Past Seasons With The Bay Choral Guild
American Journey, June 1–2, 2024
A tour through our country’s musical history, from William Billings to Leonard Bernstein, the Old West to Hollywood, and much more.
Icons of the Baroque, March 2, 3, 2024
J. S. Bach’s Jesu, meine Freude; Isabella Leonarda’s Magnificat; G. F. Handel’s Dixit Dominus. With Jubilate Orchestra.
Majestic Masses, November 17, 18, 2023
Franz Schubert’s youthful Mass No. 2 in G and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Great Mass in C minor.
A tour through our country’s musical history, from William Billings to Leonard Bernstein, the Old West to Hollywood, and much more.
Icons of the Baroque, March 2, 3, 2024
J. S. Bach’s Jesu, meine Freude; Isabella Leonarda’s Magnificat; G. F. Handel’s Dixit Dominus. With Jubilate Orchestra.
Majestic Masses, November 17, 18, 2023
Franz Schubert’s youthful Mass No. 2 in G and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Great Mass in C minor.
Pacific Passions II, June 2, 3, 4, 2023
Our second program of music celebrating living composers of the West Coast.
Global Harmony, March 3, 4, 5, 2023
Works from Scandinavia, Eastern and Western Europe, Asia, and the Southern Hemisphere.
Hail, Cecilia!, December 2, 3, 2022
World premiere of Sanford Dole’s A Song for St. Cecilia (chamber version), excerpts from Henry Purcell’s Hail, Bright Cecilia, and the grand Te Deum by Antonín Dvořák.
Our second program of music celebrating living composers of the West Coast.
Global Harmony, March 3, 4, 5, 2023
Works from Scandinavia, Eastern and Western Europe, Asia, and the Southern Hemisphere.
Hail, Cecilia!, December 2, 3, 2022
World premiere of Sanford Dole’s A Song for St. Cecilia (chamber version), excerpts from Henry Purcell’s Hail, Bright Cecilia, and the grand Te Deum by Antonín Dvořák.
O Sing Joyfully!, June 3, 4, 5, 2022
A celebration of our return to live performance, featuring A Little Jazz Mass by Bob Chilcott amid old favorites, such as Charles Stanford’s Beati quorum via.
Memorial Garden, March 4, 5, 6, 2022
A remembrance of those we've lost since our previous live season, featuring the Requiem of Eleanor Daley.
Holiday Traditions, December 3, 4, 5, 2021
Carol arrangements, some more serious a cappella stuff (including premiere of Dole's Peace On Earth), and a choral arrangement of Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite.
A celebration of our return to live performance, featuring A Little Jazz Mass by Bob Chilcott amid old favorites, such as Charles Stanford’s Beati quorum via.
Memorial Garden, March 4, 5, 6, 2022
A remembrance of those we've lost since our previous live season, featuring the Requiem of Eleanor Daley.
Holiday Traditions, December 3, 4, 5, 2021
Carol arrangements, some more serious a cappella stuff (including premiere of Dole's Peace On Earth), and a choral arrangement of Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite.
Mendelssohn: Elijah, March 6, 7, 8, 2020
Mendelssohn's brilliant Old Testament oratorio, performed with Jubilate Orchestra.
Discovery and Rediscovery, November 22, 23, 24, 2019
A cappella music written by women throughout the ages.
Mendelssohn's brilliant Old Testament oratorio, performed with Jubilate Orchestra.
Discovery and Rediscovery, November 22, 23, 24, 2019
A cappella music written by women throughout the ages.
The 2018-2019 season (our 40th):
A Ruby Necklace, June 7, 8, 9, 2019
Greatest hits from past seasons, including Bach’s Jesu, meine Freude and Brahms’ Schaffe in mir, Gott, rounded out with a forward look to some up-and-coming composers.
The Divine Liturgy, March 8, 9, 10, 2019
Two masterpieces of 20th-century Russian choral music: Alfred Schnittke’s Choir concerto and selections from Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom.
Handel and Haydn Festival, November 16, 17, 18, 2018
Haydn’s Lord Nelson Mass and Handel’s Dettingen Te Deum with Jubilate Orchestra
Greatest hits from past seasons, including Bach’s Jesu, meine Freude and Brahms’ Schaffe in mir, Gott, rounded out with a forward look to some up-and-coming composers.
The Divine Liturgy, March 8, 9, 10, 2019
Two masterpieces of 20th-century Russian choral music: Alfred Schnittke’s Choir concerto and selections from Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom.
