Magnificat! December 2, 2007

Program:
Francis Poulenc--Gloria
Francesco Durante--Magnificat
Franz Schubert--Magnificat
Herbert Howells--Hymn for St. Cecilia
Herbert Howells--Magnificat Collegium Regale
Arvo Pärt--Magnificat
Featured Concert Accompanist:
Robert Train Adams

This Fall, the San Francisco Lyric Chorus presents Magnificat!, a joyful selection of music appropriate for the season. Our major work, Francis Poulenc's Gloria, is a beautiful example of the creative abilities of this 20th century French master: energetic and haunting, playful and thoughtful. The Magnificat by Francesco Durante is a delightful 18th century Italian mystery. No one is quite certain who composed it: Francesco Durante, or his student, Giovanni Pergolesi. Whoever it was had a wonderful sense of melody and joy in music. Franz Schubert's Magnificat exhibits all the hallmarks of his larger Masses--rich sonorities and gentle lyricism. The rarely heard Herbert Howells Hymn for St. Cecilia is a small jewel with the soaring sounds one expects from Howells. His Magnificat Collegium Regale (written for King's College) contains those same ethereal, passionate sounds, as well as forceful, driving passages. Arvo Pärt's Magnificat is a spare, mystical composition of long, flowing lines and pure tone.

Tickets: $20 general; $17 advance sale/seniors; free admission for students 5-18 with ID.
Please, no children under 5.

Tickets by phone at (415) 721-4077 or online at http://www.sflc.org/concerts/buytickets.htm.

Official Website: http://www.sflc.org