN BACH SOLOISTS, Jeffrey Thomas, music director, presents A Tribute to Laurette Goldberg VOICES OF MUSIC, Hanneke van Proosdij and David Tayler, directors, present Roman Holiday JORDI SAVALL, REBEC, BOWED LYRE AND REBAB, presents two programs: A Dialogue of Souls: Orient-Occident and A Dialogue of Souls: Istanbul For more detail on the main stage events, including links for easy ticket purchase, see berkeley-festival.org. The Fringe One of the most exciting components of BFX 12 is the Fringe — a series of self-produced concerts by soloists and ensembles from around the world. The Fringe concerts are listed on the calendar of all Berkeley Festival Fringe events. Also, see the list of Fringe events by performer. Note that these lists will be expanding in the coming weeks. If you are a performer or group interested in listing your Fringe event, here's how to do it. The Early Music America (EMA) Conference & Exhibition Once again, Early Music America (http://www.earlymusic.org/) will present their Conference and Exhibition to coincide with the Berkeley Festival. The "Conference" this year will be the YOUNG PERFORMERS FESTIVAL, presenting six concerts: An Exploration of Baroque Music Across Europe From Renaissance to Baroque Victoria Requiem Alessandro Scarlatti and his circle: cantatas and serenatas Milk and Honey: Sumptuous Music of the Seventeenth Century Ars longa, vita brevis or Only the Good Die Young: Music from the Thirty Years War See the EMA Young Performers Festival for more information. These concerts all take place at St. Mark's Episcopal Church, with a suggested donation of $10 at the door. The Exhibition, June 7-9, 2012, takes place in the Large and Small Assembly Halls at the First Congregational Church of Berkeley. Here, the general public can meet publishers, instrument builders, service organizations and other early music practitioners. Free and open to the public, the Exhibition is presented by Early Music America. The Exhibition is open Thursday, June 7, 12noon-6pm Friday, June 8, 10am-6pm Saturday, June 9 , 10am-5pm "Like" the Berkeley Festival on Facebook! The 2012 Berkeley Festival & Exhibition, Presented by the San Francisco Early Music Society, Cal Performances, and Early Music America, in association with: American Bach Soloists, Agave Baroque, Chanticleer, Musica Pacifica, New Esterházy Quartet, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, and Voices of Music Last updated 03/13/2012. San Francisco Early Music Society, P.O. Box 27495, San Francisco, CA 94127-0495 · 510-528-1725 · sfems@sfems.org Home | About SFEMS | Concerts | Workshops | Directory | Affiliates | Newsletters | Other links Online ordering: Membership | Concert tickets | Flex Passes/Gifts | Workshops | Donations Report website problems: webmaster@sfems.org