2023-24 season
DECEMBER 2-3, 2023: CHRISTMAS COMES AGAIN
with Orchestra Gloria
Experience the joy and anticipation of Christmas with Baroque favorites by Bach, Vivaldi, and Buxtehude and the charming Gaudete (Joy!) by Anders Öhrwall. Featuring soloists Christa Pfeiffer, Janet Campbell, Elias Berezin, Chad Runyon.
- Bach cantata 61, Nun komm der Heiden Heiland
- Vivaldi Magnificat
- Buxtehude, Das neugeborne Kindelein
- Anders Öhrwall, Gaudete
MARCH 9-10, 2024: A TIME FOR PEACE
with Orchestra Gloria
In celebration of the Treaty of Utrecht and a call for peace in our time, this concert features the Utrecht Te Deum of George Frederic Handel and Bach’s uplifting Lobet den Herrn. Featuring soloists Rita Lilly, Katherine Nägele-Lin, Chad Runyon.
MAY 25-26, 2024: LORD NELSON MASS
A pillar of choral music, Haydn’s Lord Nelson Mass, is considered to be his greatest work — composed originally in troubled times, but harmoniously coinciding with the victory of Lord Nelson over Napoleon. Featuring soloists Rita Lilly, Shauna Fallihee, Jim Monios.
- Saturday, May 25, 2024, 3:30 p.m.: Christ Episcopal, Alameda
- Sunday, May 26, 2024, 3:30 p.m.: Grace Lutheran, Palo Alto
Highlights of prior seasons
2022-23
Chapentier Messe de Minuit
Works by Rutter, Britten, Chilcott
Five Mystical Songs
Schubert Mass in G
A cappella works by Healey Willan, Eleanor Daley, Kenneth Jennings, Jean Berger, William Byrd, Tomás Luis de Victoria, Josef Rheinberger, and more
2021-22
JS Bach cantata 62 “Nun komm der Heiden Heiland”
JCF Bach, Der Kindheit Jesu
CPE Bach, Magnificat
Cimarosa Requiem
Mozart Regina coeli
Mozart Vesperae solennes de confessore
Mozart Coronation Mass K317
Michael Haydn Te Deum
Earlier
Bach, St. John Passion; St. Matthew Passion; Magnificat; Mass in B Minor; Christmas Oratorio; many cantatas
Allan Bevan, Fowre Thowsand Wynter
Beethoven, Choral Fantasy; Mass in C
Brahms, Ein deutsches Requiem
Cherubini, Requiem; Missa in G
Dvorak, Mass in D
Haydn, Harmoniemesse; The Creation
Fanny Mendelssohn, Hiob
Felix Mendelssohn, Te Deum; Psalm 98; Psalm 42
Handel, Chandos Anthem 311
Mozart, Requiem
Puccini, Messe di Gloria
Rutter, Magnificat
Schubert, Mass in C; Magnificat
Schumann, Requiem
Thompson Peaceable Kingdom
Vaughan Williams, Toward the Unknown Region