FEB 1: SCOTLAND & ENGLAND

Program Info

The program showcases English and Scottish Renaissance music from the Carver Choirbook, a unique 16th-century collection that is one of Scotland's only surviving sources of Renaissance polyphony. In addition to the Renaissance works are two contemporary pieces by Scottish composer James MacMillan and English composer Alexander Campkin.

Running Time
1 hour, 29 minutes, includes intermission

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Doors Open 30 minutes prior to performance

PROGRAM

NESBETT Magnificat 
MACMILLAN O Radiant Dawn 
TAVERNER O splendor gloriae 
CARVER Gaude Gaude flore virginali 
CAMPKIN Miserere 
MACMILLAN A Child’s Prayer
CARVER “Gloria” from Missa Dum sacrum mysterium

FEB 1: SCOTLAND & ENGLAND

Program Info

The program showcases English and Scottish Renaissance music from the Carver Choirbook, a unique 16th-century collection that is one of Scotland's only surviving sources of Renaissance polyphony. In addition to the Renaissance works are two contemporary pieces by Scottish composer James MacMillan and English composer Alexander Campkin.

Running Time
1 hour, 29 minutes, includes intermission

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Doors Open 30 minutes prior to performance

PROGRAM

NESBETT Magnificat 
MACMILLAN O Radiant Dawn 
TAVERNER O splendor gloriae 
CARVER Gaude Gaude flore virginali 
CAMPKIN Miserere 
MACMILLAN A Child’s Prayer
CARVER “Gloria” from Missa Dum sacrum mysterium

Vox Humana presents Rachmaninov Vespers

Sam sings the notorious Roasted Swan aria with Schola Cantorum

West Edge Presents… Dolores

Music by Nicolás Lell Benavides

Libretto by Marella Martin Koch

Orchestra Preview
In English with English Surtitles
August 13 in San Francisco

Dolores Huerta is a legend in the fight for farm workers’ rights. In June of 1968, the movement lost a major ally and Dolores lost a friend when Senator Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated. The opera focuses on Dolores’ struggles, triumphs, and tragedies during some of the most iconic and charged weeks of American history.

Dolores is the first commission to come out of our project Aperture. Created during the height of COVID, Aperture members watched the development of Dolores online 2020-2021. We now invite you to an hour-long program featuring excerpts from the opera, in person.

Sam joins Marin Baroque as soloist in J.S. Bach’s great Cantata 131 - Aus der Tiefen, rufe ich, Herr, zu dir

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The SCSO pays tribute to some of the world’s best-loved musicals celebrating one of the most influential, innovative, and unstoppable duos of all time, Rodgers and Hammerstein. (Rodgers and Hammerstein’s musical legacy.)

Experience a delightful afternoon of classic songs from Carousel, South Pacific, The King and I, The Sound of Music, Oklahoma!, and more!

Soloists
Jana McIntyre, Soprano
Krista Wigle, Mezzo Soprano
Sam Faustine, Tenor
Jerry Lee, Baritone

Saturday, May 4, 2023
3:00 PM (New! Matinée)

SAFE Credit Union Performing Arts Center
1301 L Street, Sacramento

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The centerpiece of this program of Renaissance and modern music is Allegri’s Miserere. The work was exclusively sung by the Sistine Chapel Choir, though legend says that a 14-year old Mozart visited Rome and wrote out the piece perfectly from memory after just one hearing, sending the Vatican’s guarded secret into the world. The psalm setting is famously known for a high C, sung by a soprano soloist. 

The program also features two elaborate psalm settings by English Renaissance composers Robert White and John Sheppard and motets by modern composers John Tavener, Eric Whitacre, and Arvo Pärt.

The centerpiece of this program of Renaissance and modern music is Allegri’s Miserere. The work was exclusively sung by the Sistine Chapel Choir, though legend says that a 14-year old Mozart visited Rome and wrote out the piece perfectly from memory after just one hearing, sending the Vatican’s guarded secret into the world. The psalm setting is famously known for a high C, sung by a soprano soloist. 

The program also features two elaborate psalm settings by English Renaissance composers Robert White and John Sheppard and motets by modern composers John Tavener, Eric Whitacre, and Arvo Pärt.

