Summer 2015 brings a special opportunity for Bay Area singers as the SFLC celebrates the 100th anniversary of the Panama Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco’s 1915 world’s fair that showcased San Francisco’s recovery from the devastating 1906 earthquake, as well as honoring the opening of the Panama Canal. The PPIE was set in what is now San Francisco’s Marina District—over 600 acres of buildings and gardens, with amazing and magical events every day. Over 35 countries and many states were represented at the fair, and over 19 million people attended. Three hundred volunteer singers from all over the Bay Area came regularly to participate in the PPIE’s Festival Chorus
We invite you to join the San Francisco Lyric Chorus in two concerts, honoring our 1915 choral predecessors by singing some of the classical choral works they performed in the Exposition’s majestic Festival Hall.
Our performances will take place in beautiful Mission Dolores Basilica, which also is celebrating its 100th anniversary. In addition, we are celebrating the San Francisco Lyric Chorus’ 20th anniversary.
We will be accompanied by Jerome Lenk, Director of Music and Organist for the Basilica, as well as by an instrumental ensemble.
Concert Program:
Amy Beach: Panama Hymn (official hymn of the PPIE, commissioned for that purpose)
Camille Saint-Saëns: Selected choruses from The Promised Land (his late-career oratorio given its American premiere at the PPIE but seldom performed since)
Selections from other classical choral works performed at the PPIE:
Johannes Brahms: Requiem: #4, Wie Lieblich Sind Deine Wohnungen
Georg Frideric Handel: Messiah: And The Glory of the Lord
Georg Frideric Handel: Messiah: Hallelujah Chorus
Joseph Haydn: Creation: Awake The Harp
Joseph Haydn: Creation: The Heavens Are Telling
Joseph Haydn: Creation: Achieved Is The Glorious Work
Felix Mendelssohn: Elijah: Lift Thine Eyes
Felix Mendelssohn: Elijah: He, Watching Over Israel
Felix Mendelssohn: Elijah: And Then Shall Your Light Break Forth
Gioachino Rossini: Stabat Mater: In Sempiterna Saecula, Amen
Giuseppe Verdi: Requiem: Sanctus
Richard Wagner: Tannhaüser: Pilgrim’s Chorus
We have openings in all parts. Tenors and basses are especially needed.
Rehearsals: Monday nights, 7:15-9:45 pm beginning Monday, May 18, 2015
Rehearsal Location: Trinity+St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, 1668 Bush Street, San Francisco
Concerts: Saturday, August 22, 2015 at 7 p.m. and Sunday, August 23, 2015 at 5 p.m. – Mission Dolores Basilica
To arrange for an audition (ability to blend and sing in tune, some sight reading skill expected) or obtain further information, contact Music Director Robert Gurney at 415-721-4077 or [email protected]. For further information about the Chorus & the event, check our website at http://www.sflc.org
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Amateur
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$120 per semester, plus music
Performances Per Year:
6 (3 concerts)
Experience Required:
ability to blend & sing in tune, some sight reading skill expected, good musicianship
Ensemble Size:
35-40