Welcome
REFLECTING ON PURCELL, HANDEL, HAYDN
It is my pleasure to introduce you to season 2008-2009. Our 6th season will pick up just where we left off with our acclaimed performances of Bach's B minor Mass still ringing in the air. In the coming season we will continue to bring imaginative programming and foster exciting artistic partnerships, all of which will undoubtedly enrich our San Diego music community.
We are honored to introduce Richard Egarr, Music Director of the celebrated Academy of Ancient Music, as our Artistic Advisor. To mark this appointment, and to further introduce Mr. Egarr to San Diego audiences, he will perform Bach's Goldberg Variations as a special event at the Athenaeum Music & Arts Library. Other season highlights include performances of Monteverdi Madrigals and Renaissance Polyphony, both locally and abroad, with a return to the XVI Festival Internacional del Órgano Barroco in Mexico City. In addition, the chorus of the Bach Collegium continues its partnership with the San Diego Chamber Orchestra with performances of Haydn's Creation under my direction, in addition to our annual performance of Handel's Messiah under the direction of Jung-Ho Pak. In the spring, soloists of the Bach Collegium will offer a chamber music program highlighting well-known favorites, and lesser-known gems of Purcell, Handel, and Haydn. Lastly, we close our season by marking the 250th anniversary of Handel's death with performances of the rarely heard oratorio, and masterpiece of musical drama, Theodora under the direction of Richard Egarr. I look forward to sharing another year of exciting musical explorations with you. Welcome to season 2008-2009.
Ruben Valenzuela Music Director & Conductor
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Season 2008-2009
Programs, artists, and locations subject to change
Musica Poetica ARTUSI CHALLENGES MONTEVERDI
Saturday 18 October 2009 at 7pm
St. Andrew's by-the-Sea Episcopal Church
1050 Thomas Avenue, San Diego 92109
Sunday 19 October 2009 at 5pm
St. Peter's Episcopal Church
334 14th Street, Del Mar 92014
General: $25
Student: $12
Upon the publication of Monteverdi’s Fifth Book of Madrigals in 1605, the theorist Giovanni Artusi viciously attacked the “crudities” and “license” of the modern style of composing. Our first program will highlight the polyphonic ideal of the sixteenth century in direct opposition to the music of the seventeenth century as exemplified by Monteverdi and his contemporaries.
- T.L. da Victoria Missa Pro Victoria
- Claudio Monteverdi Madrigali (Libro V & Libro VI)
- Girolamo Frescobaldi Toccata Sesta (Il Primo Libro)
- including other polyphony by Italian and Spanish Masters
Franz Joseph Haydn THE CREATION 1798
Sung in English with a newly edited text by Paul McCreeshA collaboration between the Chorus of the Bach Collegium San Diego and the San Diego Chamber Orchestra
Monday 9 February 2009 at 7:30pm
Sherwood Auditorium (Museum of Contemporary Art)
700 Prospect Street, La Jolla 92037
Tuesday 10 February 2009 at 7:30pm
The Del Mar Country Club
6001 Clubhouse Drive, Rancho Santa Fe 92091
Friday 13 February 2009 at 7:30pm
St Paul's Cathedral, San Diego
2728 6th Avenue, San Diego 92103
We begin the new year with a performance of Haydn’s monumental oratorio The Creation to mark the 200th anniversary of Haydn’s death. The Creation is often considered Haydn’s greatest work through its bold use of orchestral color, adventurous harmony, exceptional rhythmic and melodic inventiveness, and overall unity with an almost operatic vividness and power.
