The concert is inspired by Artistic Director Nicole Baker’s recent Danube River voyage from Budapest to Romania, with sojourns by land in Austria, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The program will Christmas intermingle favorites with mysterious chants and motets from Orthodox traditions, charming Czech carols, ornate Ukrainian polyphony, and more. Complimentary reception, with Glühwein, will follow […]
Los Angeles
Jouyssance invites ACDA members to “Hidden Voices” June 3 and 4
Jouyssance Early Music Ensemble presents Hidden Voices June 3 and 4 ` Jouyssance Early Music Ensemble will present “Hidden Voices,” a program of Renaissance and early Baroque music – some recently discovered – by women and composers of color. The concerts will take place June 3, at 8 p.m. at St. Bede’s Episcopal Church, at […]
Jouyssance Presents “Hidden Voices”
Recent research has uncovered a treasure trove of medieval and Renaissance music by composers of diverse backgrounds — from the first born in the New World to cloistered Italian nuns. Jouyssance will perform select works from these collections, as well as two gorgeous motets by Vicente Lusitano, the first published composers of African heritage. Our […]
Pacific Chorale Hosts Gala Honoring OC Arts Leader Richard Stein
Grammy Award-winning Pacific Chorale, whose performances have been hailed as “ethereal” (LA Opus), “thrilling” and “sublime” (Classical Voice), caps its 2022-23 Season with a celebratory gala, “A Night in Salzburg,” honoring one of Orange County’s most prominent and impactful arts leaders, Richard Stein, President & CEO of Arts Orange County, on Saturday May 20, 2023, […]
Pacific Chorale Hosts Gala Honoring OC Arts Leader Richard Stein
Grammy Award-winning Pacific Chorale, whose performances have been hailed as “ethereal” (LA Opus), “thrilling” and “sublime” (Classical Voice), caps its 2022-23 Season with a celebratory gala, “A Night in Salzburg,” honoring one of Orange County’s most prominent and impactful arts leaders, Richard Stein, President & CEO of Arts Orange County, on Saturday May 20, 2023, […]
Pacific Chorale Presents Newly Discovered Groundbreaking Work by Florence Price
Pacific Chorale concludes its season with Artistic Director Robert Istad leading the West Coast premiere of the choral-orchestral version of groundbreaking composer Florence Price’s newly discovered Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight, a setting of Springfield, Illinois-native Nicholas Vachel Lindsay’s ardent anti-war poem of the same title. The long-lost manuscript by Price, one of the first […]