Pacific Baroque Festival 2025: Peace, Friendship and Joy – Peace

Start: Thursday, February 20, 2025 11:00AM
End: Thursday, February 20, 2025 12:15PM

The German Reformation initiated by Martin Luther, along with the invention of the printing press, led to religious and cultural unrest, culminating in the Thirty Years’ War (1618-1648). Remarkably, the turbulence of one of the most brutal conflicts In Europe’s history actually resulted in an exceptionally fertile time in the arts, with writers, artists and composers reflecting the horrors of war and the longing for peace and heavenly pleasures, themes which will are expressed in this concert’s program. 3rd concert of Pacific Baroque Festival 2025. Complementary coffee hour beforehand begins at 10 AM. Transcendent, luminous, nuanced: these are just a few of the words you could use to describe the extraordinary voice of early-music soprano Dorothee Mields.