The next concert to be offered by the San Francisco Early Music Society (SFEMS) will feature its series debut of the Archetti Baroque String Ensemble. (“Archetti” is Italian for “bows.”) The title of their program will be Masters of the Italian Concerto and “the usual suspects” will be represented by both concerto grosso and concerto offerings. The more familiar works will include the eleventh (A major) concerto grosso in George Frideric Handel’s Opus 6 collection (HWV 329, composed in 1739 and a particular favorite of the British historian Charles Burney) and Johann Sebastian Bach’s BWV 1055 harpsichord concerto in A major (composed around the same time), with the solo part taken by Davitt Moroney. Antonio Vivaldi will be represented by a cello concerto and a concerto for four violins, and works by Pietro Locatelli will also be included.
If all this sounds a bit too familiar, the program will also include a work by Pieter Hellendaal (1721–1799). Hellendaal established himself as an organ prodigy; and, as he matured, his reputation expanded to include accomplishments as both violinist and composer. He immigrated to England in 1752 and spent the last 25 years of his life as an organist in Cambridge.
Archetti’s San Francisco concert will take place on Sunday, March 4, at 4 PM in St. Mark's Lutheran Church, 1111 O'Farrell Street. Single tickets are $35 with special rate of $30 for seniors, $28 for SFEMS members, and $12 for students. Tickets may be purchased through the secure Ticket Turtle Ticket Order Form, also accessible as through a hyperlink on the SFEMS Web site, or by calling the SFEMS Ticket Office at 510-528-1725.
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