bada-shanren
bada-shanren

Bada Shanren: A Ming Prince in the Qing Dynasty

Venue

Asian Art Museum–Fri and Sat, not Sun

Presenters

Richard Barnhart, Yale

James Cahill

Henry Chang, perfomer

Daniel Chen, performer

Eugene Eoyang, Indiana U

Lewis Lancaster, UC Berkeley

Lindi Li Mark, CSU Hayward

Jonathan Spence, Yale

Hua Wenyi, performer

wagner
wagner

Wagner in His Century

Venue

Asian Art Museum

Presenters

Gordon Craig

Craig Estep, performer

Maria Fortuna, performer

Micah Graber, performer

Hong Shen Li, performer

Catherine Keen, performer

Anthony Newcomb

Mary Mills, performer

Barry Millingham

Peter Pierson

Patricia Racette, performer

Michael Steinberg

Hans Vaget

greco
greco

Spain: A Golden Century from El Greco to Velasquez

Venue

CA Palace of the Legion of Honor

Presenters

Dawson Carr, The J P Getty Museum

Anthony Cascardi, Comparative Literature, UC Berkeley

Anne Cruz, Spanish, UC Irvine

Ensemble Alcatraz

Richard Kagan, History, Johns Hopkins U

Peter Pierson, History, Santa Clara U

Judith Whitenack, Spanish, U Nevada Reno

cole-porter
cole-porter

Americans in Paris: The Jazz Age

Venue

Herbst Theatre

Presenters

Janet Bergstrom, UCLA

James Breslin, English, UC Berkeley

Wanda Corn, Art History, Stanford

Dance Through Time

Daniel Levenstein, piano

Carolyn Porter, UC Berkeley

Phylis Rose, Wesleyan U

Tyler Stovall, History, UC Santa Cruz

imperial-russia
imperial-russia

St. Petersburg: The Arts in Imperial Russia

Venue

Asian Art Museum

Presenters

Music Slavyanka

Jack Kollmann, Stanford

Nicholas Riasanovsky

William Mills

Todd Harvard

Michael Weller, Art

Mary Wood, ballet historian

Reginald Zelnik, History, UC Berkeley

japan-impressionism
japan-impressionism

Paris in Japan, 1880-1930: Tokyo Encounters Impressionism

Presenters

Gerald Bolas, Director, Portland Art Museum

Rand Castile

Ellen Conant, Art History

Masa Fukui, piano

Thomas Rimer, U of Maryland

Hiroki Sato, Deputy Director, JETRO New York

Satoru Shimazaki, dance

Clark Worswick, History

florence
florence

Renaissance Florence

Venue

CA Palace of the Legion of Honor

Presenters

Beverly Allen, Italian, Stanford

Philip Brett, Music, UC Berkeley

Gene Brucker, History, UC Berkeley

Louise George Clubb, Italian, UC Berkeley

Kurt Foester, Art and Humanities, Getty Center

Edward Maeder, Curator, LACMA

Loren Partridge, Art History, UC Berkeley

Peter Pierson, History, Santa Clara U

Carol Rosenberg, actor

James Schwabacker, voice, SF Opera

versailles-patronage
versailles-patronage

Versailles: Royal Patronage of the Arts

Venue

Asian Art Museum

Presenters

Jean-Marie Apostolides, French and Italian, Stanford

Jillon Dupree, harpsichord

Carolyn Lougee, Stanford

Nicholas McGegan, Director, Philharmonia Baroque

Martha McGaughey, viola da gamba

Judith Nelson, soprano

Geoffrey Symcox, UC Berkeley

Elaine Thornburgh, harpsichord

Buy Walton, Art History, New York University

Gillian Wilson, The J. Paul Getty Museum

jefferson-vision
jefferson-vision

Jefferson: Architect of the American Vision | October 1987

Venue

Asian Art Museum

Presenters

Elizabeth Blumenstock, violin

Daniel Jordan, Director. Monticello

Elisabeth Leguin, cello

Dankin Matthews, actor

Amy Meyers, Art History

Susan Rode Morris, soprano

William Newsom, Justice, CA Court of Appeals

