Festive Works by Masters of the Baroque November 22, 2009

Bay Choral Guild opens its 31st season with a delightful concert of Baroque Masterworks. BCG sang Handel's Dixit Dominus in its first season, 1988-89. Thirty-one years later, the group reprises this lively piece, a favorite with choirs and audiences worldwide. Next on the program, in celebration of the feast day (November 22) of the patron saint of music, is the renowned but too seldom performed Messa di Santa Cecilia of Alessandro Scarlatti. The concert finishes with the luminous Beatus vir, a superb and dramatic setting of Psalm 112 by Claudio Monteverdi. Sanford Dole, BCG Artistic Director, directs the BCG chorus, the Jubilate Orchestra, David Wilson concertmaster, and three outstanding soloists - soprano Ann Moss, and mezzos Elspeth Franks, and Sonia Gariaeff. All three highly regarded singers enjoy active careers both locally and nationwide in chamber music, opera, oratorio and recital performance. Join Maestro Dole and the Bay Choral Guild for a joyful and festive concert!

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