San Francisco Opera Chorus, In Concert

Program:
O la, o che bon eccho! .................................................................... Orlando di Lasso (1532–1594)
“Jauchzet, frohlocket” from the Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248 ............... Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
Psallite ................................................................................... Michael Praetorius (1571–1621)
“Hodie Christus natus est” from Quatre motets pour le temps de Noël .............. Francis Poulenc (1899–1963)
Chansons des bois d’Amaranthe ............................................................ Jules Massenet (1842–1912) “Chantez” “Chères Fleurs”
Sehnsucht from six Quartets, Op. 112, No. 1 .......................................... Johannes Brahms (1833–1897)
Sanctus from Messa da Requiem .......................................................... Giuseppe Verdi (1813–1901)
An Webers Grabe ........................................................................... Richard Wagner (1813–1883)
Chorus of the Roman Soldiers from Hérodiade ........................................................ Jules Massenet
—INTERMISSION—
“Laudi alla Vergine Maria” from Quattro pezzi sacri ................................................... Giuseppe Verdi
Alleluia, laus et gloria .............................................................................. Tarik O’Regan (1978–)
Sanctus and Benedictus from Messa a quattro voci .................................. Giacomo Puccini (1858–1924) Torlef Borsting, soloist
Scene of the Drunken Poet from The Fairy Queen ........................................ Henry Purcell (1659–1695) William O’Neill, Angela Eden Moser, and Mary Finch, soloists Aria Umezawa, stage director
Lux Aeterna (after “Nimrod” from the Enigma Variations) ................................Edward Elgar (1857–1934) arr. by John Cameron
Three Hungarian Folk Songs .............................................................. Mátyás Seiber (1905–1960)
Stars .............................................................................................. Eriks Ešenvalds (1977–)


San Francisco Opera Regular Chorus
Ian Robertson, Chorus Director
Fabrizio Corona, Associate Chorus Master
Jim Meyer, Chorus and Dance Manager
Mary Finch, Assistant Chorus Manager/Chorus Librarian

Buffy Baggott Kathleen Bayler Roberta Bowman Janet Campbell Katie Carlson* Sara Colburn Dvora Djoraev Mary Finch Claudia Haider Claire Kelm Elisabeth Rom Lucio Angela Eden Moser Sally Mouzon Sally Porter Munro Erin Neff Rachelle Perry Virginia Pluth Laurel Cameron Porter Laurel Rice Shelley Seitz Carole Schaffer Donna Turchi Mitzie Weiner C. Michael Belle Torlef Borsting Alan Cochran Chris Corley Christopher Filipowicz Anders Fröhlich Daniel Harper Cameron Henley Christopher Jackson Michael Jankosky Ken Johnson David Kekuewa Bojan Kneževic Frederick Matthews William O’Neill Phillip Pickens William Pickersgill Chester Pidduck Valery Portnov Ken Rafanan † Colby Roberts Sigmund Seigel Dan Stanley Jere Torkelsen Andrew Truett Richard Walker†
* Member of the Extra Chorus † Leave of Absence

San Francisco Opera gratefully acknowledges Meyer Sound for the Constellation acoustic system used in the Taube Atrium Theater.