Our 2023-24 Season
June 2024
BIRDS & BEES & DIRTY KNEES: A GARDEN TRIBUTE
Celebrating nature and escaping out the door, if only as far as the back yard!
Join us outside for an exploration of the animals, plants and insects who live in gardens and beyond. We’ll rejoice in spring’s diverse and surprising flora and fauna with works by Britten, Delius, Ligeti, Mechem, Schumann, Stenhammer, Phillips, Susa, MacDowell, Hensel, and our Composers-in- and -Not-in-Residence.
SAN FRANCISCO
Sunday, June 9 • 4:00pm
St. Mark’s Lutheran Church
1111 O’Farrell Street
PALO ALTO
Saturday, June 15 • 8:00pm
All Saints’ Episcopal Church
555 Waverley Street
OAKLAND
Sunday, June 16 • 4:00pm
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
114 Montecito Avenue
Earlier this season…
December 2023
A brief sample from our Sunday Dec. 10 concert in SF
SUN, MOON, AND STARS: A HEAVENLY CHRISTMAS
A musical exploration of the celestial wonders of Christmas and the Winter Solstice
We look to the heavens for a celebration of the Christmas story in the glorious lights of our winter sky. With seasonal music of introspection and jubilation we offer voices from around the globe, including Poulenc, Nixon, Guerrero, Brahms, Lassus, Hogan, and Composer-in-Residence Eric Tuan, and Composer-Not-in-Residence Balázs Kecskés D.
On the Program…
March 2024
Illumination 9, from The Song of Songs: the Honeybee in the Garden
by Debra Band (Jewish Publication Society, 2005
A LILY AMONG THORNS
Sacred and secular music from the Jewish tradition, with guest Klezmer trio Veretski Pass
Together with our Klezmer friends Veretski Pass we share the rich musical tradition springing from sacred and secular Jewish texts on love and courtship, and especially the Song of Songs. Works of Tarlow, Ben-Haim, Zimpel, Rossi, Hensel, Parker, Weigl, Carmel, Georg Schumann, and our Composer-in- and -Not-in-Residence, Eric Tuan, and Balázs Kecskés D.