Bay Choral Guild’s 2010-2011
Concert Season

“Celebrating the Art of Unaccompanied Singing”

In our 2010-2011 season Bay Choral Guild celebrates the art of unaccompanied singing with three a cappella programs of unsurpassed beauty. Drawing on sources from more than 500 years of choral music, each concert explores a particular aspect of the a cappella tradition.

Our December concert of Christmas classics highlights familiar carols from the Medieval, Renaissance and Romantic eras as well as showcasing newer works and popular favorites. In March we present a BCG first: an all-West-Coast-composer extravaganza, which features music by living composers from Southern California, the Bay Area, Oregon and Washington, and includes two world premieres. We conclude the season in June with a Festival of Masses, honoring the most important genre in the history of choral music. There’s a lot of gorgeous music to look forward to, so please make plans to join us!

December 10, 11, 12, 2010
Christmas: Then and Now
Medieval and Renaissance carols and motets
Modern works by Tavener, Busto, Lauridsen, Martland, Dole
Carol arrangements by the Bay Area’s own Ken Malucelli

March 18, 19, 20, 2011
Pacific Passions:
Music by West Coast Composers
A survey of works by
Eric Whitacre, Morton Lauridsen, and Frank Ticheli (Los Angeles);
David Conte and Kirke Mechem (Bay Area);
Robert Kyr and Eric Banks (Pacific Northwest);
and world premieres by
Bay Area composers Frank Ferko and Trevor Doherty.

June 3, 4, 5, 2011
A Festival of Masses
Tomás Luis de Victoria: Missa O Quam Gloriosum
Josef Rheinberger: Mass in E flat for Double Choir
Francis Poulenc: Mass in G

Fridays are at Campbell United Methodist at 8:00 pm
Saturdays are at St. Gregory of Nyssa Episcopal (San Francisco) at 8:00 pm
Sundays are at St. Mark’s Episcopal (Palo Alto) at 4:30 pm

Stay tuned for further details!