Handel and Haydn Festival, November 16, 17, 18, 2018
Haydn’s Lord Nelson Mass and Handel’s Dettingen Te Deum with Jubilate Orchestra
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An English Garden, June 8, 9, 10, 2018
A cappella treasures from the English choral tradition, featuring Mass for Five Voices by William Byrd and Requiem by Herbert Howells.
St. John Passion, March 16, 17, 18, 2018
J. S. Bach’s vivid and dramatic portrayal of the passion of Christ, accompanied by the Jubilate Orchestra and a cast of the Bay Area’s finest vocal soloists.
Messyah, December 8, 9, 10, 2017
English composer Paul Ayres’s “rewrite” of Handel’s Messiah.
A cappella treasures from the English choral tradition, featuring Mass for Five Voices by William Byrd and Requiem by Herbert Howells.
St. John Passion, March 16, 17, 18, 2018
J. S. Bach’s vivid and dramatic portrayal of the passion of Christ, accompanied by the Jubilate Orchestra and a cast of the Bay Area’s finest vocal soloists.
Messyah, December 8, 9, 10, 2017
English composer Paul Ayres’s “rewrite” of Handel’s Messiah.
The 2016-2017 season:
400 Years of Shakespeare, June 2, 3, 4, 2017
A survey of a cappella settings of Shakespeare’s famous words by composers from the Baroque to the present.
Songs of Isaiah, March 3, 4, 5, 2017
World premiere of Sanford Dole’s Songs of Isaiah for chorus, string orchestra, and harp. Major work: Stabat Mater by Paul Mealor, for the same forces. Also music of J.S. Bach, Francisco Durante, and Cecilia McDowall.
Christmas Jubilations, December 2, 3, 4, 2016
A holiday program accompanied by Frequency 49 wind quintet, featuring Daniel Pinkham’s rarely-heard Christmas Jubilations and the world premiere of a BCG commission, Missa Brevis for the Refugees of War by Henry Mollicone.
400 Years of Shakespeare, June 2, 3, 4, 2017
A survey of a cappella settings of Shakespeare’s famous words by composers from the Baroque to the present.
Songs of Isaiah, March 3, 4, 5, 2017
World premiere of Sanford Dole’s Songs of Isaiah for chorus, string orchestra, and harp. Major work: Stabat Mater by Paul Mealor, for the same forces. Also music of J.S. Bach, Francisco Durante, and Cecilia McDowall.
Christmas Jubilations, December 2, 3, 4, 2016
A holiday program accompanied by Frequency 49 wind quintet, featuring Daniel Pinkham’s rarely-heard Christmas Jubilations and the world premiere of a BCG commission, Missa Brevis for the Refugees of War by Henry Mollicone.
The 2015-2016 season:
Dutch Masters, June 10, 11, 12, 2016
A program of a capella music from the Netherlands, featuring the art of Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck and a sampling of 19th- and 20th-century composers.
Requiem, March 11, 12, 13, 2016
Mozart’s final masterpiece, in the completion by Robert D. Levin. Also Ralph Vaughan Williams’s Toward the Unknown Region and Beethoven’s overture to The Creatures of Prometheus. A collaboration with New Millennium Chamber Orchestra.
Carmina Burana, November 20, 21, 22, 2015
Orff’s blockbuster on medieval secular poems in its chamber version for two pianos and percussion. Also Peter Hallock’s Gloria.
Dutch Masters, June 10, 11, 12, 2016
A program of a capella music from the Netherlands, featuring the art of Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck and a sampling of 19th- and 20th-century composers.
Requiem, March 11, 12, 13, 2016
Mozart’s final masterpiece, in the completion by Robert D. Levin. Also Ralph Vaughan Williams’s Toward the Unknown Region and Beethoven’s overture to The Creatures of Prometheus. A collaboration with New Millennium Chamber Orchestra.
Carmina Burana, November 20, 21, 22, 2015
Orff’s blockbuster on medieval secular poems in its chamber version for two pianos and percussion. Also Peter Hallock’s Gloria.
The 2014-2015 season:
The Natural World, June 5, 6, 7, 2015
A mostly secular concert on themes of Flora, Aqua, and Fauna. Centerpiece was Sanford Dole’s Water: Making Everything New.
Music for Holy Week, March 13, 14, 15, 2015
A mix of sacred a capella music over the centuries programmed to complement the events of Holy Week.
Ein Deutsches Requiem, Nov 21, 22, 23, 2014
Brahms’ choral masterpiece in a chamber setting, using the piano four-hands arrangement the composer himself prepared for its first British performance.
