Barefoot Chamber Concerts ("an enterprise noted for both its quality and informality" - San Francisco Classical Voice) presents really good music in the right acoustic and without the formality of most classical music events.
The second of Barefoot's three contributions to this year's Berkeley Festival Fringe will be a program of the best of the late baroque chamber music by Bach, Rameau and Telemann. Rameau's "Pieces de Clavecin en Concerts" bring operatic style and Rameau's extraordinary harmonic language to the French chamber idiom, and this program centers around the 3rd of these pieces, 2 contrasting movements and then a spectacular Tambourin to end. Bach is represented by the lovely triosonata BWV 525, and the program is bookended by Telemann's iconic Paris Quartet in E minor, with the famous Chaconne ending the program.
Telemann traveled to Paris in 1737, and his quartets were then played by the most distinguished players in that city. Bach had a copy of the music, and Rameau, who published the Pieces de Clavecin in 1741, undoubtedly knew the music also.
The Paris Quartet (Janet See, flute; Lisa Weiss, violin; Peter Hallifax, viol; and Katherine Heater, harpsichord) need no introduction to Bay Area audiences - the group was formed specifically to play this repertoire, and their previous concerts have played to packed audiences.
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The second of Barefoot's three contributions to this year's Berkeley Festival Fringe will be a program of the best of the late baroque chamber music by Bach, Rameau and Telemann. Rameau's "Pieces de Clavecin en Concerts" bring operatic style and Rameau's extraordinary harmonic language to the French chamber idiom, and this program centers around the 3rd of these pieces, 2 contrasting movements and then a spectacular Tambourin to end. Bach is represented by the lovely triosonata BWV 525, and the program is bookended by Telemann's iconic Paris Quartet in E minor, with the famous Chaconne ending the program.
Telemann traveled to Paris in 1737, and his quartets were then played by the most distinguished players in that city. Bach had a copy of the music, and Rameau, who published the Pieces de Clavecin in 1741, undoubtedly knew the music also.
The Paris Quartet (Janet See, flute; Lisa Weiss, violin; Peter Hallifax, viol; and Katherine Heater, harpsichord) need no introduction to Bay Area audiences - the group was formed specifically to play this repertoire, and their previous concerts have played to packed audiences.
Barefoot Chamber Concerts ("an enterprise noted for both its quality and informality" - San Francisco Classical Voice) presents really good music in the right acoustic and without the formality of most classical music events.
The second of Barefoot's three contributions to this year's Berkeley Festival Fringe will be a program of the best of the late baroque chamber music by Bach, Rameau and Telemann. Rameau's "Pieces de Clavecin en Concerts" bring operatic style and Rameau's extraordinary harmonic language to the French chamber idiom, and this program centers around the 3rd of these pieces, 2 contrasting movements and then a spectacular Tambourin to end. Bach is represented by the lovely triosonata BWV 525, and the program is bookended by Telemann's iconic Paris Quartet in E minor, with the famous Chaconne ending the program.
Telemann traveled to Paris in 1737, and his quartets were then played by the most distinguished players in that city. Bach had a copy of the music, and Rameau, who published the Pieces de Clavecin in 1741, undoubtedly knew the music also.
The Paris Quartet (Janet See, flute; Lisa Weiss, violin; Peter Hallifax, viol; and Katherine Heater, harpsichord) need no introduction to Bay Area audiences - the group was formed specifically to play this repertoire, and their previous concerts have played to packed audiences.
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The second of Barefoot's three contributions to this year's Berkeley Festival Fringe will be a program of the best of the late baroque chamber music by Bach, Rameau and Telemann. Rameau's "Pieces de Clavecin en Concerts" bring operatic style and Rameau's extraordinary harmonic language to the French chamber idiom, and this program centers around the 3rd of these pieces, 2 contrasting movements and then a spectacular Tambourin to end. Bach is represented by the lovely triosonata BWV 525, and the program is bookended by Telemann's iconic Paris Quartet in E minor, with the famous Chaconne ending the program.
Telemann traveled to Paris in 1737, and his quartets were then played by the most distinguished players in that city. Bach had a copy of the music, and Rameau, who published the Pieces de Clavecin in 1741, undoubtedly knew the music also.
The Paris Quartet (Janet See, flute; Lisa Weiss, violin; Peter Hallifax, viol; and Katherine Heater, harpsichord) need no introduction to Bay Area audiences - the group was formed specifically to play this repertoire, and their previous concerts have played to packed audiences.
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2320 Dana Street, Berkeley, CA 94104
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