Early Music Youth Academy in Berkeley!
Loper Chapel at First Church, 2345 Channing Way, Berkeley, CA 94704
Hear early music's next generation! SHAK returns to the Berkeley festival for the first time since 2018, when our adaptation of Handel's opera Serse on the festival mainstage brought the house down. This time we're here with our youth Baroque orchestra. On violins, cello, viola da gamba, and harpsichord, skilled students ages 10-18 bring the ardor of youth to a richly detailed and uplifting HP Baroque program including Georg Muffat's heart-melting chaconne, Vivaldi's exhilarating D minor concerto for two violins and cello, and the original strings version of Bach's D major orchestral suite. Enjoy also Corelli's beloved concerto grosso #4, Purcell's sumptuous Three Parts Upon a Ground, and another ciaccona — the irresistibly sprightly one by Evaristo Felice Dall'Abaco! Four recorder-playing sisters join for a movement of the Heinichen 4-recorder concerto and a concluding tutti set of Handel dances that will leave you grinning from ear to ear. Direction by Shulamit Kleinerman, Eleanor Legault (violin), and Nick Chrisman (cello, SHAK '21), with guest artist Yunyi Ji (harpsichord).
The program lasts about an hour. Admission is free; donations at the door are gratefully accepted in support of our programs.