CHORA NOVA
A dynamic community of singers in Berkeley, California

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2012-2013 Season

  • 7PM Saturday, November 17, 2012

    First Presbyterian Church of Berkeley

    Handel and Hummel

    • Handel:
      • Choruses from Solomon:
        • "Your harps and cymbals sound"
        • May no rash intruder disturb their soft hours"
        • "From the censer curling rise"
      • Te Deum for Queen Caroline
      • Zadok the Priest
    • Hummel:
      • Mass in D Minor

    Soloists:

    • Jennifer Paulino, soprano
    • Christina Santschi, mezzo-soprano
    • Danielle Reutter-Harrah, alto
    • Mark Bonney, tenor
    • Paul Murray, bass
    Program Notes
  • 4PM Sunday, March 24, 2013

    St. John's Presbyterian Church of Berkeley

    • Duruflé: Requiem
        Lisa van der Ploeg, mezzo-soprano
    • Bernstein: Chichester Psalms
        Andrés Beck-Ruiz, soprano
    • Holst: Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda (Third Group):
      • Hymn to the Waters
      • Hymn of the Travellers
      • Hymn to Agni
      • Hymn to Soma
    • Soloists
  • 8PM Saturday, May 25, 2013

    First Congregational Church of Berkeley

    • Henry Du Mont (1610-1684):
      • Magnificat anima mea
      • Exultat Animus
    • Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643-1704):
      • Motet pour les trépassés
      • Agnus Dei from Messe pour les Trépassés
      • Te deum H146
    • Soloists:
      • Rita Lilly, soprano
      • Mark Bonney, tenor
      • Sepp Hammer, bass