In this program featuring all female composers, Bay Area favorites Musica Pacifica explore the breathtaking solo vocal music of the era, which brought expressivity of text to new heights. Hailed for her “vivacious soprano [that] was a ray of sunshine” (The Guardian), Paulina Francisco will delight and devastate in this program supported by the stellar instrumentalists of Musica Pacifica, lauded for both the dazzling virtuosity and the warm expressiveness of its performances.

Musica Pacifica: Judith Linsenberg, recorder; Elizabeth Blumenstock, violin; Alexa Haynes-Pilon, cello; Charles Sherman, harpsichord; John Lenti, theorbo and guitar