SANTA CRUZ BAROQUE FESTIVAL: TREASURES FROM THE BIRTH OF THE BAROQUE

Santa Cruz Baroque Festival Concert I: Celtic Bharócach (Celtic Baroque)

Featuring: Marja Gaynor, Baroque violin & viola with Nina Treadwell, theorbo, archlute, baroque guitar, lute, tambourine and Linda Burman-Hall, early keyboards and percussion, with introduction by William Mathews, astronomer.

Exotic songs and dances from the birth of the Baroque, featuring the Baroque Festival debut of strings virtuoso Marja Gaynor of Ireland. Our fantastic exploration of tonal space by composers from the age of Galileo onward will be accompanied by deep space progressions on the UCSC Center Recital Hall wide screen. A meet-the-artists reception for subscribers and donors follows.

Round trip airfare for Marja Gaynor is provided by Culture Ireland, http://www.cultureireland.ie/

Photo: Marja Gaynor