2021-2022 Concerts
Con Afecto y Armonía : Baroque Music of Latin America and Spain
Saturday, July 3, 2021, 5:00 pm
Villa del Sol d’Oro, Sierra Madre
THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT. Renowned early music director and lutenist Stephen Stubbs directs Tesserae Baroque in a program of music from Latin America and Spain. Performed in the stunning grounds of the Villa del Sol D'Oro in Sierra Madre, this performance will feature music by Aristondo, Zumaya, Sober...
The Tesserae Baroque Annual Fundraiser: Bach Reconstructed
Sunday, October 17, 2021, 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
The Contrapuntal Recital Hall, Brentwood
Tesserae Baroque invites you to join us for our Annual Fundraiser at the beautiful Contrapuntal Recital Hall. We will present a program of works by J.S. Bach that have either been deconstructed or reconstructed. Our performance - featuring the Greg Harold Baroque organ - will be followed by an outdo...
The Art of the Countertenor
Sunday, November 21, 2021, 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
All Saints’ Episcopal Church, Beverly Hills
Renowned countertenor Reginald Mobley joins Tesserae for our season opener, a concert celebrating the rich and wonderfully varied musical world of the Baroque countertenor.
A Musical Portrait of the Venetian Courtesan
Sunday, January 16, 2022, 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Pasadena
UPDATE: Due to covid restrictions, this performance can no longer be held at the Doheny Mansion. We have instead moved to a private outdoor location in Pasadena. The salons of the Venetian courtesans were among the liveliest and richest artistic centers of the city. A Musical Portrait of the Venetia...
Bach Week at Cal Poly: Friday Chamber concert
Friday, January 21, 2022, 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
First Presbyterian Church, San Luis Obispo
Tesserae is delighted to return to San Luis Obispo for Cal Poly's annual Bach Week. For the Friday chamber concert, we will be joined by soprano Rebecca Myers for 'A Musical Portrait of a Venetian Courtesan'.
Tesserae plays with Jacaranda: Gratitude
Saturday, January 22, 2022, 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Barnum Hall
CANCELED due to covid concerns. Tesserae is honored to be a part of Jacaranda's incredible celebration of our community's cooperative spirit. This unique performance will be held at Santa Monica's historic Barnum Hall, and will feature music by Pärt, Moncayo, and Monteverdi.
Bach Week at Cal Poly: Saturday Finale Concert
Saturday, January 22, 2022, 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
First Presbyterian Church, San Luis Obispo
Cal Poly's Bach Week finale which feature one of Bach's earliest cantatas "Aus der Tiefen rufe ich, Herr, zu dir,” BWV 131, as well as Delalande's setting of the same text.
Bellissima Serenata
Sunday, March 13, 2022, 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Calvary Presbyterian Church, South Pasadena
Tesserae performs Corelli in context, around arias from famous Roman oratorios by Lulier, Pasquini, Scarlatti, and Handel.
The Myth of Venice
Sunday, May 22, 2022, 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
All Saints’ Episcopal Church, Beverly Hills
In a concert featuring cornetts, sackbuts, strings, and singers, Tesserae brings to life the grandiose polychoral music from the late Renaissance and the early Baroque – the Golden Age of Venetian music