Jeffrey Bernstein, founder and Music Director of the Pasadena Master Chorale (PMC) is not one to rest on his laurels. The Chorale’s most recent concert last June may have been hailed by CultureSpotLA.com as “one of the finest performances of Brahms’ Ein Deutches Requiem…ever heard,” but the 2010/2011 season, says Bernstein, is the ensemble’s most ambitious and broad ranging yet.
“We’ll explore virtually every genre of choral music,” Bernstein reveals. “From small concerts featuring 22 of PMC's 80 members singing a cappella works from the Renaissance…to performances of major works…to more remote pieces that our audiences might be experiencing for the first time. And, of course, we’ll present what, in just three short years, has come to be a hallowed PMC tradition – our annual Holiday concert. However, we’re also breaking new ground, presenting for the first time one of the finest male choruses in the country, the Cornell Glee Club, in concert.”
The Pasadena Master Chorale’s upcoming season is as follows:
The Golden Age
Extravagant Renaissance choral music
October 2, 2010 at 7:30 p.m.
Altadena Community Church
October 3, 2010 at 4:00 p.m.
Altadena Community Church
Home for the Holidays
A Christmas party for your family and ours,
Featuring Ralph Vaughan Williams’ Fantasia on Christmas Carols and student soloists from Pasadena schools
December 11, 2010 at 7:30 p.m.
First Congregational Church
December 12, 2010, at 4:00 p.m.
Altadena Community Church
Life of Mozart (Special event)
A look at Mozart the man, interweaving words from the composer’s letters with the music of his famous last work, the Mozart Requiem. Actor Dan Selon joins the Chorale.
January 8, 2011 at 7:30 p.m.
First Congregational Church
The Cornell Glee Club in Concert (Special Event)
Experience the unparalleled sonic richness of a male chorus.
PMC proudly presents this top collegiate ensemble, conducted by Scott Tucker
January 16, 2011 at 4:00 p.m.
La Crescenta Presbyterian Church
Songs of Love
Celebrate Valentine’s Day in song, through works by such composers as Morten Lauridsen, Samuel Barber and Jeffrey Bernstein that explore love and connection
February 12, 2011 at 7:30 p.m.
Altadena Community Church
February 13, 2011 at 4:00 p.m.
Altadena Community Church
Brahms Requiem
Music of comfort that PMC has brought back by popular demand, after a nearly sold out performance last season and stellar reviews
April 9, 2011 at 7:30 p.m.
La Crescenta Presbyterian Church
The Green Concert
Music for the Earth, featuring Frostiana by Randall Thompson, a rarely heard setting of seven Robert Frost poems
June 4, 2011 at 7:30 p.m.
Altadena Community Church
June 5, 2011 at 4:00 p.m.
Altadena Community Church
“Each concert was fun to program,” says Bernstein. “But it will be even more fun – and rewarding – to share the music with the community. We’re rehearsing now, and the singers’ excitement is palpable. It can’t help but spread to our audience.”
Tickets for regular performances are reasonably priced at $20 and may be purchased by visiting the Pasadena Master Chorale’s website, www.pasadenamasterchorale.org, through any Chorale member, or at the door. Tickets for “Life of Mozart” will be available for $25/person while prices for tickets to the Special Event with the Cornell Glee Club will be announced shortly. Complete details on concerts, ticket prices and venue locations can be found on the website. Recorded information is available by phone as well at 626.208.0009.
Altadena Community Church is located at 943 East Altadena Drive in Altadena, while the First Congregational Church is located at 464 East Walnut in Pasadena. La Crescenta Presbyterian Church is located at 2902 Montrose Avenue in La Crescenta.
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
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