Choral and Vocal

Choral and Vocal

Choral and Vocal

Choral and Vocal

Choral and Vocal

Choral and Vocal

Choral and Vocal

Choral and Vocal

Choral and Vocal

Choral and Vocal

7/27/2023 - A POET'S LOVE SONG CYCLE AT VOM FESTIVAL JULY 27 - Elly Lichenstein
Valley of the Moon Music Festival / Kyle Stegall, tenor; Eric Zivian, piano
The tagline for the Valley of the Moon Music Festival's ninth season - "transformations: grand works on an intimate scale" - rang especially true for its eighth concert July 27. Intended to evoke the song evenings (liederabends) of Schumann's time, the evening was touted as an intimate salon present...

6/4/2023 - CANTIAMO'S VIRTUOSO SINGING INSIDE AT ST. SEREPHIM'S CHURCH - Pamela Hicks Gailey
Cantiamo Sonoma / Carol Menke, conductor
Cantiamo Sonoma presented their season finale concert June 4th, and although the printed program title Summer Outdoor Concert gave the impression that it was to be held outdoors, the performance was in the uniquely frescoed St. Seraphim’s of Sarov Orthodox Church. It’s is always a pleasure to exp...

4/7/2023 - SPLENDID GOOD FRIDAY RUTTER REQUIEM AT CHURCH OF THE ROSES - Pamela Hicks Gailey
Church of the Roses / Carol Menke, director. Cantiamo Sonoma; Presbyterian Chancel Choir; Roses Chamber Orchestra
The choral music of British composer John Rutter holds a special place in the hearts and voices of choral groups worldwide. Like his American counterparts Eric Whitacre and Morten Lauridsen (to name just two of a very large field of the most popular living choral composers) Rutter has spent a lifeti...

2/3/2023 - BRAVURA BAROQUE BY THE ABS AT ST. STEPHENS IN TIBURON - Abby Wasserman
American Bach Soloists / Jeffrey Thomas, Director. Hélène Brunet, soprano; Gabriel Benton, harpsichord; Steven Marquardt, trumpet; Nate Helgeson, bassoon;
American Bach Soloists, led by Jeffrey Thomas, performed six masterworks by Bach, Vivaldi and Telemann on February 3 in Tiburon’s St. Stephen’s Church. Opening the famed ensemble’s 34th subscription season, the program was generously conceived and beautifully executed, and required five different ...

1/21/2023 - ORGAN-CHOIR COMBO IN BACH CELEBRATION - Terry McNeill
Sonoma Bach / C. 1600; Anne Laver, organ
Arriving early Jan. 21 for the 3 p.m. organ recital in Schroeder Hall, this reviewer found an already engaged large audience with no organ sounding. It was Sonoma Bach’s popular “Bachgrounder” that precedes each concert, and long-time Music Director Bob Worth was describing from the stage the majest...