Jaquelin Robertson, Architecture, U Of Virginia

Harvey Steiman, Executive Editor, Wine Spectator

Elaine Thornburgh, harpsichord

Dell Upton, UC Berkeley

Douglas Wilson, Library Director, Knox College

napoleon-paris
napoleon-paris

Napoleon’s Paris

Venue

Asian Art Museum

Presenters

Robert Domergue, Decorative Arts

Bertram Gordon

Janet Guggenheim, piano

D. Kern Holoman, Musicology, UC Davis

Peter Pierson, History, Santa Clara U

Robert Rosenblum, New York University

SF Ballet Special Projects Department, ballet

Jacob Will, baritone

Roy Willis, History, UC Davis

handel
handel

Handel’s London: Path to Messiah

Venue

Asian Art Museum

Presenters

Philip Brett, Music, UC Berkeley

Li-Chan Chen, soprano

Vance George, Choral Director, SF Symphony Chorus

Thomas Laqueur, History, UC Berkeley

Elisabeth LeGuin, cello

Louise Lippincott, Associate Curator of Painting, The J. Paul Getty Museum

Susan Patterson, soprano

Bruce Robertson, Art, Oberlin College

Sally Scully, History, San Francisco State U, deceased

Elaine Thornburgh, harpsichord

mozart
mozart

Mozart: The Myth, the Music and the Man

Venue

CA Palace of the Legion of Honor

Presenters

Thomas Baumanm, Music, Stanford

Lorenz, Eitner, Art, Stanford

Jorja Fleezanis, violin

Samuel Garrett, Church History, Graduate Theological Union Berkeley

Nicholas McGegan, Music Director, Philharmonia Baroque

Judith Nelson, soprano

Eleanor Selfridge-Field, Musicology, Stanford

Michael Steinberg, Artistic Adviser, SF Symphony

William Slottman, History, UC Berkeley

Elaine Thornburgh, fortepiano

la-pot-gold
la-pot-gold

Los Angeles in the 40’s: The Pot of Gold

Venue

Asian Art Museum and LA USC (2 weekends)

Presenters

Reyner Banham, Art History, UCSC

Claudia Barr, actress

Digby Diehl, Book Editor, LA Herald Examiner

Susan Ehrlich, Art History

Hal Haswell, actor

Paul Karlstrom, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian

Kronos Quartet, musicians

Douglas Leach, actor

Bella Lewitzky, choreographer

Esther McCoy, Architectural History

Michael Meyer, History, CSU Northridge

Iris Pell, dancer

Robert Rosen, film

Leonard Stein, composer

Michael Steinberg, composer

rembrant-amsterdam
rembrant-amsterdam

Rembrandt’s Amsterdam: Society and the Arts in the Golden Age

Venue

Palace of the Legion of Honor

Presenters

Barbara Blaker, cello

Clifford A. Coon, Ceramics, SF Ceramics Circle

Jan de Vries, History, UC Berkeley

Kinloch Earle, violin

Bob Haak, Director, Historical Museum, Amsterdam

Judith Nelson, Soprano

Simon Schama, History, Harvard

Jaap Schroder, violin

Johan Snapper, Dutch Language Lit, UC Berkeley

Elaine Thornburgh, harpsichord

Kent Underwood, Lute

Jan van Dorsten, English, U of Leiden

venice-decline
venice-decline

Venice in Glorious Decline | April 1984

Presenters

Gustavo Costa, Italian, UC Berkeley

Albert Fuller, Music, Juillard School of Music

Elizabeth Gleason, History, University of San Francisco

William Holmes, Music, UC Irvine

Marvin Klebe, bass-baritone

Nicholas McGegan, Director, Philharmonia Baroque

Susan Rode Morris, soprano

Linda Ridings Nascimento, Consultant, Fine Arts Museums of SF

Judith Nelson, soprano

Jap Schroder, baroque violin, Schola Cantorum Basiliensis

Eleanor Selfridge-Field, Musicology, Stanford

Elaine Thornburgh, harpsichord

Francesco Valcanover, Superintendent, Civic Museums of Venice