SF Choral Artists: Forecast: Sunny With Song
"Choral masterpieces" can be great for lifting our spirits. This music
often brings us a flood of memories of how choral music touched us when we
first experienced it in college or high school. San Francisco Choral
Artists' upcoming program, "Forecast: Sunny With Song," goes one better.
Under Magen Solomon's direction, SFCA has assembled a distinctive
repertory, combining masterpieces that are audience/singer all-time
favorites with 5 World Premieres -- in performances Mar 14 in SF, Mar 19
in Palo Alto, Mar 20 in Marin, and Mar 21 in Oakland.
Bask in masterpieces of the unaccompanied repertoire as the Choral Artists
sing some of our most beloved works: Debussy and Hindemith Chansons;
Poulenc Motets; Britten Flower Songs; challenging pieces by Carter, Ives,
and Webern; and Puerling's charming "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley
Square." There are 5 World Premiere works predicted to be classics.
Chuckle with us at a couple of the e.e. cummings' settings by
Composer-In-Residence Brian Holmes (from twinkle toes to an old cowboy.)
Despair at the tale of a would-be migrant traveling across the sea by New
Zealand Composer-Not-In-Residence Christopher Marshall.
Why juxtapose masterpieces of the repertoire with new works? Artistic
Director Magen Solomon explains that she avidly cultivates engagements
with living composers to help bridge the gulf between composer, performer,
and audience. "I feel that music needs to be live music," Solomon
comments. "It's so easy to listen to flawless recordings, but having live
singers in front of live audiences singing compelling music by living
composers has always been a critical part of our group."
Come and experience your own special engagement with choral
masterpieces -- old and new.
"...amongst the foremost unaccompanied singing groups... on this or any
other coast." -- R. Dane Danubian, artssf.com
"The Choral Artists sang with fervor, discernment, and tonal beauty"
-- Anna Carol Dudley, San Francisco Classical Voice
About San Francisco Choral Artists, Magen Solomon Artistic Dir.:
SF Choral Artists has achieved national renown for innovative programs +
stunning performances presenting new works and masterworks of the last 600
years. Specializing in music of living composers, they have premiered 150
works + released 3 CDs.
Magen Solomon has directed since 1995 and is also Assistant Prof. of
Choral Music at USC and active as a guest conductor, adjudicator and
clinician.
When:
Sunday March 14, 2010
4:00 PM -
6:00 PM
Pacific
Where:
St. Mark's Lutheran Church - San Francisco,
1111 O'Farrell St.,
San Francisco, CA 94109
Organizer:
San Francisco Choral Artists, Magen Solomon Artistic Dir.
Cost:
$14-$23 Advance Purchase; $19-$30 at Door.
Contact:
415-979-5779
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