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In compliance with the restrictions in place due to COVID-19, all remaining Cantare 2019-2020 season concerts and public events have been canceled. We will keep you abreast of our summer and fall plans as they develop.
Upcoming Concerts
2020-21 Season: Together in Unity
Mystery and Majesty
Oct 11, 2020 at 4:00 pm – St. Perpetua Church, Lafayette
The Chamber Ensemble will present Swiss composer Frank Martin’s exquisite “Mass for Double Choir. Without question, this is one of the most beautiful settings ever written, employing independence from its eight vocal lines offset with sections of lush double choir antiphonal writing. Also featured will be Ešenvalds’ “Only in Sleep,” “The Old Church” by Paulus, and other works by Anders Ohrwall, Z. Randall Stroope and Billy Joel.
Ode to Joy: December Holiday Concert
Dec 5, 2020 at 7:30 pm – Walnut Creek Presbyterian Church
Dec 6, 2020 at 4:00 pm – First Presbyterian Church of Oakland
The Chorale, Chamber Ensemble and Nova Youth Choir will combine with full orchestra in its highly acclaimed annual season Holiday concert. This year we will present the final movement of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, “Ode to Joy”, truly an artistic masterpiece, featuring local soloists and full orchestra. In addition, the choirs will present an array of holiday music with the audience invited to join the choirs, orchestra and organ in singing family carols and songs!
Together in Unity
March 13, 2021 at 7:30 pm – Walnut Creek Presbyterian Church
The Chorale and Chamber Ensemble join forces, 120 voices strong, accompanied by full orchestra, to present four stunning works: Bernstein’s “Chichester Psalms”, Verdi’s “Stabat Mater”, Samuel Barber’s “Prayers of Kierkegaard”, and Morten Lauridsen’s “Les Chansons des Roses.”
I, Too, Sing America
May 22, 2021 at 7:30 pm – Lafayette-Orinda Presbyterian Church
The Chorale, Chamber Ensemble and Nova Youth and Children’s Honor Choirs join in a concert that honors and celebrates African American history and musical contributions, also including poetic recitations, visual projections and narration.
Cheek to Cheek
June 6, 2021 at 4:00 pm – Lafayette Community Center, Jennifer Russell Auditorium
The Chamber Ensemble will present popular love songs from the last 125 years featuring American standards from Gershwin, Porter, Berlin, Kern, Mercer, Rodgers , along with songs from the 60’s, 70’s, 80’s up to contemporary artists of today.