Sunday, June 3
Sunday, June 3, 2018
11 AM–7 PM
Sunday, June 3, 2018
12 PM
In celebration of the group’s twentieth anniversary, the Junior Recorder Society returns to BAMPFA to delight us with period music performed on wind instruments of various sizes.
Included with admission
Series
Early Music on Film 2018
Sunday, June 3, 2018
2 PM
Nayo Titzin,
Bulgaria,
2010,
(56 mins)
This behind-the-scenes look at an opera production documents a performance of Handel’s Agrippina by the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, as conducted by René Jacobs and performed at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden.
Series
Early Music on Film 2018
Sunday, June 3, 2018
4 PM
Vajra Voices, known for their “shimmering resonance and elegantly paced performances” (Choir and Organ), present a program of music by Guillaume de Machaut. With Shira Kammen on vielle and harp.
Special admission: $20
Series
Early Music on Film 2018
Sunday, June 3, 2018
6:30 PM
King Hu,
Taiwan,
1971,
(180 mins)
Digital Restoration
A swordswoman on the run takes refuge with a shy scholar, but soon finds herself back under attack. King Hu’s visionary martial arts epic turns swordplay into ballet, and remains one of the greatest action films of all time.
Monday, June 4
Tuesday, June 5
Wednesday, June 6
Wednesday, June 6, 2018
1:30 PM
Emanuele Garofalo,
France, Italy,
2009,
(116 mins)
L’Orfeo showcases Robert Wilson’s wonderful minimalist interpretation of Monteverdi’s seminal first opera, based on Ovid’s Metamorphosis. Performed by the Orchestra of Teatro alla Scala and Concerto Italiano under the direction of Rinaldo Alessandrini.
Series
Early Music on Film 2018
Wednesday, June 6, 2018
7 PM
(90 mins)
Svenska Filminstitutet curator Jon Wengström shares films featuring Bergman as a director on set, offering insights into his working process and collaborations with actors.
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Jon Wengström
Illustrated LectureJon Wengström is curator of the archival film collections at the Svenska Filminstitutet, Stockholm.
Thursday, June 7
Thursday, June 7, 2018
11 AM–7 PM
Thursday, June 7, 2018
12 PM
The curator of Master Traces, Transcultural Visions explores the important role of narrative art in Buddhist teachings.
Thursday, June 7, 2018
1:30 PM
Stéphane Metge,
2016,
(136 mins)
Handel’s allegorical first oratorio comes alive in stage director Krzysztof Warlikowski’s contemporary adaptation. Emmanuelle Haïm conducts her ensemble Le Concert d’Astrée, with Sabine Devieilhe, Franco Fagioli, Sara Mingardo, and Michael Spyres.
Series
Early Music on Film 2018
Thursday, June 7, 2018
4–7 PM
Thursday, June 7, 2018
4–7 PM
Time for a serious look at fun in works by Yinka Shonibare, Peter Paone, Kaiho Yusetsu, Glen Friedman, and more.
Free admission
Series
Five Tables 2018
Thursday, June 7, 2018
7 PM
Clarence Brown,
United States,
1926,
(112 mins)
Archival Print
The attentions of a countess (Garbo) transform lifelong friends (John Gilbert and Lars Hanson) into bitter rivals in this fine example of the artistic and technical heights achieved by the Hollywood silent cinema in the late 1920s.
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Judith Rosenberg
On Piano
Friday, June 8
Friday, June 8, 2018
1 PM
The Galax Quartet performs works by Nancy Galbraith, Jacques Meyer, J. S. Bach, and others with guest soloists Stephen Schultz (baroque flute) and Cheryl Ann Fulton (harp).
Special admission: $15
Series
Early Music on Film 2018
Friday, June 8, 2018
2:30 PM
Sergei Paradjanov,
USSR,
1969,
(75 mins)
Digital Restoration
This magical work, rich in period music, reimagines Armenian history and culture through the life and writings of its greatest poet. “Watching [it] is like opening a door and walking into another dimension, where time has stopped and beauty has been unleashed” (Martin Scorsese).
Series
Early Music on Film 2018
Friday, June 8, 2018
4–9 PM
Friday, June 8, 2018
7 PM
Valeska Grisebach,
Austria, Bulgaria, Germany,
2017,
(120 mins)
East Bay Premiere
This intense, slow-burning thriller follows a group of German construction workers installing a hydroelectric plant in remote rural Bulgaria. “A stunning existential study of masculinity” (Sight & Sound).
Saturday, June 9
Saturday, June 9, 2018
11:30–1 PM
For ages 6 to 12 with accompanying adult(s)
Create a personal handscroll inspired by Buddhist art in Master Traces, Transcultural Visions.
Free for kids 18 & under and for one adult per child 13 & under
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Kim Bennett
With artistKim Bennett is an artist and teacher whose work ranges across disciplines and includes devotional botanical paintings, imaginary embroideries, and collaborations with kids, poets, and other artists.
Series
Family Events 2018
Saturday, June 9, 2018
1–2:30 PM
For ages 6 to 12 with accompanying adult(s)
Create a personal handscroll inspired by Buddhist art in Master Traces, Transcultural Visions.
Free for kids 18 & under and for one adult per child 13 & under
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Kim Bennett
With artistKim Bennett is an artist and teacher whose work ranges across disciplines and includes devotional botanical paintings, imaginary embroideries, and collaborations with kids, poets, and other artists.
Series
Family Events 2018
Saturday, June 9, 2018
2:30–9 PM
Saturday, June 9, 2018
3 PM
Recommended for ages 8 & up (younger kids welcome as listeners)
Start reading this novel about brotherhood, change, and the power of family, and pick up a copy to keep reading at home.
Free for kids 18 & under and for one adult per child 13 & under
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Mardawn Wendt
Reading led byMardawn Wendt is a librarian at Berkeley Arts Magnet Elementary School.
Series
Family Events 2018
Saturday, June 9, 2018
6 PM
Ingmar Bergman,
Sweden,
1951,
(96 mins)
A prima ballerina impulsively revisits the island of her youth and, in flashbacks, her first and only love. Bergman’s breakthrough film is a magical fusion of sunstruck elegiac love poem and dark suggestion.
Saturday, June 9, 2018
8:15 PM
Sergei Paradjanov,
USSR,
1969,
(75 mins)
Digital Restoration
This magical work, rich in period music, reimagines Armenian history and culture through the life and writings of its greatest poet. “Watching [it] is like opening a door and walking into another dimension, where time has stopped and beauty has been unleashed” (Martin Scorsese).
Series
Early Music on Film 2018
Through July 7
Through July 14
Through September 22
Through May 5
Through May 11
Through July 3
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