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Attuned A Non-concert Experience Featuring Agave Baroque Playing "fire And Ice" at Rendon Hall
Courtesy of Omree Gal-Oz | Posted on January 8, 2019
Where
Rendon Hall
2040 Addison Street
Berkeley, CA
Map
510.845.5373
When
Mon, January 14, 2019
8:00 pm
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About
"Attuned: A Non-Concert Experience is the Bay Area’s new and unique invitation to the world of Classical music. Curated by sister ensembles Agave Baroque and Sylvestris Quartet in collaboration with the California Jazz Conservatory, each program invites you to enjoy a cabaret-style show with a multimedia experience and narration that brings you the stories behind the music.
Rich, dark timbres, experimental techniques, and extreme drama and virtuosity. It could be heavy metal... or it could be a 17th century violin sonata by Johann Paul von Westhoff, the German violinist. While Italy was busy acquiring its status as the center of the 17th and 18th century musical world, composers and performers in northern Germany, Scandinavia, England, and Holland were busy developing their own unique sound, blending Italian influences with a distinctly northern sensibility and style. San Francisco’s ""free-spirited"" early music powerhouse Agave Baroque offers up this program of fiery, bold, and inventive works by Westhoff, as well as Buxtehude, Locke, Sidon, Peterson, and Roman....