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Beethoven Mass in C

Carrington Hall (Map)

Redwood City, California

Saturday, 15 May 2010 - 7:30 PM (Tickets)

Sunday, 16 May 2010 - 4:00 PM (Tickets)

Beethoven composed his Mass in C, opus 86, in 1807, on commission from Prince Nicolaus Esterházy II for the name-day of the prince’s wife. It was his first foray into the oeuvre of the mass. Josef Haydn, Beethoven’s former teacher, had provided six masses for this Esterházy prince, but, on Haydn’s retirement from the Esterházys’ service, the prince sought out other composers to provide celebratory masses. Beethoven was then in a highly productive and mature compositional phase—his output for 1806 included the three “Razumovsky” string quartets, the piano sonata “Appassionata,” the Fourth Symphony, Fourth Piano Concerto, and the Violin Concerto. Nevertheless, he was awed at the prospect of following in his former teacher’s footsteps and he approached the composition of his first mass with hesitancy. He wrote to the prince, “I shall deliver the Mass to you with timidity, since you, Serene Highness, are accustomed to having the inimitable masterpieces of the great Haydn performed for you.” Having procrastinated, Beethoven completed the mass just in time to begin rehearsals for the slated performance.

Presenter: Viva la Musica!

Beethoven: Mass in C major, Op. 86

Artists: Deirdre Lobo D'Cunha (Soprano); Elspeth Franks (Mezzo Soprano); Corey Head (Tenor); Jordan Eldridge (Bass); Vivian Boudreaux (Flute); Pamela Ravenelle (Flute); Debbie Busch (Oboe); Peter Lemberg (Oboe); Mike Ryan (Clarinet); Karen Sremac (Clarinet); Susan Dias (Bassoon); Amy Duxbury (Bassoon); Diane Ryan (French Horn); Cathleen Torres (French Horn); Guy Clark (Trumpet); Laura Shea-Clark (Trumpet); Anna Khaydarova (Piano); Thomas Alexander (Violin); Andrei Bostan (Violin); Rachel Hartman (Violin); Carol Kutsch (Violin); Joyce Lee (Violin); Beeri Moalem (Violin); Richard Ruby (Violin); Daryl Schilling (Violin); Lisa Zadek (Violin); Janet Gillespie (Viola); Ed Hattyar (Viola); Patrick Kroboth (Viola); Stephen Moore (Viola); Brian Koester (Cello); Samsun Van Loon (Cello); Yelena Nazarova (Cello); Rachel Xu (Cello); Kelly Beecher (Double Bass); Kenny Lavoie (Percussion)

Ensemble: Viva la Musica!

Conductor: Shulamit Hoffmann

Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances: Suite no 1

Ensemble: Viva la Musica!

Conductor: Shulamit Hoffmann

Beethoven: Creatures of Prometheus, Op. 43

Ensemble: Viva la Musica!

Conductor: Shulamit Hoffmann

Bernstein: West Side Story

Ensemble: Viva la Musica!

Conductor: Shulamit Hoffmann

Arranger: Len Thomas

Ludwig van Beethoven Mass in C

Valley Presbyterian Church (Map)

Portola Valley, California

Saturday, 13 March 2010 - 8:00 PM

Los Altos United Methodist Church (Map)

Los Altos, California

Sunday, 14 March 2010 - 3:00 PM (Tickets)

Presenter: Master Sinfonia Chamber Orchestra

Haydn: Symphony no 88 in G major, H 1 no 88

Ensemble: Masterworks Chorale

Conductor: David Ramadanoff

Beethoven: Mass in C major, Op. 86

Artists: Deirdre Lobo D'Cunha (Soprano); Elspeth Franks (Mezzo Soprano); Corey Head (Tenor); Jeff Bruner (Bass); Jordan Eldridge (Bass); Sean Silverman (Bass); Kathryn Barnard (Flute); Anne Wharton (Flute); Alayne Gyetvai (Oboe); George Yefchak (Oboe); Charles Ancheta (Clarinet); Sue Biskeborn (Clarinet); Juliet Hamak (Bassoon); Katsunori Terada (Bassoon); Liane Sharp-Fuccio (French Horn); Larry Heck (Trumpet); Cliff Mercer (Trumpet); Len Sperry (Timpani); Paul Rosas (Organ); Susan Coyle (Violin); Alice Gruber (Violin); Chikako Hine (Violin); Jane Johnson (Violin); Martin Lee (Violin); Douglas Perry (Violin); Simon Sheynkman (Violin); Paul Woodruff (Violin); Toni Woodruff (Violin); Julie Hawkes (Viola); Noriko Iwamoto (Viola); David Lange (Viola); Rob Rossel (Viola); Lynda Bloomquist (Cello); Charles Calvert (Cello); Anne Hershey (Cello); Janet Sloane (Cello)

Ensembles: Los Altos UMC Chancel Choir; Master Sinfonia Chamber Orchestra; Viva la Musica!

Conductor: David Ramadanoff

In 1807 Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) accepted a commission from Prince Nicholas Esterhazy to compose a mass in honor of the nameday of the Prince’s wife as Beethoven’s teacher Josef Haydn had done when he was in the prince’s service.In composing his first mass Beethoven clearly respected his teacher’s late masses, and the result was a work of enormous beauty and reverence combined with moments of drama.

Magnificent Bach and Holiday Lights

Carrington Hall (Map)

Redwood City, California

Saturday, 19 December 2009 - 7:30 PM (Tickets)

Sunday, 20 December 2009 - 3:00 PM (Tickets)

A festive concert in a gorgeous venue features Bach’s majestic Magnificat and high-spirited lighter songs of the season–all presented with spectacular visual art to make your holiday season sparkle. Pre-concert talk half an hour before performance, post-concert reception and holiday market.

Presenter: Viva la Musica!

Bach: Magnificat in D major, BWV 243