Soon you will have the 2017-2018 Season brochure in your hands. We hope you are anticipating it as much as we are. Much of the concert season is a result of Audience requests from concert surveys and conversations. At your request, “The New Choir” will return as our Guest Choir in March. And, the Santa […]
A Concert that Bridges two Eras
Hello dear Music Friends, We hope you are ready for our final concert of the season: Saturday June 3rd and Sunday June 4th! Did you know that when Gabriel Fauré was born, Chopin was still composing, yet by the time Fauré died, jazz and atonal music existed in the salons of France? Fauré is known […]
We sing with Winds!
Hello dear Music Friends, We hope you have your tickets already for our final concert of the season: Saturday June 3rd and Sunday June 4th! We are always grateful to have as partners in our concerts the accomplished musicians of the Santa Cruz Sinfonietta. This concert is no different. The presence of the wind […]
Geniuses of the Romantic Period: Early and Late
Hello dear Music Friends, Don’t forget that the final concert of our season is Saturday June 3rd and Sunday June 4th! In “Faure Requiem and Mendelssohn Motets,” you will have opportunity to hear works by one of the geniuses of the early Romantic period, Felix Mendelssohn, and also hear Mendelssohn’s influence in the works of […]
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Fauré Requiem and Mendelssohn Motets for Choir and Wind Instruments
The Santa Cruz Chorale concludes their 2016-2017 season with their June concert, “Faure Requiem and Mendelssohn Motets.” Our June concert presents works by two great composers of the Romantic Period: Gabriel Fauré and Felix Mendelssohn. The centerpiece of the program is one of Fauré’s most famous works, the Requiem for soprano and baritone soloists, choir, […]
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