SF Choral Artists: Forecast: Sunny With Song March 21, 2010

"Choral masterpieces" can be great for lifting our spirits. This music often brings us a flood of memories of how choral music touched us when we first experienced it in college or high school. San Francisco Choral Artists' upcoming program, "Forecast: Sunny With Song," goes one better. Under Magen Solomon's direction, SFCA has assembled a distinctive repertory, combining masterpieces that are audience/singer all-time favorites with 5 World Premieres -- in performances Mar 14 in SF, Mar 19 in Palo Alto, Mar 20 in Marin, and Mar 21 in Oakland.

Bask in masterpieces of the unaccompanied repertoire as the Choral Artists sing some of our most beloved works: Debussy and Hindemith Chansons; Poulenc Motets; Britten Flower Songs; challenging pieces by Carter, Ives, and Webern; and Puerling's charming "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square." There are 5 World Premiere works predicted to be classics. Chuckle with us at a couple of the e.e. cummings' settings by Composer-In-Residence Brian Holmes (from twinkle toes to an old cowboy.) Despair at the tale of a would-be migrant traveling across the sea by New Zealand Composer-Not-In-Residence Christopher Marshall.

Why juxtapose masterpieces of the repertoire with new works? Artistic Director Magen Solomon explains that she avidly cultivates engagements with living composers to help bridge the gulf between composer, performer, and audience. "I feel that music needs to be live music," Solomon comments. "It's so easy to listen to flawless recordings, but having live singers in front of live audiences singing compelling music by living composers has always been a critical part of our group."

Come and experience your own special engagement with choral masterpieces -- old and new.

"...amongst the foremost unaccompanied singing groups... on this or any other coast." -- R. Dane Danubian, artssf.com

"The Choral Artists sang with fervor, discernment, and tonal beauty"
-- Anna Carol Dudley, San Francisco Classical Voice

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