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San Diego Master Chorale Completes the Season with ‘Americana’ in La Jolla

All of the musical settings of the Catholic Church’s Requiem service used the same Latin liturgical format until Johannes Brahms decided to write his Requiem in 1868. Brahms created his own Requiem text, selecting passages from Martin Luther’s translation of the Bible, and instead of the terrors of the Last Judgement—the centerpiece of the Latin Requiem—Brahms chose texts that celebrated the joy of heaven in the Divine Presence.

San Diego Master Chorale Presents the Maurice Duruflé Requiem at St. Paul’s Cathedral The San Diego Master Chorale under the direction of Music Director John K. Russell presented Maurice Duruflé’s Requiem Saturday…

Neither the First nor the Last ‘Noel Noel’ at The Rady Shell The San Diego Symphony opened its traditional holiday extravaganza Noel Noel Friday at the Rady Shell. Under the baton of guest conductor…

San Diego Master Chorale Graces the California Festival at The Rady Shell As part of Sunday’s California Festival Family and Community Day at the Rady Shell, the San Diego Master Chorale under Music Director…

The Mainly Mozart All-Star Orchestra and San Diego Master Chorale performed Beethoven’s 9th Symphony on June 24th at the Epstein Family Amphitheater on Gilman Drive in La Jolla. Just shy of 200…

San Diego’s Mainly Mozart All-Star Orchestra this year included 12 concertmasters and 27 principles among other fine musicians from cities such as Cleveland, Philadelphia, Los Angeles and Toronto. With changing but similar…

The San Diego Symphony’s season-closer on Saturday night was a spectacular synthesis of all the strengths of this indefatigable company. Music Director Rafael Payare passionately conducted the eagerly responsive and technically superb…

Though Rachmaninoff is remembered for his epic compositions and performances at the piano, among his favorite works was his choral setting of the orthodox liturgy, The All-Night Vigil. It stands out not only…

Under guest conductor Christopher Dragon, the San Diego Symphony opened this season’s edition of its annual holiday fête, Noel Noel, Friday at the Rady Shell. With the requisite assistance of the San Diego…