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Past Concerts:
​2009

Con Gioia's performances in 2009.

MUSICAL SIRENS
FROM RUSSIA AND EUROPE
An evening of first performances and anniversaries

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2009 4:00 P.M. 
Ross Chapel 
Neighborhood Unitarian Universalist Church 
301 N. Orange Grove Boulevard, Pasadena, CA 91103

Artists

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featuring
internationally acclaimed Canadian soprano
Anne Harley
with
Preethi de Silva, harpsichord and director
Elisabeth Le Guin, baroque ‘cello
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Songs by Russian princesses Dashkova and Kurakina and the Countess Golovina
(First performances in Los Angeles)
Cantata La Lucrezia by Handel (d. 1759) and songs by Purcell (b. 1659) 
Opera arias by Paisiello
and  the Margravine Wilhelmine von Bayreuth (d. 1759)
(Presumed to be the first performance in Los Angeles) 
Variations on Folies d’Espagne for harpsichord by CPE Bach

Ticket Prices

Adults: $25
Seniors, Friends of Con Gioia, members of SCEMS and EMA: $20
Students (with ID): $15
Patrons and Benefactors of Con Gioia receive free admission with prior reservation.
Tickets may also be purchased by mailing a check before Oct. 22 to:
Con Gioia, 1020 Kent Drive, Claremont, CA 91711

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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2009 8 p.m.
Herbert Zipper Concert Hall at the Colburn School
200 South Grand Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90012

Artists

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​Julianne Baird, 
soprano
[link to website]

Gala program commemorating of the anniversaries of the deaths of Handel (d. 1759) and Haydn (d. 1809), and featuring distinguished guest artist Julianne Baird, soprano; Michael DuPree, baroque oboe; M. Anne Rardin, baroque violin; Danielle Cummins, baroque violin; Roger Lebow, baroque 'cello;Jason Yoshida, baroque guitar and lute; and Preethi de Silva, director, harpsichord and fortepiano.
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Arias by Handel from operas and oratorios (Agrippina, Semele, and Judas Maccabaeus); cantatas (Apollo & Dafne, No se emendará jamás); and the complete cantata, Mi Palpita il cor. Selections from trio sonatas and harpsichord works.
Haydn's cantata, Arianna a Naxos

Ticket Prices

General Admission: $25; seniors, members of SCEMS and EMA: $20
Friends of Con Gioia: $15; Students (with ID) and children: $10.
Patrons and Benefactors of Con Gioia receive free admission with prior reservation.
Tickets may also be purchased by mailing a check before Feb. 25 to:
Con Gioia, 1020 Kent Drive, Claremont, CA 91711

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      • Sublime Vocal Gems of the German Baroque Era
      • Coffee Cantata
      • Bach in Leipzig
      • Inspired by Goethe
      • Bach and More Bach
      • Musical Antidotes to a Plague
      • Baroque Virtuosi at the Dresden Court
      • Exhilirating Baroque Cantatas, Arias, and Sonatas
  • Concerts
    • Current Concerts
    • Past Concerts
  • Membership
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