The Natural World, June 5, 6, 7, 2015
A mostly secular concert on themes of Flora, Aqua, and Fauna. Centerpiece was Sanford Dole’s Water: Making Everything New.
Music for Holy Week, March 13, 14, 15, 2015
A mix of sacred a capella music over the centuries programmed to complement the events of Holy Week.
Ein Deutsches Requiem, Nov 21, 22, 23, 2014
Brahms’ choral masterpiece in a chamber setting, using the piano four-hands arrangement the composer himself prepared for its first British performance.
The 2013-2014 season:
Poet’s Corner, Jun 6, 7, 8, 2014
Modern a capella settings of the world‘s great poetry.
Mozart Festival, Feb 28, Mar 1, 2, 2014
Three works for chorus and orchestra from Mozart’s 1779–80 Salzburg period.
A Renaissance Christmas, December 6, 7, 8, 2013
Tomás Luis de Victoria’s Missa O magnum mysterium and polychoral motets by other masters of the 16th and 17th centuries.
Poet’s Corner, Jun 6, 7, 8, 2014
Modern a capella settings of the world‘s great poetry.
Mozart Festival, Feb 28, Mar 1, 2, 2014
Three works for chorus and orchestra from Mozart’s 1779–80 Salzburg period.
A Renaissance Christmas, December 6, 7, 8, 2013
Tomás Luis de Victoria’s Missa O magnum mysterium and polychoral motets by other masters of the 16th and 17th centuries.
The 2012-2013 season: “Discoveries and Classics”
Our American Heritage, June 7, 8, 9, 2013
A tour of American classical music from colonial times to the present, and a sampling from the American popular genres.
Pilgrimage, March 15, 16, 17, 2013
The U.S. premiere of Gabriel Jackson’s To the Field of Stars and motets by Bach, Brahms, Bortniansky, Rheinberger, and Victoria.
Christmas Majesty, Dec 7, 8, 9, 2012
Contemporary settings of the Great “O” Antiphons, Britten’s Ceremony of Carols, Ola Gjeilo’s Serenity, and three new carol settings by Stephen Paulus.
Our American Heritage, June 7, 8, 9, 2013
A tour of American classical music from colonial times to the present, and a sampling from the American popular genres.
Pilgrimage, March 15, 16, 17, 2013
The U.S. premiere of Gabriel Jackson’s To the Field of Stars and motets by Bach, Brahms, Bortniansky, Rheinberger, and Victoria.
Christmas Majesty, Dec 7, 8, 9, 2012
Contemporary settings of the Great “O” Antiphons, Britten’s Ceremony of Carols, Ola Gjeilo’s Serenity, and three new carol settings by Stephen Paulus.
The 2011-2012 season:
All-Night Vigil, June 8, 9, 10, 2012
Rachmaninov’s magnificent All-Night Vigil
Psalms of David, March 9, 10, 11, 2012
An a cappella survey of psalm settings over the centuries.
Weihnachtsfest, December 9, 10, 2011
Festive music from the Bach family, with soloists and the Jubilate Baroque Orchestra of period instruments.
All-Night Vigil, June 8, 9, 10, 2012
Rachmaninov’s magnificent All-Night Vigil
Psalms of David, March 9, 10, 11, 2012
An a cappella survey of psalm settings over the centuries.
Weihnachtsfest, December 9, 10, 2011
Festive music from the Bach family, with soloists and the Jubilate Baroque Orchestra of period instruments.
The 2010-2011 Season: “Celebrating the Art of Unaccompanied Singing”
A Festival of Masses, June 3, 4, 5, 2011
Three masses from three centuries, plus a lively Estonian benediction.
Pacific Passions: Music by West Coast Composers, March 18, 19, 20, 2011
A program of music from living composers of the West Coast, including three world premieres.
Christmas: Then and Now, December 10, 11, 12, 2010
Medieval and Renaissance carols and motets; modern works by Tavener, Busto, Lauridsen, Martland, Dole; carol arrangements by the Bay Area’s own Ken Malucelli.
A Festival of Masses, June 3, 4, 5, 2011
Three masses from three centuries, plus a lively Estonian benediction.
Pacific Passions: Music by West Coast Composers, March 18, 19, 20, 2011
A program of music from living composers of the West Coast, including three world premieres.
Christmas: Then and Now, December 10, 11, 12, 2010
Medieval and Renaissance carols and motets; modern works by Tavener, Busto, Lauridsen, Martland, Dole; carol arrangements by the Bay Area’s own Ken Malucelli.
