Music at First Pres presents
Spring 2008 Concerts
San Francisco Bay Area Chamber Choir
Utterly English
Choral Music of Britten, Rutter, Howells, et al
Saturday, April 12, 2008 at 7:00 p.m.
The San Francisco Bay Area Chamber Choir, conducted by David Stein, performs music written by English composers from the early to the late 20th century. Two compositions to be performed with secular texts include the "Hymn to St. Cecilia" by Benjamin Britten and "Seven Poems of Robert Bridges" by Gerald Finzi. Other works on the program utilize sacred texts: "Three Latin Motets" by Charles Villiers Stanford, Herbert Howells' "Requiem" and John Rutter's "Cantate Domino." Click here for details.
Temescal String Quartet
Muss es sein? Es muss sein!
Music of Beethoven, Haydn & Prokofiev
Sunday, April 13, 2008 at 7:00 p.m.
Beethoven ~ String Quartet No. 16 in F major, Op. 135 Muss es sein? Es muss sein!
Prokofiev ~ String Quartet No. 1 in B minor, Op. 50
Haydn ~ String Quartet No. 57 in C Major, Op. 74, No. 1
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Fall and Winter 2007-2008 Concerts
Veni, Amica Mea ~ Come, My Love
Baroque Love Duets for Soprano & Alto
Sunday, January 20, 2008 at 5:00 p.m.
Julia Earl, soprano and Katherine McKee, alto.
David Daniel Bowes, violin; Katherine Kyme, violin;
David Morris, violoncello & lirone;
Phebe Craig, harpsichord; Gary Hess, theorbo.
Exquisite love duets--both sacred and secular--from the Italian, German, and English Baroque, including works of Handel, Purcell, Schutz and Cozzolani. Click here for details.
Rachmaninoff's Gorgeous All-Night Vigil
San Francisco Bay Area Chamber Choir
led by guest conductor Dr. Buddy James
Saturday, November 17, 2007 at 7:00 p.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff's greatest work, the hauntingly beautiful All-Night Vigil (a.k.a. Vespers) is a lush and virtuosic masterpiece for unaccompanied chorus. Click here for details.
Witches & Warlocks, Ghosts & Goblins
A classical and opera Halloween extravaganza
Friday, October 26, 2007 at 7:00 p.m.
Performers
Elfrieda Langemann, soprano
Kathy McKee, mezzo-soprano
Keith Perry, tenor
David Zechman, bass-baritone & sopranist
John Walko, piano & organ
Shelley Lynn Johnson, narrator & story-teller
Ghostly opera scenes, horrifying art songs and haunting instrumental tricks and treats. Click here for details.
Summer 2007 Concerts
Regnez, Brillante Flore!
Music of the French Baroque celebrating the Beauty of Nature
Sunday, August 19, 2007 at 5:00 p.m.
Florilegia
Sara Colburn, soprano
David Wilson, violin
Katherine Heater, harpsichord
David Morris, viola da gamba
Chamber ensemble Florilegia—a veteran of the Boston and Berkeley Early Music Festivals—performs elegant and joyous music of the French Baroque—vocal and instrumental works of Jean-Philippe Rameau, François Couperin, Marin Marais, and Elisabeth Claude Jacquet de la Guerre. Click here for details.
Elizabethan Madrigals, Shakespeare and Music for Lute
San Francisco Renaissance Voices
Sunday, July 29, 2007 at 7:30 p.m.
Todd Jolly, Music Director
with guest artists Scott Shubeck, lute
and Dianne Nicolini, spoken word
The Regina Monologues—A festive evening of Elizabethan Madrigals and folksongs, music for lute, and readings from Shakespeare. Music of Ravenscroft, Lawes, Dowland, Morley, Byrd and Gibbons, including a song about some very feisty cats who reside in London's Temple Bar. San Francisco Renaissance Voices returns for their second appearance at Music at First Pres, including lutenist Scott Shubeck—also a Music at First Pres veteran and one of our Christmas Eve musical guests—and Dianne Nicolini, announcer on KDFC classical radio 102.1 FM. They don't just stand and sing for us, they wear period costumes and their semi-staged performances capture the vitality of the music and its time. Click here for details.
Suggested donation:* Adults $15 and above. Students & Seniors $12.
(at the door; no advance purchase necessary)
Children 13 & under free. Childcare provided.
Wheelchair accessible; Assistive Listening Devices and large print programs available.
Free off-street parking; AC Transit stops at the front door.
*At the door; no advance purchase necessary.
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