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Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra & Chorale's newly appointed Music Director Peter Whelan has announced the 2026-27 season. Pictured: Peter Whelan conducting Philharmonia's presentation of Handel's "Alceste."
Photo Credit: Kristen Loken
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra & Chorale's newly appointed Music Director Peter Whelan has announced the 2026-27 season. Pictured: Peter Whelan conducting Philharmonia's presentation of Handel's "Alceste."
Photo Credit: Kristen Loken
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra & Chorale's newly appointed Music Director Peter Whelan has announced the 2026-27 season. Pictured: Peter Whelan conducting Philharmonia's presentation of Handel's "Alceste."
Photo Credit: Kristen Loken
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra & Chorale's newly appointed Music Director Peter Whelan has announced the 2026-27 season.
Photo courtesy of Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra & Chorale
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra & Chorale's newly appointed Music Director Peter Whelan has announced the 2026-27 season.
Photo courtesy of Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra & Chorale
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra & Chorale will present Handel’s "Alexander’s Feast" ("The Power of Music"), November 11–14, 2026, followed by Haydn’s "The Creation," April 9–11, 2027, in Stanford, San Francisco, and Berkeley. Both will be performed by the Philharmonia Chorale under the direction of Valérie Sainte-Agathe.
Photo credit: Carlin Ma
Haydn’s “The Creation”
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra & Chorale will present Haydn’s "The Creation," with
leading Baroque interpreter James Darrah Black directing, April 9–11, 2027, in San Francisco, Berkeley, and Stanford.
Photo credit: JJ Geiger
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra & Chorale will present Haydn’s "The Creation," featuring countertenor Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen, April 9–11, 2027, in San Francisco, Berkeley, and Stanford.
Photo credit: Jiyang Chen
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra & Chorale will present Haydn’s "The Creation," featuring soprano Lauren Snouffer, April 9–11, 2027, in San Francisco, Berkeley, and Stanford.
Photo credit: Anja Schutz
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra & Chorale will present Haydn’s "The Creation," featuring soprano Nicole Heaston, April 9–11, 2027, in San Francisco, Berkeley, and Stanford.
Photo credit: Fadil Barisha
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra & Chorale will present Haydn’s "The Creation," featuring bass-baritone Dashon Burton, April 9–11, 2027, in San Francisco, Berkeley, and Stanford.
Photo credit: Hunter Hart
Handel’s “Alexander’s Feast” (“The Power of Music”)
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra & Chorale will present Handel’s "Alexander’s Feast" ("The Power of Music"), featuring soprano Sherezade Panthaki, November 11-14, 2026, in Stanford, San Francisco, and Berkeley.
Photo credit: David Fung
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra & Chorale will present Handel’s "Alexander’s Feast" ("The Power of Music"), featuring mezzo-soprano Rachel Wilson, November 11-14, 2026, in Stanford, San Francisco, and Berkeley.
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra & Chorale will present Handel’s "Alexander’s Feast" ("The Power of Music"), featuring tenor James May, November 11-14, 2026, in Stanford, San Francisco, and Berkeley.
“Baroque Brilliance”
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra & Chorale will present "Baroque Brilliance," conducted by Patrick Dupré Quigley, December 3–5, 2026, in Palo Alto, San Francisco, and Berkeley.
Photo credit: Curtis Perry courtesy of the National Arts Centre
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra & Chorale will present "Baroque Brilliance," featuring soprano Kathryn Mueller, December 3–5, 2026, in Palo Alto, San Francisco, and Berkeley.
Photo credit: Winston Salem
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra & Chorale will present "Baroque Brilliance," featuring cellist William Skeen, December 3–5, 2026, in Palo Alto, San Francisco, and Berkeley.
Photo credit: Frank Wing
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra & Chorale will present "Baroque Brilliance," featuring trumpeter Kathryn Adduci, December 3–5, 2026, in Palo Alto, San Francisco, and Berkeley.
“Vivaldi and the Oud”
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra & Chorale will present "Vivaldi and the Oud," featuring special guest Joseph Tawadros on the oud, February 5–7, 2027, in San Francisco, Berkeley, and Stanford.
Photo credit: Anthony Lycett
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra & Chorale will present "Vivaldi and the Oud," featuring Tarik O'Regan's "Concerto for Oud, Strings & Percussion," February 5–7, 2027, in San Francisco, Berkeley, and Stanford.
Photo credit: Peter Greig
“Baroque on Stage”
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra & Chorale will present "Baroque on Stage," March 4–6, 2027, in Palo Alto, San Francisco, and Berkeley. The program is curated and led by internationally acclaimed violinist Rachell Ellen Wong, who will also be featured as a soloist.
Photo credit: Lucien Knuteson Photography
Haydn’s “The Creation”
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra & Chorale will present Haydn’s "The Creation," featuring soprano Lucy Crowe, April 9–11, 2027, in San Francisco, Berkeley, and Stanford.
Photo credit: Victoria Cadisch
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra & Chorale will present Haydn’s "The Creation," featuring tenor Nicholas Phan, April 9–11, 2027, in San Francisco, Berkeley, and Stanford.
Photo credit: Clubsoda Productions
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra & Chorale will present Haydn’s "The Creation," featuring bass-baritone Enrico Lagasca, April 9–11, 2027, in San Francisco, Berkeley, and Stanford.
Photo credit: Jiyang Chen
SESSIONS concert “Alexi Kenney with Philharmonia Baroque”
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra & Chorale will close its season with its second SESSIONS concert, "Alexi Kenney with Philharmonia Baroque," on May 6, 2027 in Palo Alto.