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January 2005
From Advent to Epiphany
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Heinrich Schütz
Selections from the
Geistliche Chormusik
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Benjamin Britten
A Boy was Born
Notes by Kerry McCarthy
The German composer Heinrich Schütz was born exactly 100 years before J. S. Bach.
He has sometimes been typecast by historians as a mere precursor or warm-up act for the great music of the late Baroque.
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Friday, January 14th 8 pm
St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Oakland
Saturday, January 15th 8 pm
Trinity Episcopal Church, San Francisco
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The music of the greater Christmas season from Advent through Epiphany is celebrated in the elegant
and expressive counterpoint of the brilliant German baroque church musician Heinrich Schütz.
Working three centuries later, Benjamin Britten caught the attention of the world with
the extended Christmas fantasia, A Boy was Born, scored for 8-part a cappella choir
with descant boy choir, here sung by the School Choristers of the Pacific Boychoir Academy of Oakland.
Tonia D'Amelio, Sarah Finley, Robin Fulmer, Helen Holder, Stephanie Kramer, soprano;
Kevin Fox, Kathryn Miller, Marcia Roy, Emily Ryan, Celeste Winant, alto;
Michael Azevedo, Joel Hess, Daniel Hutchings, Keith Rarick, Sam Smith, tenor;
Nat Berman, Tom Hart, Ari Nieh, Philip Saunders, Donald Ziff, bass;
Julie Jeffrey, tenor gamba; Roy Whelden, bass gamba; Lynn Tetenbaum, bass gamba and violone;
Gary Hess, theorbo; Mark Bruce, organ; the School Choristers of the Pacific Boychoir Academy, Kevin Fox, artistic director.
Conducted by Christopher Kula.
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June 2005
Couperin le Grand: Grand Motets
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Sacred music of the
French Baroque
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Couperin
Motet a Sainte Suzanne
Tabescere me fecit
Laudate pueri Dominum
Charpentier
Magnificat, H. 80
Motets of Bernier & Brossard
Notes by Rebekah Ahrendt
Louis XIV, “le Grand,” King of France, did not like to hear the spoken prayers of priests at Mass.
He did not like High Mass either.
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Friday, June 3rd 8 pm
St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Oakland
Sunday, June 5th 3 pm
Trinity Episcopal Church, San Francisco
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François Couperin, hailed as "le Grand," was at the center of the 17th-century movement to integrate the styles French and Italian Baroque,
penning works of exquisite sweetness, directness, and of subtle complexity. On this concert we feature three of his grand motets,
as well as sacred works of his contemporaries: Charpentier, Brossard and others.
Tonia D'Amelio, Sarah Finley, soprano; Celeste Winant, alto; Damon English, countertenor; Michael Azevedo, Michael Eisenberg, tenor;
Tom Hart, Ari Nieh, bass. Hana Morrison, Paula White, violin; Byron Rakitzis, Glen Shannon, flute; Rebekah Ahrendt, viola da gamba;
Xavier Arreola, organ. Conducted by Christopher Kula.
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