2010/11 Bay Area Season

Out of This World | A Chanticleer Christmas | The Boy Whose Father Was God | Romantic Chanticleer

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Out of This World!

The sun, the moon, the stars, the planets and the universe beyond them… composers have always been fascinated by their seductive power. Our newest explorations will be from Berkeley-based Composer-DJ Mason Bates in a world premiere about transmissions from outer space and “Cells Planets” by Erica Lloyd of Little Grey Girlfriend in a new arrangement especially for Chanticleer. Fantastic early works by Monteverdi, Marenzio and Palestrina and romantic works by Schumann (“An die Sterne”) and Mahler (“Ich bin der Welt…”) will join music of 20th century composers Britten, Mechem, Hopkins (“Past Life Melodies”), Gershwin and others. Come with us…out of this world!

Mission San Luis Obispo
September 14, 2010 • 8pm

Carmel Mission
September 15, 2010 • 8pm

San Francisco Conservatory of Music
September 17, 2010 • 8pm
September 19, 2010 • 5pm

Lesher Center for the Arts, Hoffman Theatre, Walnut Creek
September 21, 2010 • 8pm

Mission Santa Clara
September 23, 2010 • 8pm

Napa Valley Opera House
September 25, 2010 • 8pm

St. Francis Church, Sacramento
September 26, 2010 • 5pm

A Chanticleer Christmas

“A Chanticleer Christmas” – the much beloved Bay Area tradition – brings the power and mystery, warmth and intimacy of the season to capacity audiences in
beautifully decorated churches, cathedrals and missions. This Christmas Chanticleer’s
unique evening of inspiring and joyful music for the season will include the world premiere of celebrated Swedish composer Jan Sandström’s “And the word became flesh.”

Napa Valley Opera House
December 12, 2010 • 5pm

St. Vincent de Paul Church, Petaluma
December 13, 2010 • 6pm | 8:30pm

Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament, Sacramento
December 14, 2010 • 8pm

First Congregational Church, Berkeley
December 17, 2010 • 8pm

St. Ignatius Church, San Francisco
December 18, 2010 • 8pm
December 19, 2010 • 8pm

Carmel Mission
December 21, 2010 • 6pm | 8:30pm

Mission Santa Clara
December 22, 2010 • 6pm | 8:30pm

The Boy Whose Father Was God

A musical re-telling of the whole life of Jesus beginning with his childhood is Chanticleer’s sacred offering in this season. Dramatic new works by Roxanna Panufnik on the childhood of Jesus (“Let me in,” poetry by Jessica Duchen) and Peter Michaelides on his death (“Force IX-Collage”) have been commissioned to supplement profound and evocative reflections by John Tavener, Arvo Pärt, Jaakko Mäntyjärvi, and Mason Bates. A deeply moving and provocative biography in music mostly new to Chanticleer’s repertoire.

Cathedral of Christ in the Light, Oakland
March 26, 2011 • 8:15pm

St. Francis Church, Sacramento
March 27, 2011 • 5pm

St. Joseph Cathedral Basilica, San Jose
March 31, 2011 • 8pm

Grace Cathedral, San Francisco
April 1, 2011 • 8pm

Romantic Chanticleer

Chanticleer sings lush music by Daniel-Lesur, Poulenc, Sviridov, Mahler, Whitacre, Paulus, and jazz classics from the American song book – music made for the glorious and romantic
sound of our orchestra of voices.

San Francisco Conservatory of Music
June 3, 2011 • 8pm
June 12, 2011 • 5pm

First Congregational Church, Berkeley
June 4, 2011 • 8pm

St. Francis Church, Sacramento
June 5, 2011 • 5pm

Mission Santa Clara
June 7, 2011 • 8pm

Lesher Center for the Arts, Hoffman Theatre, Walnut Creek
June 10, 2011 • 8pm

Napa Valley Opera House
June 11, 2011 • 8pm