Con Gioia, based in Claremont, presents some of the best performers of early music in the United States and Europe. Following its debut in 1982, the ensemble continues to provide Southern California audiences with outstanding early music performances on period instruments.
Upcoming Concerts
Con Gioia’s 44th Anniversary Season 2025-2026
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Con Gioia
Celebrates the Feast of St. Cecilia (Patron Saint of Music)
with Handel’s Odes and newly rediscovered works: Possibly the first performances in Los Angeles of
J.S. Bach, Cantata for Soprano and strings, Alles mit Gott und nichts ohn'in, BWV 1127 and Mozart, Serenade for String Trio, K. 648 Andrea Zomorodian, soprano Michael Jones, tenor John Buffett, baritone Guest artists Marc Schachman, baroque oboe and Eva Lymenstull: baroque violoncello Saturday, November 22, 2025 at 4:00 p.m. First Congregational Church of Los Angeles 540 S Commonwealth Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90020 A Baroque FeastVocal & Instrumental Music by Bach & Handel
Bach: Cello Suite in C Major, Aria for Baritone (BWV 8) and Wedding Cantata (BWV 209) Handel: Cantata “Che vai pensando,” Oboe Sonata in C minor and Water Music: Suite No. 3 in G Saturday, April 5, 2025 at 4:00 p.m. Sierra Madre Playhouse 87 W. Sierra Madre Blvd. Sierra Madre, CA 91024 Sublime Vocal Gems of the German Baroque Era
J. S. Bach Arias and duets from Cantatas BWV 2, BWV 30, BWV 78, BWV 82, BWV 137 & BWV 192
Christoph Graupner Aria, Ach Gott wie manches herzeleid (GWV 1142/11) and duet from Weg, verdammtes Sündenleben (GWV 1147/20) J. A. Hasse Aria “Il rimorso opprimei” from the Oratorio La conversione di Sant’Agostino Saturday, November 2, 2024 at 4:00 p.m. First United Methodist Church (Chapel) 500 E. Colorado Boulevard Pasadena, CA 91101 The Coffee Cantataand
Other Works by Bach & Telemann J.S. Bach Coffee Cantata, BWV 211 (staged in an English version) and
Duet from the cantata Wachet auf… (Sleepers awake), BWV 140 G. Ph. Telemann Paris Quartet No. 10 in B minor, TWV 43:h2 with Andrea Zomorodian, soprano, John Buffett, baritone and Chris Gomez, tenor Stephen Schultz, transverse flute William Skeen, viola da gamba and baroque violoncello Kati Kyme & Alfred Cramer, baroque violins Ellie Nishi, baroque viola, Denise Briesé, violone Preethi de Silva, harpsichord; artistic director Throop Hall Throop Unitarian Universalist Church 300 S. Los Robles Avenue Pasadena, CA, 91101 Bach in Leipzig: 1723-2023
Commemorating the 300th anniversary of Bach’s appointment as Cantor at the Churches of St. Thomas and St. Nicholas and Director of Music in Leipzig.
Saturday, November 4, 2023 4:00 p.m. Neighborhood Unitarian Universalist Church 301 Orange Grove Blvd. Pasadena, CA 91103 Inspired by Goethe
Friday, February 3, 2023 at 12 noon
Balch Auditorium* Scripps College 10th and Columbia Claremont, CA 91711 *Click here to see map including Balch Hall. Admission is free Bach and More Bach: Exquisite Arias and Cantata BWV 199
October 15, 2022
4:00 p.m. Neighborhood Unitarian Universalist Church 301 Orange Grove Blvd. Pasadena, CA 91103 Con Gioia’s 40th Anniversary Season: 2021-2022NOVEMBER 6, 2021, in Pasadena
Following historical precedents of commemorating the end of plagues with festivities and performances of music, Con Gioia is pleased to offer a free concert this fall to honor victims of COVID-19 and all who tirelessly cared for them in many ways. The program will include sacred and secular vocal works by J.S. Bach, Telemann, and Reinhard Keiser. Con Gioia will strictly follow CDC and Los Angeles County Department of Public Health protocol for performances in indoor venues for this event. Please Check this page after October 31, 2021 for possible updates. Musical Antidotes for a Plague November 6, 2021 4:00 p.m. Neighborhood Unitarian Universalist Church 301 Orange Grove Blvd. Pasadena, CA 91103 Inspired by Goethe
This concert may be rescheduled in Spring 2022.
CON GIOIA’S CONCERT and ALL PUBLIC EVENTS at SCRIPPS COLLEGE in 2020 and spring semester 2021 WERE CANCELLED DUE TO THE SPREAD OF CORONA VIRUS COVID-19
Sunday, April 5, 2020 at 3:00 pm Balch Auditorium Scripps College 10th and Columbia Claremont, CA 91711 Exhilarating Baroque Cantatas, Arias, and Sonatas
Music of Bach, Handel, and Telemann
Sunday, November 10, 2019 at 4:00 p.m. Boston Court Performing Arts Center 70 North Mentor Avenue Pasadena, CA 91106 Fortepiano recitalC.P.E. Bach and Mozart Redux
Sunday, March 24, 2019 at 4:00 p.m. St. Paul’s Lutheran Church 958 Lincoln Boulevard Santa Monica, CA 90403 Inspired by GoetheLieder based on texts by the great German poet, playwright, novelist, scientist, and statesman
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832) Music for voices and fortepiano by Goethe’s close friends and contemporaries Saturday, November 3, 2018 at 7:00 pm Neighborhood Unitarian Universalist Church 301 North Orange Grove Pasadena, CA 91103 FRANÇOIS COUPERIN 350Music of François Couperin le grand (1668–1733) and His Musical Dynasty
A Commemoration of the 350th Anniversary of Couperin’s Birth Presented at the Boston Court Performing Arts Center Saturday, March 17, 2018 at 7:00 pm Boston Court Performing Arts Center 70 North Mentor Avenue Pasadena, CA 91106 The Harmonious World of Georg Philipp Telemann
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