The San Francisco Lyric Chorus, under the direction of Robert Gurney, invites singers to join us for our Summer 2009 trimester. We have openings in all parts.

Tenors and Basses especially are needed.

Program:  Mozart, Schubert and Mendelssohn

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart:  Vesperae Solennes de Confessore, K 339
Franz Schubert:  Mass in G
Felix Mendelssohn:  Say Where Is He Born from Christus
Felix Mendelssohn:  There Shall A Star From Jacob from Christus
Felix Mendelssohn:  He Watching Over Israel from Elijah
Felix Mendelssohn:  Kyrie in D Minor

Rehearsals begin Monday, May 11, 2009.

Rehearsals are held on Monday nights from 7:15-9:45 p.m. at Trinity Episcopal Church, Bush & Gough Streets, San Francisco.

To arrange for an audition (ability to blend and sing in tune, some sight reading skill expected) or obtain further information, contact Music Director Robert Gurney at 415-775-5111 or rgurney@sflc.org.

Our concerts will be held on Saturday, August 22, 2009 at 8 p.m. and Sunday, August 23, 2009 at 5 p.m.

For our Summer 2009 trimester, we will explore some of the most beautiful music of those master composers, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Franz Schubert and Felix Mendelssohn.

The Mozart Vesperae Solennes de Confessore is a set of six pieces with lots of variety.  Dixit Dominus is cheery and sprightly, as is the Confitebor.  Beatus Vir is all melody and energy.  Laudate Pueri has a wonderfully energetic fugue in it.  The Laudate Dominum has the most incredibly gorgeous soprano solo, with some great music for the chorus, too.  The work ends with a magnificent Magnificat.

Schubert's Mass in G is pure lyrical Schubert, tender and sweet in some places, stirring and majestic in others!

It's Felix Mendelssohn's 200th birthday this year, so we're celebrating with some of the best of the best.  He Watching Over Israel is one of the classic Mendelssohn choruses from his most famous work, Elijah.  Say Where Is He Born is a wonderful trio from an unfinished oratorio, Christus, leading into an absolutely gorgeous chorus, There Shall A Star From Jacob. 

You probably won't have heard Mendelssohn's Kyrie in D Minor.  It was thought to be lost, and was only made available in the 1960s.  It's about ten minutes long, SSATB with accompaniment, both soaring and somewhat dark.