Category Archives: Chorus

Coming Up: Ravel and Bernstein at San Francisco Symphony

Posted on May 14, 2010 by Michael

Next week will be my last set of concerts with the San Francisco Symphony Chorus for this season. We will be singing Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms and Ravel’s Daphnis et Chloé. Michael Tilson Thomas will conduct. Continue reading →

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Coming Up: Swedish Choral Music at San Francisco Symphony

Posted on April 11, 2010 by Michael

This year’s concert features a lot of music that is new to most people in both the chorus and the audience. The first half is a selection of Swedish music by Fredrik Sixten, Ludvig Norman, Ingvar Lidholm, Sven-Eric Johanson, and Lars Edlund. Continue reading →

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From Freischütz to Resurrection

Posted on March 3, 2010 by Michael

Our run of Der Freischütz at West Bay Opera concluded on Sunday. The innovative direction by Yuval Sharon had its fans and its detractors, but the singing was pretty well universally praised. As a member of the chorus, I was … Continue reading →

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Three Grammys for the SFS Mahler 8

Posted on February 1, 2010 by Michael

Back in September, I blogged that the San Francisco Symphony’s recording of Mahler’s Symphony No. 8 was “one for the ages”, just as the concert performances were the preceding year. Tonight, that recording won three Grammy Awards: Best Classical Album … Continue reading →

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Coming Up: An American "Der Freischütz"

Posted on January 24, 2010 by Michael

Yesterday was our first staging rehearsal for West Bay Opera‘s upcoming production of Der Freischütz. I was already excited about getting the opportunity to perform this German masterwork that is rarely done in the USA. The cast is fabulous, full … Continue reading →

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Reicha Requiem Reviewed

Posted on November 25, 2009 by Michael

It’s unusual for amateur groups like the Stanford Symphonic Chorus and Peninsula Symphony get reviewed. But the rarity of the Reicha Requiem attracted a review from David Bratman in San Francisco Classical Voice. It’s a nice, insightful piece, and I … Continue reading →

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Reicha Requiem at Stanford

Posted on November 19, 2009 by Michael

Interested in hearing a rarely-performed large-scale choral work from the early 19th century? Here’s your chance to hear Anton Reicha’s Missa pro defunctis (Requiem). The Stanford Symphonic Chorus and Peninsula Symphony will be performing it this weekend, together with excerpts … Continue reading →

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Coming Up: The Marriage of Figaro

Posted on July 21, 2009 by Michael

If you are in the East Bay this weekend, here’s the best music deal of the year. Come to see Open Opera’s free performances of Mozart’s masterpiece Le nozze di Figaro at the John Hinkel Park amphitheater in Berkeley. Performances … Continue reading →

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