Ruben Valenzuela conductor
Soloists
Anne-Marie Dicce soprano
Vladimir Maric tenor
John Polhamus bass
For ticket information please visit: www.sdco.org
A Reflection of Three Masters PURCELL, HANDEL, AND HAYDN
Saturday 25 April 2009 at 7pm
San Diego Museum of Art, Balboa Park
1450 El Prado, San Diego 92101
Sunday 26 April 2009 at 5pm
St. Peter's Episcopal Church
334 14th Street, Del Mar 92014
General: $25
Student: $12
It is a wonderful coincidence that 2009 marks the anniversaries of three composers who together span one of the most fertile periods in our musical history; Henry Purcell (Orpheus Brittanicus) who lived all his creative life in London and is among the very greatest composers England has produced; George Frideric Handel, the adopted Englishman who became so central to understanding Englishness in music; and Franz Joseph Haydn, whose visits to London crowned his long composing career.
- Henry Purcell Abdelazer or the Moors Revenge Z570
- Herny Purcell Trio Sonata No. 9 in F Major Z810
- George Frideric Handel Violin Sonata in D Major Op. 1 No. 13 HWV371
- George Frideric Handel Trio Sonata in G minor HWV393
- Franz Joseph Haydn String Quartets from Op. 9.
Season Highlight
George Frideric Handel THEODORA 1749
An Oratorio in Three ActsSaturday 27 June 2009 at 7pm
St. James by-the-Sea Episcopal Church
743 Prospect Street, La Jolla 92037
Sunday 28 June 2009 at 5pm
Balboa Theatre (Gaslamp District)
868 Fourth Avenue, San Diego 92101
Ticket prices to be announced
Theodora, Handel's second to last oratorio and one of his favorites, was composed in just a month in the summer of 1749. It is Handel's only dramatic oratorio based on a Christian theme, which tells the tale of a Christian princess condemned to slavery for refusing to offer incense to the Roman gods as a sign of allegiance to the Emperor. Theodora is a masterpiece of musical drama containing some of Handel's most ravishing arias and duets, and some of his most emotionally charged choruses. We welcome artistic advisor Richard Egarr as guest conductor.
Richard Egarr guest conductor
Soloists
To be determined
Special Events and Additional Performances
J. S. Bach GOLDBERG VARIATIONS BWV988
Celebrating Richard Egarr as BCSD Artistic AdvisorA collaboration between the Bach Collegium San Diego and the Athenaeum Music & Arts Library
Sunday 2 November 2008
Athenaeum Music & Arts Library
1008 Wall Street, La Jolla 92037
Members: $25
Non-Members: $30
Richard Egarr harpsichord
XVI Festival Internacional del Órgano Barroco
Musica Poetica ARTUSI CHALLENGES MONTEVERDI
10-15 November 2008
Venues to include Mexico City Cathedral and the Old Basilica de Guadalupe.
- T.L. da Victoria Missa Pro Victoria
- Claudio Monteverdi Madrigali (Libro V & Libro VI)
- Girolamo Frescobaldi Toccata Sesta (Il Primo Libro)
- Polyphony by Italian and Spanish Masters
George Frideric Handel MESSIAH Highlights
A Collaboration between the Chorus of the Bach Collegium San Diego and the San Diego Chamber OrchestraFriday 12 December 2008 at 7:30pm
Solana Beach Presbyterian Church
120 Stevens Avenue, Solana Beach 92075
Saturday 13 December 2008 at 7:30pm
St. James by-the-Sea Episcopal Church
743 Prospect Street, La Jolla 92037
Sunday 14 December 2008 at 4:00pm
California Center for the Performing Arts
340 N. Escondido Blvd, Escondido 92025
Jung-Ho Pak conductor
Soloists
Megan Weston soprano
Katherine Lundeen alto
Robert MacNeil tenor
Phil Larson bass
For ticket information please visit: www.sdco.org
2nd Annual Bach Collegium San Diego Benefit Gala and Silent Auction
Saturday 28 February 2009 (6-10pm)Venue and Admission to be announced
Music Director Ruben Valenzuela and the Bach Collegium San Diego cordially invite you to the 2nd Annual Benefit Gala and Silent Auction to benefit the work of the BCSD. Enjoy an intimate evening of gourmet wines and food, exquisite music, and live and silent auctions.
