By Lois Van Buren Upon joining the Santa Cruz Chorale, new members are given a handbook which includes a page of obligations each is expected to meet in order to maintain the group’s high standard of excellence. For the most part, these expectations are quite reasonable – be on time, attend regularly, know your part, pay your dues, […]
Presenting the Santa Cruz Chorale’s 2018-2019 season
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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Have You ever heard a performance of Handel’s “Foundling Hospital Anthem?” Most likely not…
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 […]
Santa Cruz Chorale Presents Handel, Purcell and Bach!
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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Handel’s relationship with the Foundling Hospital
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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