Shunske Sato Leads Beethoven’s First and More Philharmonia Baroque’s season finale invites you to hear Beethoven’s First Symphony—the bold work that launched his symphonic journey—alongside music by C.P.E. Bach, Mozart,...
Who’s Invited? $1,000+ Donors. By invitation only; RSVP required. Celebrate the close of Philharmonia’s 2025/26 season with a festive reception following the season finale Kinks and Quirks. Raise a glass...
Shunske Sato Leads Beethoven’s First and More Philharmonia Baroque’s season finale invites you to hear Beethoven’s First Symphony—the bold work that launched his symphonic journey—alongside music by C.P.E. Bach, Mozart,...
Shunske Sato Leads Beethoven’s First and More Philharmonia Baroque’s season finale invites you to hear Beethoven’s First Symphony—the bold work that launched his symphonic journey—alongside music by C.P.E. Bach, Mozart,...
Free and open to the public - part of Bay Area Dance Week. RSVP required, NO WALK UPS. Philharmonia Baroque and Dance Through Time present a free 90-minute workshop Saturday, May...
Hosted by art collector Foster Goldstrom, this intimate afternoon offers rare access to one of Bernard Maybeck's most celebrated homes, the Guy Hyde Chick House in Oakland. Following a private...
Join hosts Richard Fabian and Stephen Holtzman for a private tour of their Pacific Heights home, featuring the Reverend Richard Fabian Collection of Chinese Paintings. Six works from the collection...
Berkeley Festival & Exhibition By the late 18th century, the clarinet had come into its own as a fully-fledged instrument capable of great virtuosity, as well as exquisite tenderness. In...
Step into an intimate 18th-century sound world at a private concert in John Phillips’s Berkeley workshop, centered on a rare 1780 Kirckman harpsichord. Titled Bach-Abel, the program by Trio Ignacio...
Wake up to the vibrant sounds of 18th-century Spain with chamber music by Luigi Boccherini. Featuring the irresistible rhythms of guitar and strings, these elegant quintets blend graceful melodies and...
Music Director Peter Whelan opens his first Philharmonia season with a semi-staged production of Handel’s Tolomeo, combining historically informed performance with theatrical elements that sharpen the drama. Choose 3, 4,...
Music Director Peter Whelan opens his first Philharmonia season with a semi-staged production of Handel’s Tolomeo, combining historically informed performance with theatrical elements that sharpen the drama. Choose 3, 4,...
The Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra returns to the Venetian Theater for a semi-staged production of Handel’s masterpiece, Tolomeo, re d'Egitto. Led by their newly appointed Music Director, Peter Whelan, and directed by James Darrah Black, the ensemble has previously brought memorable Handel productions of Atalanta and Acis and Galatea to...
The Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra presents Of Rivers and Roses, with works by Handel in dialogue with works by Caroline Shaw. Featuring countertenor Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen, soprano Lauren Snouffer, and bass-baritone Dashon...
Step into the refined world of the French royal court with a delightful morning of music by François Couperin, a leading composer at the court of King Louis XIV, the...
Join us for four evenings of listening and discovery as Philharmonia’s program notes annotator Scott Foglesong offers a practical introduction to the music, the composers, and the ideas and stories...
Begin your morning with a program for voices that spans centuries. Members of the Philharmonia Baroque Chorale, led by award-winning Chorale Director Valérie Sainte-Agathe, explores music of praise, celebration, love,...
Join us for four evenings of listening and discovery as Philharmonia’s program notes annotator Scott Foglesong offers a practical introduction to the music, the composers, and the ideas and stories...
Join GRAMMY-nominated pianist/accordionist Sam Reider for a scintillating recital at the architecturally renowned Darling House in SF, as the guest of Gayle and Gary Strang. The afternoon includes a private...
Join us for four evenings of listening and discovery as Philharmonia’s program notes annotator Scott Foglesong offers a practical introduction to the music, the composers, and the ideas and stories...
Enjoy an intimate house concert with soprano Maya Kherani at the Portola Valley home of Glenn Zhu and Ann Gui. Known for her vibrant voice and expressive range, Kherani performs...
Join us for four evenings of listening and discovery as Philharmonia’s program notes annotator Scott Foglesong offers a practical introduction to the music, the composers, and the ideas and stories...
Set on a beautiful tree-lined Berkeley street, this intimate gathering at the home of Christine and Ken Hecht brings guest together for an afternoon of music and hospitality. The highlight...
Fresh off his 2025 London Proms success with the Irish Baroque Orchestra, Music Director Peter Whelan opens the 2026/27 subscription season with Handel’s Alexander’s Feast. Centered on a banquet...
Fresh off his 2025 London Proms success with the Irish Baroque Orchestra, Music Director Peter Whelan opens the 2026/27 subscription season with Handel’s Alexander’s Feast. Centered on a banquet...
Fresh off his 2025 London Proms success with the Irish Baroque Orchestra, Music Director Peter Whelan opens the 2026/27 subscription season with Handel’s Alexander’s Feast. Centered on a banquet...
A bright, celebratory program for the holiday season brings together composers working in the same 18th-century musical world, each writing in a distinct voice. Handel’s “Let the Bright Seraphim”...
A bright, celebratory program for the holiday season brings together composers working in the same 18th-century musical world, each writing in a distinct voice. Handel’s “Let the Bright Seraphim”...
A bright, celebratory program for the holiday season brings together composers working in the same 18th-century musical world, each writing in a distinct voice. Handel’s “Let the Bright Seraphim”...
Cairo-born, eight-time ARIA Award winner Joseph Tawadros is one of the world’s leading masters of the oud—an Arabic fretless lute and ancestor of the theorbo, and modern guitar. Renowned for...
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