The Exploratorium Presents

Xeno in Vivo

A Live Multimedia Opera Performance

Artist/Concept - Heather Dewey-Hagborg
Music Director/Conductor - Sam Faustine

Soprano - Amy Foote
Alto - Reuben Zellman
Tenor - Tim Silva
Bass - Wilford Kelly

Will CRISPR gene editing change our idea of what defines a species? Is gene editing simply a continuation of our long history of modifying animals through selective breeding? Or is it something radically new?  

Artist-in-Residence Heather Dewey-Hagborg and the Exploratorium present the world premiere of Xeno in Vivo, a multimedia opera and live film performance investigating xenotransplantation—in which an organ is transplanted into a human from another animal, such as a pig. The thirty-minute work, featuring a live operatic chorus, will reflect upon the ten thousand-year relationship between pigs and humans, and brings the words of scientists and archaeologists to life in song. Each night's performance will be followed by a discussion about the work and the questions raised by the evolving biomedical technology of xenotransplantation.

Heather Dewey-Hagborg is a transdisciplinary artist and educator interested in art as research and critical practice. Heather’s work investigates the social implications of the technological advances of biological science to explore our human nature.  

Xeno in Vivo was created with funding from a Hewlett Foundation 50 Arts Commission and is additionally supported by the Simons Foundation.

Xeno in Vivo is co-sponsored by Z Space.

VOX HUMANA SF’s inaugural concert will take place on the weekend of February 23-24, 2024, and feature music from Bach, Brahms, Copland, Elgar, Mäntyjävi, Martinaitis, Mendelssohn, and Penderecki. The programs will take place in Belvedere and San Francisco, featuring twenty-four professional singers at the top of their craft with mezzo-soprano Catherine Cook performing Aaron Copland’s “In the Beginning.”

About Vox Humana SF:

Vox Humana SF is a dynamic and avant-garde twenty-four-voice professional choir that celebrates the beauty and power of the human voice within the context of San Francisco’s rich cultural landscape. We specialize in a wide range of choral music. We are dedicated to presenting the finest in traditional repertoire and delving into the newest compositions, which show the organization’s commitment to fostering excellence, innovation, and creativity.


For more information, visit www.voxhumanasf.org

VOX HUMANA SF’s inaugural concert will take place on the weekend of February 23-24, 2024, and feature music from Bach, Brahms, Copland, Elgar, Mäntyjävi, Martinaitis, Mendelssohn, and Penderecki. The programs will take place in Belvedere and San Francisco, featuring twenty-four professional singers at the top of their craft with mezzo-soprano Catherine Cook performing Aaron Copland’s “In the Beginning.”

About Vox Humana SF:

Vox Humana SF is a dynamic and avant-garde twenty-four-voice professional choir that celebrates the beauty and power of the human voice within the context of San Francisco’s rich cultural landscape. We specialize in a wide range of choral music. We are dedicated to presenting the finest in traditional repertoire and delving into the newest compositions, which show the organization’s commitment to fostering excellence, innovation, and creativity.


For more information, visit www.voxhumanasf.org

Saturday, February 3, 2024 at 7:30 PM

Holy Rosary Church (Seattle, WA)

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Sunday, February 4, 2024 at 3:00 PM

St. Mary the Virgin (San Francisco, CA)

Two settings of the Marian text Salve regina by English composers William Cornysh and Gabriel Jackson are featured on this program of Renaissance and modern motets. It also features music by Estonian composer Arvo Pärt, Flemish composer Heinrich Isaac, and Portuguese composer Filipe de Magalhães.

Saturday, February 3, 2024 at 7:30 PM

Holy Rosary Church (Seattle, WA)

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Sunday, February 4, 2024 at 3:00 PM

St. Mary the Virgin (San Francisco, CA)

Two settings of the Marian text Salve regina by English composers William Cornysh and Gabriel Jackson are featured on this program of Renaissance and modern motets. It also features music by Estonian composer Arvo Pärt, Flemish composer Heinrich Isaac, and Portuguese composer Filipe de Magalhães.

Our next concert on FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2023, at 7:00pm features BYRD ENSEMBLE, the acclaimed Seattle-based polyphony choir. We are thrilled to welcome this fantastic group back for a second year in a row! The program will be posted the week of the concert. Enjoy this brief excerpt of Byrd Ensemble singing Byrd’s glorious superlative motet Ne irascaris, Domine HERE! (You might just hear it here on Friday!)

