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2013 ● 40th Concert Season:
Homecoming: From Distant Lands
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Concert I: Mandolino Barocco
Saturday, February 9 at 7:30pm ~ UCSC Music Ctr Recital Hall* (map)
Featuring: Hideki Yamaya (mandolino) with John Schneiderman (lute)


Our concert brings a range of delightful music from the Filippo Dalla Casa Manuscript (1759, Bologna). Virtuoso Hideki Yamaya last delighted our audience in 2000, and John Schneiderman in 2011. Both artists perform world-wide on a range of historic stringed instruments.

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● Special Event: Artist Reception (Donors & Subscribers)
● Radio Broadcast: Concert recording, KUSP Onsite - March 15 from 8-10pm







Concert II: Bach for Strings
Saturday, February 23 at 7:30pm ~ Holy Cross Church (map)
The Galax Quartet

Works of the greatest master, performed on a balanced ensemble of period instruments. Following their successful Baroque Festival debut in 2009 (Cosmos: The Art of Fugue), the Galax Quartet returns with a program of Bach and company. The ensemble is modeled after an early version of the string quartet (two violins, cello and viola da gamba) developed by 18th-century composer and gamba virtuoso Carl Friedrich Abel. Since 2005 the Galax Quartet has explored early classical and newly-commissioned works alike, performed in unexpected collaborations.

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● Radio Broadcast: Concert recording, KUSP Onsite - April 5 from 8-10pm






Concert III: Music of Scotland
Saturday, March 16, 7:30pm ~ UCSC Music Ctr Recital Hall* (map)
The Baltimore Consort

The Baltimore Consort presents a magical journey through Scotland, including popular Native Aires, songs by A Courtly Poet, plenty of The Scotch Humour, culminating in a Crossing to the New World. With fond memories of their last visit in 2000, the Baroque Festival is proud to welcome back one of America's favorite early music ensembles.

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● Special Event: Youth Chamber Music Competition awards performance
● Radio Broadcast: Concert recording, KUSP Onsite - May 10 from 8-10pm




Concert IV: Hasten to the Sea
Saturday, April 13, 7:30pm ~ UCSC Music Ctr Recital Hall* (map)
Tim Rayborn (voice, medieval strings, percussion) and Rita Lilly (voice, symphonie)

In an exciting collaboration, multi-instrumentalist Tim Rayborn and vocalist Rita Lilly present medieval instrumentals, secular cantigas, songs of troubadors and trobairitz of 12th to 13th-century Portugal, Spain, and France. Forming this program's highlight is the magnificent Cantigas de Amigo song cycle, a seven-part collection that was miraculously rediscovered in the 20th century inside the binding of a later book. Acclaimed specialist of medieval music Tim Rayborn last delighted our audience in 2008 (The Flame of Love).

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● Radio Broadcast: Concert recording, KUSP Onsite - Date TBA from 8-10pm






Concert V: Popular Baroque Revival
Saturday, May 11, 7:30pm ~ UCSC Music Ctr Recital Hall* (map)
Lux Musica with special guests Bob Stern (jazz violins), Mesut Ozgen (guitar) and Stan Poplin (bass).

Under the direction of Linda Burman-Hall, the Baroque Festival's resident period ensemble Lux Musica and guest artists return for another uniquely home-brewed program of musical surprises, featuring remarkable 17th and 18th century pop music from all over the continent. A special treat will be a hot jazz trio playing Bach swing. This concert features violinist Bob Stern, a former member of popular Santa Cruz band Oganookie, as well as a Baroque Festival alumni violinist from the organization's founding years (1972-74).

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● Special Event: Artist Reception (Donors & Subscribers)
● Radio Broadcast: Concert recording, KUSP Onsite - Date TBA from 8-10pm


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The Santa Cruz Baroque Festival is a tax-exempt arts organization funded by your donation, ticket sales and grants from the Cultural Council of Santa Cruz County, corporations, and family foundations. Our programs are co-sponsored by KUSP-FM. Events at UCSC are co-sponsored by the UCSC Department of Music. All facilities are handicap accessible (there is an elevator available at the UCSC Music Center Recital Hall).