Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra & Chorale
Our musicians perform on instruments appropriate to the period. In some cases, the instruments are historical treasures dating from the baroque and classical eras. In other cases, the instruments have been produced by modern craftsmen working in the historical tradition. We note the makers of our musicians’ instruments.
ORCHESTRA MUSICIANS
Violin Family:
Violin, Viola, Violoncello, Bass
Woodwind:
Flute, Piccolo, Oboe, Recorder, Clarinet, Bassoon
Percussion:
Timpani
Lute Family:
Theorbo
Keyboard:
Organ, Harpsichord
CHORALE MUSICIANS
Soprano
Angela Arnold
Jennifer Ashworth
Tonia D’Amelio
Barbara Rowland
Helene Zindarsian
Angelique Zuluaga
Alto
Natasha Hoehn
Katherine McKee
Laurel Cameron Porter
Casie Walker
Heidi Waterman
Jacque Wilson
Tenor
Kevin Gibbs
Corey Head
Michael Jankosky
Jimmy Kansau
David Kurtenbach
Jonathan Smucker
Bass
Paul Boyce
Jeffrey Fields
Sepp Hammer
Tom Hart
James Monios
Chad Runyon
Violin
Elizabeth Blumenstock
Andrea Guarneri, Cremona, Italy, 1660
Jolianne von Einem
Rowland Ross, Guilford, England, 1979; after A. Stradivari, Cremona, Italy
Lisa Grodin
Paulo Antonio Testore, Contrada, Larga di Milano, Italy, 1736
Katherine Kyme
Carlo Antonio Testori, Milan, Italy, 1720
Tyler Lewis
Anonymous, Italy c. 1800
Anthony Martin
Thomas Oliver Croen, Walnut Creek, California, 2005; after Francesco Gobetti, Venice, Italy, 1717
Carla Moore
Johann Georg Thir, Vienna, Austria, 1754
Maxine Nemerovski
David Tecchler, Rome, Italy, 1733
Linda Quan
Jacob Stainer, Absam, Tyrol, 1655
Sandra Schwarz
Rowland Ross, Portsmouth, England, 1987; after A. Stradivari
Noah Strick
Celia Bridges, Cologne, Germany, 1988
Anna Washburn
Anonymous, Brescia, c. 1580
Lisa Weiss
Rowland Ross, Portsmouth, England, 1989; after Nicolo Amati, Cremona, Italy
Gabrielle Wunsch
Lorenzo Carcassi, Florence, Italy; 1765
Alicia Yang
Richard Duke, London, England, 1762
Viola
David Daniel Bowes
Richard Duke, London, England, c. 1780
Maria Caswell
Anonymous, Mittenwald, Germany, c. 1800
Daria D’Andrea
Gregori Ferdinand Wenger, Germany, 1752
Lisa Grodin
Mathias Eberl, Salzburg, Austria, 1680
Anthony Martin
Aegidius Kloz, Mittenwald, Germany, 1790
Ellie Nishi
Anonymous, Germany, 18th century
David Sego
Colin Nicholls, London, England, 1980; after N. Amati, Italy
Violoncello
Phoebe Carrai
Anonymous, Italy, c. 1690
Paul Hale
Joseph Grubaugh and Sigrun Seifert, Petaluma, California, 1988; after A. Stradivari
Robert Howard
Anonymous, Italy, c. 1750
William Skeen
Anonymous, Northern Italy, c. 1680
Tanya Tomkins
Lockey Hill, London, England, 1798
Bass
Anthony Manzo
Tom Wolf, 2007; after Carlo Ferdinando Landolfi, Tanegia, 1766
Michael Minor
Anonymous, Brescia, 17th century
Kristin Zoernig
Joseph Wrent, Rotterdam, Netherlands, 1648
Flute
Mindy Rosenfeld
Roderick Cameron, Mendocino, California, 1985; after G. A. Rottenburgh, Brussels, Belgium, c. 1745
Stephen Schultz
Martin Wenner, Singen, Germany, 2012; after Carlo Palanca, Turin, Italy, c. 1750
Janet See
Martin Wenner, Singen, Germany, 2010; after Carlo Palanca, Turin, Italy, c. 1750
Piccolo
Mindy Rosenfeld
Robert Claire, Oakland, California, 1985
Stephen Schultz
Robert Claire, Oakland, California, 1985
Oboe
David Dickey
Randy Cook, Basel, Switzerland, 2008; after Jonathan Bradbury, London, England, c. 1720
Gonzalo X. Ruiz
Joel Robinson, New York, New York, 1990; after Saxon models, c. 1720
Marc Schachman
H. A. Vas Dias, Decatur, Georgia, 2001; after Thomas Stanesby, England, c. 1710
Recorder
Hanneke van Proosdij
Peter van der Poel, Utrecht, Netherlands, 2005 (after Thomas Stanesby Jr., London, England, 1725)
Clarinet
Diane Heffner
Daniel Bangham, Cambridge, England, 1993; after H. Grenser, Dresden, Germany, c. 1810
Eric Hoeprich
A. Grenser, Dresden, Germany, c. 1785
Bassoon
About the Bassoon
Danny Bond
Peter de Koningh, Hall, Holland, 1978; after Prudent, Paris, France, c. 1760
Andrew Schwartz
Guntram Wolf, Kronach, Germany, 2008
Kate van Orden
Peter de Koningh, Hall, Holland, 1978; after Prudent, c. 1760
Horn
Paul Avril
Richard Seraphinoff, Bloomington, Indiana, 1997; after J. W. Haas, Nurnberg, c. 1720
R. J. Kelley
Richard Seraphinoff, Bloomington, Indiana, 2006 (after Hoffmaster, England, c. 1740)
Loren Tayerle
Trumpet
Kathryn Adduci
Rainer Egger, Basel, Switzerland, 2006; after Johann Leonhard Ehe III, Nuremberg, Germany, 1748
William Harvey
Keavy Vanryne, London, England, 2003; after Johann Wilhelm Hass, Nuremberg, Germany, c. 1710-1720
Fred Holmgren
Fred Holmgren, Massachusetts, 2005; after Johann Leonhard Ehe III, Nuremberg, Germany, 1746
John Thiessen
Rainer Egger, Basel, Switzerland, 2003; after Johann Leonhard Ehe III, Nuremberg, Germany, 1746
Timpani/Percussion
Todd Manley
Pete Woods, Aldershot, England, 1996; after 18th-century continental European, hand-tuned examples
Kent Reed
Anonymous, England, c. 1840
Theorbo
David Tayler
Andreas van Holst, Munich, Germany, 2004; after Magno Tieffenbrucker, Venice, Italy, 1610
Organ
Ignacio Prego
Gerrit C. Klop, Holland, 1991
Hanneke van Proosdij
Winold van der Putten, Finsterwolde, Netherlands, 2004; after early 18th-century northern German examples
Harpsichord
Rodney Gehrke
Nicholas McGegan (Music Director)
John Phillips, Berkeley, California, 1996; after Giusti, Italy, 17th century
Ignacio Prego
John Phillips, Berkeley, California, 2010; after Johann Heinrich Grabner, Dresden, Germany, 1722
Hanneke van Proosdij
John Phillips, Berkeley, California, 1990; after Albert Delin, Tournai, Belgium, 1768