On The Radio! - 2 |
April 10, 2016
Norman P. Murray Community Center, Mission Viejo |
We had so much fun with popular music last time we tried it - "On the Radio!" in April 2014 - that we decided to do it again. The new, improved 2016 model, "On the Radio 2!", hit the streets in April 2016, with brilliant choral arrangements of popular songs from the last half-century. Would we find anything to top "Great Balls of Fire" and "Bohemian Rhapsody"? You had to be there to find out!
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Memories of Heart and Hearth |
December 13, 2015
Norman P. Murray Community Center, Mission Viejo |
The heart of our year is always holiday season. We love to be part of your celebration, and we love to present our music to our friends , families - but also to folks who can't be at home for the holidays. We presented an enticing program of holiday favorites - songs everyone would know and love , and some which might have been new. It turned into a great way to get into the holiday mood - we had a blast, and the packed audience seemed to have fun too! And, by popular demand, the hippopotamus was back! |
"Americana" |
June 19, 2015
Geneva Presbyterian Church, Laguna Woods June 21, 2015 Shepherd of the Hills United Methodist Church, Mission Viejo Reprise: July 11, 2015 First United Methodist Church of Orange, Orange |
In two concerts the weekend of June 19-21, we presented a beautiful program of songs drawn from the inexhaustible treasure-house of American choral music - the music of Jester Hairston, Morten Lauridsen (his glorious "O Magnum Mysterium", which we all remember from Jim Svejda's pledge break segments on KUSC!)) and many others. The concert, titled "Americana", formed the core of the program the Chorale performed on our tour of Ireland in July 2015.
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Verdi "Requiem" |
March 21, 2015
Irvine Council Chambers, City Center Plaza, Irvine March 22, 2015 Richfield Community Church, Yorba Linda |
In co-operation with the Orange Community Master Chorale (Michael Short, Director) and Symphony Irvine (Dean Anderson, Director), we presented two performances of Giuseppe Verdi's magnificent "Requiem".
The Verdi Requiem is one of the great masterpieces of the choral repertoire - at one moment astonishingly powerful, at another quiet and reflective. The Chorale enjoyed the opportunity to sing with new friends from OCMC, and to work with the talented orchestral musicians of Symphony Irvine. We were also privileged to sing with four outstanding soloists, Rebecca Sjöwall (soprano), Susan Ali (mezzo-soprano), Javier Gonzalez (tenor) and John Davies (bass/baritone). And, if you want a taster of the earth-shattering Dies Irae (The Day of Wrath), watch Claudio Abbado, the Berlin Philharmonic and the massed choirs of the Swedish Radio Chorus, the Eric Ericson Chamber Choir and Orfeón Donostiarra - here. It's difficult to imagine anything more satisfying than being part of a performance of this glorious work. . |
A Merry Little Christmas |
December 21, 2014
Norman P. Murray Community Center, Mission Viejo |
Mystic Visions - Folk Music of the British Isles |
August 1, 2014
St Catherine of Siena Parish School Chapel, Laguna Beach August 3, 2014 Geneva Presbyterian Church, Laguna Woods |
On The Radio! |
April 26, 2014
Geneva Presbyterian Church, Laguna Woods |
Home for the Holidays |
December 15, 2013
Norman P. Murray Community Center, Mission Viejo |
Madrigals Through the Ages |
August 30 & September 1, 2013
St Catherine of Siena Parish School Chapel, Laguna Beach October 20, 2013 Tapestry - A Unitarian Universalist Congregation, Mission Viejo |
Golden Jubilee Concert - Mozart Requiem |
June 2, 2013
Geneva Presbyterian Church, Laguna Woods |
Expressions of the Soul |
February 2, 2013
St. Margaret's Episcopal Church, San Juan Capistrano |