Sunday, December 14, 2025, 7 p.m.

Judith Linsenberg, recorder; Ingrid Matthews, violin; Alexa Haynes-Pilon, viola da gamba; Charles Sherman, harpsichord; guest artist Chea Kang, soprano

6:00 PM – Pre-concert talk by Stanford cellist and educator Christopher Costanza
7:00 PM – Concert
9:00 PM – Celebrate with a complimentary glass of wine and dessert!

About Musica Pacifica

“Perhaps the standout of the entire festival.” (Early Music, UK)

Musica Pacifica has, since its founding in 1990, become widely recognized as one of America’s premier baroque ensembles, lauded for both the dazzling virtuosity and the warm expressiveness of its performances. They have been described by the press as “some of the finest baroque musicians in America” (American Record Guide) and “among the best in the world” (Alte Musik Aktuell). In the Bay Area, the artists perform with Philharmonia Baroque, American Bach Soloists, Berkeley Early Music Festival, and appear with many other prominent early music ensembles nationally and abroad. Recent performances include Music Before 1800 and the Frick Collection (NY); the Gejy Museum (Los Angeles); the Cleveland Art Museum; the Pittsburgh Renaissance and Baroque Society; the Seattle Early Music Guild; the Houston Early Music Society; and the LA County Museum.

Ticket Pricing: $62 (adult), $60 (senior, 62+) and $30 (age 30 and under).
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Questions? Please call the Box Office at (650) 762-1130.

Location & Directions

Music at Kohl Mansion, 2750 Adeline Drive, Burlingame, CA.

All programs subject to change.

PROGRAM

Hijinks of the High Baroque:
Composers Behaving Badly

Festive music punctuated with hilarious stories of the composers’ misdeeds and shenanigans.

Georg Philipp Telemann
Sonata 1 in A Major from “Paris Quartets,”

Francesco Maria Veracini
Sonata in A minor

Jean-Philippe Rameau
Chaconne and Tambourins from Dardanus from “Pièces de Clavecin, Premier Livre”

Joseph-Nicolas-Pancrace Royer
Les Matelots – Tambourins I and II (suite des Matelots) from “Pièces de Clavecin, Premier Livre”

Jean-Marie Leclair
Sonata 1 in D major, Op. 13 from Ouvertures et Sonates en Trio 

Johann Georg Pisendel
Sonata in E minor for violin and continuo

Johann Sebastian Bach
Stein der über all Schatze, from BWV 152
Gottlob, nun geht das Jahr zu Ende, from  BWV 28

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