Saturday, May 24, 2008 8:00 PM
First Congregational Church of Berkeley

Brahms' A German Requiem
Featuring Brahms' chamber setting

Jeffrey Fields, baritone
Rita Lillly, soprano
Nalini Ghuman and Lino Rivera, pianists

Saturday, March 8, 2008 8:00 PM
First Congregational Church of Berkeley
Dana and Durant

Aphrodite's Muse
Music by Women Composers
Featuring works by Fanny Mendelssohn, Clara Schumann and others

Program Notes

Saturday, November 17, 2007 8:00 PM
First Congregational Church of Berkeley

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

Program Notes

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

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

Program Notes

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

Program Notes