Soloists:

Soprano - Rosemary Beecher-Bryant
Soprano - Helene Zindarsian
Alto - Sara Couden
Tenor - Samuel Faustine
Bass - John Kendall Bailey

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BYRD ENSEMBLE PRESeNTS…

Muhly Meets Byrd

Opening our 20th Anniversary season and to honor 400 years since the death of our namesake, William Byrd, this program features a new work by American composer Nico Muhly based on Byrd's motet, Ne irascaris, Domine. The world-premiere performance will be conducted by Muhly himself. 

The program also features other favorites by Byrd and his contemporaries and will conclude with a performance of Tallis’s monumental 40-part motet, Spem in alium.  

​We are excited to be presented by Portland-based choral ensemble, In Medio, for our program on Sunday, October 22 at 3pm. The program will open with a performance by In Medio and will combine forces for a performance of Tallis's Spem in alium. (Nico Muhly will not be present for this performance.)

Program

Thomas Tallis

Candidi facti sunt​

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William Byrd

Quomodo cantabimus​
Tribue Domine
Ne irascaris Domine
Ye sacred muses

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Philippe de Monte

Super flumina Babylonis

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Nico Muhly

New commission

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Thomas Morley

Domine Dominus noster

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Thomas Tallis

Spem in alium

Information

Running Time

1 hour, 29 minutes, includes intermission

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Doors Open

30 minutes prior to performance

Artists

​​Composer

Nico Muhly

​Director

Markdavin Obenza

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Soprano

Ruth Schauble
Christina Siemens
Margaret Obenza

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Alto

Sarra Sharif Doyle
Joshua Haberman

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Tenor

Orrin Doyle
Sam Faustine

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Bass

Matthew Peterson
Clayton Moser

TICKETS

BYRD ENSEMBLE PRESeNTS…

Muhly Meets Byrd

Opening our 20th Anniversary season and to honor 400 years since the death of our namesake, William Byrd, this program features a new work by American composer Nico Muhly based on Byrd's motet, Ne irascaris, Domine. The world-premiere performance will be conducted by Muhly himself. 

The program also features other favorites by Byrd and his contemporaries and will conclude with a performance of Tallis’s monumental 40-part motet, Spem in alium.  

​We are excited to be presented by Portland-based choral ensemble, In Medio, for our program on Sunday, October 22 at 3pm. The program will open with a performance by In Medio and will combine forces for a performance of Tallis's Spem in alium. (Nico Muhly will not be present for this performance.)

Program

Thomas Tallis

Candidi facti sunt​

​

William Byrd

Quomodo cantabimus​
Tribue Domine
Ne irascaris Domine
Ye sacred muses

​

Philippe de Monte

Super flumina Babylonis

​

Nico Muhly

New commission

​

Thomas Morley

Domine Dominus noster

​

Thomas Tallis

Spem in alium

Information

Running Time

1 hour, 29 minutes, includes intermission

​

Doors Open

30 minutes prior to performance

Artists

​​Composer

Nico Muhly

​Director

Markdavin Obenza

​

Soprano

Ruth Schauble
Christina Siemens
Margaret Obenza

​

Alto

Sarra Sharif Doyle
Joshua Haberman

​

Tenor

Orrin Doyle
Sam Faustine

​

Bass

Matthew Peterson
Clayton Moser

TICKETS

West Edge Presents… Dolores

Music by Nicolás Lell Benavides

Libretto by Marella Martin Koch

Orchestra Preview
In English with English Surtitles
August 13 in San Francisco

Dolores Huerta is a legend in the fight for farm workers’ rights. In June of 1968, the movement lost a major ally and Dolores lost a friend when Senator Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated. The opera focuses on Dolores’ struggles, triumphs, and tragedies during some of the most iconic and charged weeks of American history.

Dolores is the first commission to come out of our project Aperture. Created during the height of COVID, Aperture members watched the development of Dolores online 2020-2021. We now invite you to an hour-long program featuring excerpts from the opera, in person.

Presented by Sacramento Choral Society and Orchestra
Sam sings the notorious Roasted Swan Tenor Solo at the beautiful newly renovated SAFE Credit Union Performing Arts Center

Other soloists and more details TBA