Concert: Baroque Brilliance in San Francisco
Music
Herbst Theatre

Concert: Baroque Brilliance in San Francisco

Friday, December 4, 2026

7:30 PM – 7:30 PM

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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” and Bach’s Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen frame the concert with brilliant writing for soprano and trumpet. Telemann offers humor and narrative in his Burlesque de Quixotte, C.P.E. Bach explores emotional contrast in his cello concerto, and Marianna Martines adds a rarely heard Viennese voice to the program. Choose 3, 4, or 5 concerts—as low as $30 per concert SUBSCRIBE AND SAVE GET TICKETS SUBSCRIBE AND SAVE Choose 3, 4, or 5 concerts—as low as $30 per concert Single concert tickets go on sale June 2. LEARN MORE Program HANDEL – “Let the Bright Seraphim” from Samson MARTINES – O virgo, cui salutem debet orbis (WEST COAST PREMIERE) TELEMANN – Burlesque de Quixotte, TWV 55:G10 C.P.E. BACH – Concerto for violoncello in A major, Wq 172 J.S. BACH – Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen , BWV 51 Performers Patrick Dupré Quigley, conductor Kathryn Mueller, soprano William Skeen, violoncello Gonzalo X. Ruis, oboe Kathryn Adduci, trumpet

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