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Chora Nova in Concert
Paul Flight, Artistic Director
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Join us for an exciting
2009 – 2010 season
Saturday, November 21 8:00 p.m.
An Evening of Beethoven
Mass in C
Calm Seas and Prosperous Voyage
First Presbyterian Church of Berkeley
Saturday, March 20, 2010 8:00 p.m.
Faure: Requiem
and other French choral works
First Congregational Church of Berkeley
Saturday, May 22, 2010 8:00 p.m.
Rossini: Petit Messe Solonnelle
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 2008-2009 Season
The Triumph of Love
Catulli Carmina by
Carl Orff
LiebesLieder Walzes by Johannes Brahms
Rita Lilly, soprano
Mark Mowry, tenor
Sunday May 24, 2009 7:30 PM
First Congregational Church, Berkeley
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The Music of Zoltán Kodály
Missa Brevis
Kálló Folk Dances
Este Dal
Kösöntö
Sunday, 22 March, 2009 7:30PM
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Choral Masterworks of the Baroque Era
Requiem by Czech composer Jan Dismas Zelenka (1679-1745) and the Magnificat by German composer Johann Kuhnau (1660-1722)
Ann Moss, Soprano
Ruthann Lovetang, Alto
Mark Bonney, tenor
Paul Murray, bass
Saturday, November 22, 2008 8:00 PM
First Congregational Church of Berkeley |
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2007-2008 Season
Brahms' A German Requiem
Featuring Brahms' chamber setting
Jeffrey Fields, baritone
Rita Lillly, soprano
Nalini Ghuman and Lino Rivera, pianists
Saturday, May 24, 2008 8:00 PM
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Aphrodite's Muse
Music by Women Composers
Featuring works by Fanny Mendelssohn, Clara Schumann and others
Saturday, March 8, 2008 8:00 PM
First Congregational Church of Berkeley
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Homage to Saint Nicholas
Missa Sancti Nicolai, Franz Josef Haydn
Saint Nicolas Cantata, Benjamin Britten
Featuring: Mark Mowry, tenor, as Nicholas
Children's Voices: The Piedmont Choirs
Soprano: Rita Lilly
Alto: Ruthann Lovetang
Bass: Adam Cole
Saturday, November 17, 2007 8:00 PM
First Congregational Church of Berkeley |
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2006-2007 Season
Celebrating Peace
Utrecht Te Deum and Utrecht Jubilate, George Frideric Handel
composed in celebration of the Peace of Utrecht, 1713
Vesperae Solennes de Confessore, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Stefanie Moore, soprano
Bridget O'Keefe, soprano
Ruthann Lovetang, alto
Clifton Massey, countertenor
Ed Betts, countertenor/tenor
John Burton, bass
Meriel Ennik, flute
Saturday, May 19, 2007 8:00 PM
First Congregational Church of Berkeley |
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Romance & the Part Song
from dashed hopes to the triumph of love
Songs from the Romantic masters
Neue Liebeslieder Op. 65 – Brahms
Serenade to Music – Vaughan Williams
Works by Elgar, Rheinberger, Badings, Jenner,
Schubert
Rita Lilly, Soprano
Ruthann Lovetang, Alto
Mark Mueller, tenor
John Burton, bass
Esther Archer, piano
Jefferson Packer, piano
Jeannelle Meyer, violin
Sunday, March 25, 2007 7:30 PM
First Congregational Church of Berkeley |
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INAUGURAL CONCERT!
Treasures of Michael Haydn
Missa Sancti Hieronymi, Timete Dominum, Ave Regina Caelorum
Rita Lilly, soprano
Ruthann Lovetang, alto
Barrie Cowan, tenor
John Bischoff, bass
Saturday, November 18, 2006 8:00 PM
First Congregational Church of Berkeley |
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