This Weekend and Next

There's a lot going, and what on earth will I get to?

November 2-4, Cal Performances and Other Minds put on Nancarrow at 100, three days of performances and talks about Conlon Nancarrow. You'll get to hear some of his famous player piano works, and more. Hertz Hall at UC Berkeley, the Berkeley Art Museum, and the Pacific Film Archive are the venues.

November 2 and 4, Euouae sings Ockeghem. Tickets in advance required. The Requiem of Johannes Ockeghem (15th c.), the oldest surviving musical setting of the Mass for the Dead, will be presented by the six voice Medieval vocal ensemble Euouae (Sven Edward Olbash, director) in a special All Souls Day performance on Friday, November 2nd, 2012 at 8:00 p.m. at The National Shrine of St. Francis and in an intimate candlelight concert at San Francisco's Swedenborgian Church on Sunday, November 4th, 2012 at 7:00 pm (note early start time).  Advance tickets required, available from www.LacunaArts.org.  For more information, visit euouae.com.

Program:

Ockeghem: Requiem

Brumel: Lux aeterna

Du Caurroy: Psaumes

Josquin: Nymphes des bois

Chant from the Laon manuscript 

Performances:

Friday, November 2nd, 2012 at 8:00 pm

National Shrine of St Francis

610 Vallejo

San Francisco

Sunday, November 4th, 2012 at 7:00 pm (note early start time)

Swedenborgian Church

2107 Lyon

San Francisco

November 9-11, Esa-Pekka Salonen and the Philharmonia Orchestra. Three concerts: Salonen, Berlioz, Beethoven; Berg's Wozzeck; Mahler's 9th. All at Zellerbach, plus there's a composer portrait discussion of E-PS. Goldstar has tickets to these programs for $20.