A Baroque Bash

Camerata Pacifica was going for baroque at the Music Academy of the West’s Hahn Hall in its first concert of the New Year, curated by acclaimed flutist Emi Ferguson with celebrated French American jazz and classical keyboardist Dan Tepfer on the clavichord, an instrument that would have been used by J.S. Bach in his heyday.

It created a delightful dialog between Baroque traditions and contemporary work.

Ferguson and Brooklyn-based Tepfer also showcased music by Francesco Antonio Bonporti, a composer whose “inventions” impressed Bach himself.

A highly entertaining show…