A “Windy” Night in the Gardens

Sherman Library & Gardens East Coast Highway, Newport Beach

Join Elizabeth Blumenstock and colleagues for a grand evening of chamber music for winds in the atmospheric setting of Sherman Gardens, featuring chamber concertos, trios, quintets and quartets by Boismortier, Loiellet, Telemann and Vivaldi. While the Venetian “Red Priest” is … Read More

$55

Classical Quartets

Sherman Library & Gardens East Coast Highway, Newport Beach

Presenting masterful string quartets by Boccherini, Haydn and Mozart in their socio-historical context, this program is focused around the musically enthusiastic and “cellistically” accomplished Kaiser Friedrich Wilhelm, who was the nephew and successor of King Friedrich the Great. Baroque-Classical composer Luigi … Read More

$55

Festival Finale: Vivaldi’s Gloria

St. Mark Presbyterian Church 2200 San Joaquin Hills Road, Newport Beach

Estelí Gomez (soprano) and Cecilia Duarte (mezzo-soprano) join the Festival Chorus and Orchestra led by Blumenstock for tales and retellings of adoration and anguish in the Venetian Republic. The 45th Festival, La Serenissima: Vivaldi for All Seasons, closes with a … Read More

$50