Dear friends, We’re pleased to invite you to join us for our 36th season. The size of our audiences has been increasing over the past few seasons, which suggests that you’re enjoying both the programming and artistic quality of our performances. We hope you continue to enjoy our concerts this season, and we look forward […]
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Dear Music Friends, Have you ever heard a performance of Handel’s “Foundling Hospital Anthem?” Most likely not, because hardly anybody has. The versatile G.F.Handel was able to adapt elements from various of his compositions to create what is a true masterpiece in its own right, but one that has been overshadowed by “Messiah.” This […]
Dear Music Friends, On April 28-29 at Holy Cross Church, the Santa Cruz Chorale will present their final concert of the 2017-2018 season with music by three giants of the Baroque period: Johann Sebastian Bach, George Frideric Handel, and Henry Purcell. Blessed Are They That Considereth the Poor (or Foundling Hospital Anthem) was […]
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The Foundling Hospital was founded in 1739 by the philanthropic sea captain Thomas Coram to house and educate abandoned and orphaned children. Established under royal charter and supported by many noted figures of the day in high society and the arts, it was the United Kingdom’s first children’s charity. In order to raise funds for […]
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Dear Friends of the Chorale, The Santa Cruz Chorale’s Guest concert is in a week! Do you have your tickets yet? The concert, entitled “Morning and Evening Songs,” is on Sunday, March 18th at 4pm in the sanctuary of Holy Cross Church. Our guests, The New Choir, will present pieces from a range of […]
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Dear Music Friends, The date for the Santa Cruz Chorale Guest Concert with San Jose’s The New Choir is fast approaching. It is our great pleasure to welcome once more this fine ensemble directed by Eileen Chang. The program will celebrate the joy, promise and hope of the dawning day, and the mystery and […]
Featured in last year’s Guest Concert, Palo Alto’s The New Choir, was so well received that we invited them back for another performance. Their program, “Morning and Evening Songs” will include works from the Renaissance of Monteverdi to the 20th Century of Samuel Barber. The pieces the Chorale shared with The New Choir last year […]
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Dear Music Friends, Do you have “Romantic” memories of our June concert featuring the Fauré Requiem? Well, you can relive those moments! You will be pleased to know that concert is now available on our newest CD, which will be a featured offering at our upcoming concert’s Concessions table. As you may already know, Sunday’s […]
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Dear Music Friends, Do you need an excuse to relax and spoil yourself before the upcoming hustle and bustle of the holidays? To let some one else do the cooking? To enjoy a fabulous dinner out in a unique classical setting? This coming Tuesday, December 5th, the Shadowbrook Restaurant in Capitola is hosting a fundraiser for […]
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By Lois van Buren Junior high school often saw me directly square between the speakers of my parents’ box stereo, tearfully listening to Rachmaninoff’s 2nd Piano Concerto. The Romantic period did its work to evoke emotion which, for a young teen, was the emerging understanding of the world outside the adolescent self. It wasn’t […]