September 2025

 

NEXT MPRO MEETING

The orchestra’s next meeting will be held on Monday, Sept. 8th at 7pm at the Veterans Memorial Senior Center, 1455 Madison Ave. Redwood City.

 

CONDUCTOR’S CORNER

Dear members of the Mid-Peninsula Recorder Orchestra,

 

            The Mid-Peninsula Recorder Orchestra is looking forward to an exciting new season and has planned an ambitious and highly varied program that it will be working on in preparation for its holiday concert in December. The musical selections will range from the 16th to the 20th centuries and include the Concerto for Flautino by Antonio Vivaldi, which contains some of the most brilliant and virtuosic writing for the recorder ever composed. I am happy to let you know that Vinayak Vikram will be returning to the orchestra this season and will be the sopranino recorder soloist on this concerto.

 

            As in past seasons, MPRO meetings will take place at the Veterans Memorial Senior Center, 1455 Madison Avenue at St. Francis St., in Redwood City from 7:00 to 9:00 P.M. For those who are located too far to attend in person, I am pleased to announce that this coming season’s meetings will also be streamed via Zoom. Ray White will be sending out invitations to all MPRO members with links to these hybrid Zoom meetings. Please contact him at <rayhwhite@yahoo.com> if you do not receive an invitation.

 

            Listed below is the music for the first three meetings of the orchestra’s 2025-26 season. Please note that great bass recorders as well as bassoons will be needed at all three meetings, sopranino and contrabass recorders on September 8 and October 6 and krummhorns on October 6. Finally, everyone is asked to practice and become familiar with the scheduled music before the first meeting in September.

 

September 8

Anonymous: Hora

Anonymous: Di Mezinke Oysgegebn

Vivaldi: Concerto in C major RV 443

 

September 22

Veyvanovsky: Sonata La Posta

Dowland: Lachrimae Antiquae

Purcell: Suite from The Double Dealer

 

October 6

Anonymous: Hora

Anonymous: Di Mezinke Oysgegebn

Debussy: Sarabande

Passereau: Il est belle et bon

Vivaldi: Concerto in C major RV 443

 

I look forward to working with you again in September and encourage you to let any of your friends who play early instruments know about the orchestra’s activities this season and invite them to attend our upcoming meetings.

 

Sincerely,

Fred Palmer

     

 

COMING EVENTS AND ONLINE RESOURCES

The San Francisco Early Music Society has an upcoming new season of early music concerts. The first these concerts is in October by Tasto Solo, La Flor en Paradis —The New Musical Art is Europe 1250-1350.  There will be three performances in Palo Alto, Berkeley, and San Francisco. Information on this concert and others in their season can be found at <https://www.sfems.org/concerts>.

 

 

Music Director: Fred Palmer

 

The Board:

President: Kathrin Hoffnagle                          Treasurer: Chantal Moser

Secretary: Francie Souza                                Membership: Chris Flake

Publicity: vacant                                             Graphics: vacant

Newsletter Editor: Tom Granvold                  Virtual Meeting Host: Ray White

Workshop Coordinator: vacant                       Hospitality: vacant

Music Sales: vacant                                        Webmaster: Dan Chernikoff

 

MPRO website: http://www.mpro-online.org