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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 43nd Anniversary Season: 2024 -2025​

A Baroque Feast

Vocal & 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
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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
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The Coffee Cantata

and
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
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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
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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
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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
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Con Gioia’s 40th Anniversary Season: 2021-2022​

NOVEMBER 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.

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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
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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
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​Fortepiano recital

C.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
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Inspired by Goethe

Lieder 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​
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FRANÇOIS COUPERIN 350

Music 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

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The Harmonious World of Georg Philipp Telemann
​(1681-1767)

In Commemoration of the 250th Anniversary of His Death

Sunday, October 22, 2017 at 5:00 pm

​Neighborhood Unitarian Universalist Church
301 North Orange Grove
Pasadena, CA 91003


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Please refer also to Con Gioia’s concert announcement (in English) on the official German webpage, “Telemann 2017 highlights.”
 
http://www.telemann2017.eu/en/events/event/the-harmonious-world-of-telemann-2168-2169.html
http://www.telemann2017.eu/de/veranstaltungen/hoehepunkte.htm

Baroque Virtuosi at the Dresden Court

Eighteenth-century Vocal and Instrumental Music
​for Augustus the Strong and Augustus III

Saturday, March 25, 2017 at 4:00pm

Neighborhood Unitarian Universalist Church
301 North Orange Grove
Pasadena, CA 91003
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A Classical Viennese Soirée

Sunday, October 23, 2016 at 4:00 p.m.
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church

958 Lincoln Boulevard
Santa Monica, CA 90403


This concert will be repeated on November 6, 2016 at 7:00 p.m. at
Drinkward Recital Hall, Shanahan Center (301 Platt Road)

Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA 91711. Admission is free.
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Love Is In The Ayres

Our spring concert at the Church of the Angels, “LOVE IS IN THE AYRES,” will feature two singers, a lutenist, and a fortepianist. 

Sunday, April 10, 2016 at 4 p.m.
Church of the Angels
1100 Avenue 64
Pasadena, CA 91105

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Music For Two Harpsichords

Sunday, November 8th 2015
Church of the Angels
1100 Avenue 64
Pasadena, CA 91105
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Commemoration of the 300th Birthday of Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788)

CONCERT FOUR - SWAN SONG AND REMINISCENCES
Saturday, April 4, 2015 at 4:00 p.m.
Neighborhood Church

301 North Orange Grove
Pasadena, CA 91103
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      • Musical Antidotes to a Plague
      • Baroque Virtuosi at the Dresden Court
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