Never to allow gradually the traffic to smother
With noise and fog the flowering of the spirit.
Stephen Spender
With noise and fog the flowering of the spirit.
Stephen Spender
Season Finale: Born of the Sun
Friday, May 27, 2022 at 8PM & Saturday, May 28, 2022 at 3PM
Schroeder Hall, Green Music Center
Danielle Reutter-Harrah, soprano · Heidi Waterman, alto · Daniel Hutchings, tenor · Nikolas Nackley, bass
Sonoma Bach Choir · Live Oak Baroque Orchestra
Bachgrounder 35 minutes before each concert
To close our season, we offer Mozart’s two great unfinished works of sacred music: The C Minor Mass (called the ‘Great Mass’) and the ‘Requiem in D Minor’. Although both pieces have been completed—by Mozart’s colleague and assistant Franz Xavier Süssmayr, in the case of the ‘Requiem’, and by modern scholars such as Robert Levin—our performance will essentially consist of the surviving torso of each piece. There can hardly be a more dramatic contrast between the monumental and spacious ‘Great Mass’, composed in 1782-83 as Mozart reached true maturity as a composer of sacred music, and the ‘Requiem’, the spare, succinct, almost ascetic creation of his last days upon the earth.
These concerts are made possible by a generous bequest from our dear friend and comrade
Rick Beebe (1946-2020), who for many years was a mainstay of the Sonoma Bach Choir’s bass section.
Friday, May 27, 2022 at 8PM & Saturday, May 28, 2022 at 3PM
Schroeder Hall, Green Music Center
Danielle Reutter-Harrah, soprano · Heidi Waterman, alto · Daniel Hutchings, tenor · Nikolas Nackley, bass
Sonoma Bach Choir · Live Oak Baroque Orchestra
Bachgrounder 35 minutes before each concert
To close our season, we offer Mozart’s two great unfinished works of sacred music: The C Minor Mass (called the ‘Great Mass’) and the ‘Requiem in D Minor’. Although both pieces have been completed—by Mozart’s colleague and assistant Franz Xavier Süssmayr, in the case of the ‘Requiem’, and by modern scholars such as Robert Levin—our performance will essentially consist of the surviving torso of each piece. There can hardly be a more dramatic contrast between the monumental and spacious ‘Great Mass’, composed in 1782-83 as Mozart reached true maturity as a composer of sacred music, and the ‘Requiem’, the spare, succinct, almost ascetic creation of his last days upon the earth.
These concerts are made possible by a generous bequest from our dear friend and comrade
Rick Beebe (1946-2020), who for many years was a mainstay of the Sonoma Bach Choir’s bass section.
BachTalk: Born of the Sun
Mozart's C Minor Mass and Requiem
Long time Sonoma Bach Choir member, Dan Solter, and Music Director, Bob Worth, discuss the program, Born of the Sun, in a casual, salon-style, online setting. Come with your questions for a lively evening with choir & audience members.
Mozart's C Minor Mass and Requiem
Long time Sonoma Bach Choir member, Dan Solter, and Music Director, Bob Worth, discuss the program, Born of the Sun, in a casual, salon-style, online setting. Come with your questions for a lively evening with choir & audience members.
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The Choir Loft is off this week as we prepare for our upcoming concert, Born of the Sun.
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The Choir Loft is off this week as we prepare for our upcoming concert, Born of the Sun.
Please peruse our extensive library for more episodes!