San Francisco Girls Chorus presents:
Out of Darkness
Sunday, February 26, 4:00pm-6:00pm, Oakland
MORE INFO: http://www.sfgirlschorus.org
The San Francisco Girls Chorus, led by Music Director Valerie Sainte-Agathe and Artistic Director Lisa Bielawa, continues its 2016-2017 season with performances featuring virtuoso organist Paul Vasile. Making his Bay Area performance debut, Vasile continues an ongoing collaborative partnership with the ensemble, performing in a variety of major liturgical works for treble voices and organ as well as Herbert Howell’s rarely performed Psalm Prelude, Op. 32, No 1 for solo organ. The program also features works by Brahms, Mendelssohn, Poulenc, Grieg and Part.
Presented during the solemn Christian season of Lent, these performances highlight works written by many of the great Romantic composers as a means of reflecting on this spiritual time of inner contemplation. Many of these composers turned to the third book of the Hebrew bible, the Psalms, to meditate on the pre-Christian Yahweh, a god of awesome and even fearsome power. Previously serving in an accompanying role, the organ became increasingly significant during the Romantic era and provided a much richer, symphonic texture for devotional music. Paul Vasile will perform on two of the Bay Area’s most grandiose organs at Mission Dolores, San Francisco and First Presbyterian Church, Oakland, joining the San Francisco Girls Chorus for Brahms’ Psalm 13, Op. 27 “Herr, wie lange willst du mein…,” Mendelssohn’s Three Motets and Poulenc’s Litanies a la Vierge Noire. The San Francisco Girls Chorus will also be featured unaccompanied in Part’s Peace Upon You, Jerusalem and Grieg’s Ave Maris Stella, with Vasile showcased as soloist in Herbert Howells Psalm Prelude, Op. 32, No 1 for solo organ.
First Presbyterian Church of Oakland
2619 Broadway
Oakland, CA, 94612
510-444-3555
http://www.firstchurchoakland.org/
COST/TICKETS/REGISTRATION:
$26 to $36.
http://www.cityboxoffice.com
MORE INFO:
Website: http://www.sfgirlschorus.org
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Phone: 415-863-1752 x333
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