Juditha is the only surviving oratorio of the four Vivaldi wrote, and it is not performed often. Nicholas McGegan, will conduct the Philharmonia Baroque in four performances.
The Rolleo family band is part of the Bay Area Discovery Museum's Spring Kids Concert Series lineup of five performances that involve music for children age six months old and up.
This year's Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra free family concertfeatures a lively program of music, discussion, and a post-concert "petting zoo," where children can view period and historically accurate instruments up close.
Hewitt, whose ambition and dedication know no bounds, returns with a busy schedule: an all-Beethoven recital in San José, a "concert with conversation" at the S.F. Community Music Center, and The Art of Fugue at SFJAZZ.
A Spaghetti Western, a comedy set on the frontier, features great music and silliness in a tale of characters blazing a path westward while chasing the American dream but leaving large piles of pasta in their wake.