Upcoming Performances: Fauré, Requiem
The Stockton Chorale closes out its 2007-2008 season with two performances of Gabriel Fauré's sublime Requiem, composed in 1890. For this concert, which we've titled "To Honor and Remember," we're joined by the Master Chorale and the Stockton Youth Chorale.
- When: May 16, 2008 (7:30 pm)
- Where: Central Methodist Church, Stockton
- When: May 18, 2008 (3 pm)
- Where: Episcopal Church of St. John the Baptist, Lodi
- Soloists: Dianne England, soprano and Michael Sokol, baritone
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Previous Performances: Mendelssohn, Elijah
- When: April 17, 2008 (7:30 pm)
- Where: Temple Israel, Stockton
- When: April 20, 2008 (3 pm)
- Where: Hutchins Street Square, Lodi
- Soloists: Jessica Sienna, Lisa van der Ploeg, Daniel Ebbers, Michael Sokol (Elijah)
Music For the Heart and Soul: Our 2007-2008 Concert Season
55+ years and still going strong! Join the Chorale for the following performances during our 2007-2008 season. Complete information is posted on the 2007-2008 performance calendar page. Highlights include:
Concert 1: October 28, 2007 – Bruckner, Mass
in E Minor; Pinkham, Sinfonia Sacra
Concert 2: December 2007 – "Holiday
Delight"
Concert 3: February 17, 2008 – "Love's
Sweet Song"
Concert 4: April 17 & 20, 2008 – Mendelssohn, Elijah
Concert 5: May 16 & 18, 2008 – "To Honor
and Remember" (featuring Fauré's Requiem)
Members of the Stockton Chorale toured Ireland and Scotland for two weeks in the summer of 2007, taking in the sights and, best of all, singing to new audiences. The following are updates from the road, written by director Ted Cetto.
DR.
CETTO'S PERSONAL REFLECTION
(Not for the eye-rollers in the back row, the grammar police, or those
who detest my rambling missives.)
"Step we gaily on we go, heel to heel and toe to toe,
On and on and row by row, climbing Hollyrood Mountain."
Here's my song that I sing to the birds and bees as I hike up the Queens estate that sits behind her palace named Hollyrood in Edinburgh. It is nothing like Hollywood. She's in residence with 20,000 guest for tea today, oddly enough, she won't let me in. Continued
Check out the pictures (last updated 2 July 2007)
News from the 2006-2007 Chorale season
About the Stockton Chorale
The
Stockton Chorale is a not-for-profit community organization whose goals
include bringing a wide variety of good choral music to the Stockton Community.
The Chorale offers the performance of great masterworks with orchestra and the finest professional and regional soloists. We strive to bring superlative contemporary American choral works, and we are committed to commissioning new choral works. Read more...