The Sounds of War... The Pleas for Peace

The San Francisco Lyric Chorus, under the direction of Music Director, Robert Gurney, invites singers to join us for our Summer 2016 trimester.

We have openings in all parts. We know Sopranos, Altos, Tenors and Basses will enjoy singing these profound and powerful compositions.

The Sounds of War… The Pleas for Peace

Joseph Haydn: Mass in Time of War

Ralph Vaughan Williams: Dona Nobis Pacem

Rehearsals begin Monday, May 23, 2016. Rehearsals are held on Monday nights from 7:15-9:45 p.m. in:

St. Peter’s Hall
Trinity+St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
1620 Gough Street (between Austin and Bush Streets)
San Francisco

Our concerts will be held on Saturday, August 27, 2016 at 7 p.m. and Sunday, August 28, 2016 at 5 p.m. in Mission Dolores Basilica, San Francisco.

To arrange for an audition (ability to blend and sing in tune, good musicianship, 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 us, check our website at http://www.sflc.org

This Summer 2016 we will perform two fabulous choral works that center on war and peace, Joseph Haydn’s stirring Mass in Time of War and Ralph Vaughan Williams’ profound Dona Nobis Pacem.

Joseph Haydn’s (1732-1809) powerful mass was composed in 1796 in the aftermath of the French Revolution, and throughout you hear the trumpets and drums of battle.

Ralph Vaughan Williams’ (1872-1958) Dona Nobis Pacem was composed in the turbulent years just before the outbreak of World War II, and was premiered in 1936. It contains settings of poetry from Walt Whitman’s Drum Taps, writings by English Quaker statesman John Bright, and Biblical texts. We will be accompanied by a quartet of professional singers, string quartet, timpani, and organ.