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SOTD – June

June 30: Composers – Kenneth, Twelfth Night, 2003

Jon Curtis June 30, 2020Season of the Day, SOTD - June

For Consort’s Tenth Anniversary we featured three pieces from Los Angeles-based composer Kenneth Neufeld’s “Songs from the Twelfth Night” with texts by William Shakespeare.  You learn more about him in …

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June 29: Hanson – 150th Psalm, 2016

Jon Curtis June 29, 2020Season of the Day, SOTD - June

Consort has also been blessed with several wonderful accompanists.  Today’s video, Howard Hanson’s “The One Hundred Fiftieth Psalm,” features Alla Artemova on one of the organs at the First Presbyterian …

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June 28: Tours – Dalmatian Coast 2011, Ave Maria

Jon Curtis June 28, 2020Season of the Day, SOTD - June

Throughout our tour of the Dalmatian Coast we were impressed by the focus on Mary, mother of Jesus.  At times it seemed that she was more revered than her son.  …

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June 27: Tours – Dalmatian Coast 2011, Lux Aurumque

Jon Curtis June 27, 2020Season of the Day, SOTD - June

This is our second Season of the Day piece from that very hot night at Zagreb’s Saint Joseph’s Church.  (The first was “Motherless Child” on June 14.) Here are the tour …

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June 26: Tours – Dalmatian Coast 2011, Stabat Mater

Jon Curtis June 26, 2020Season of the Day, SOTD - June

The Allan Petker Chorale’s second tour was to the Dalmatian Coast, Croatia and Slovenia.  Most of the tour was during a heat wave and became known as the “Gelato Tour.”  Today’s …

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June 25: Gregorio – Dona Nobis Pacem, 2015

Jon Curtis June 25, 2020Season of the Day, SOTD - June

Program Notes: Joseph Gregorio is an award-winning composer and conductor. He was a professor of music theory and musicianship at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music from 2008-2009. We are …

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June 24: Composers – Sanford, Bless Us, Lord, 2018

Jon Curtis June 24, 2020Season of the Day, SOTD - June

Sanford’s introduction to “Bless Us, Lord, with Your Peace” It’s funny where inspiration comes from. One day, in 2006, while changing music out of the choir folders at St. Gregory’s, …

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June 23: Composers – Sanford, Songs of Isaiah, 2017

Jon Curtis June 23, 2020Season of the Day, SOTD - June

Sanford’s introduction to “Songs of Isaiah.” This three movement concert work, from 2016, was commissioned by Bay Choral Guild, the Palo Alto-based choir that I have been directing for 20 …

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June 22: Composers – Sanford, Your Steadfast Love, 2013

Jon Curtis June 22, 2020Season of the Day, SOTD - June

We begin another edition of the “Composers” series, sharing songs from living composers who have become favorites of Consort.  Sanford Dole joined Consort in 2012 and has been a valued …

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June 21: Let Music Fill the Air, 2012

Jon Curtis June 21, 2020Season of the Day, SOTD - June

Allan set the following two pieces, from living composers, together. Let Music Fill the Air (Gwyneth Walker 1947- )Text: Adapted from a text by Plato, and from a passage in …

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June 20: Tours – Eastern Europe 2008, Budapest

Jon Curtis June 20, 2020Season of the Day, SOTD - June

Our final concert was in Hungary, where our karnagy Allan directed us in the very ornate Matthias Church, Holy Trinity Square in Budapest.  We got to warm up in the crypt below the …

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June 19: Celebrating Juneteenth, 2014

Jon Curtis June 19, 2020Season of the Day, SOTD - June

We take a break from Eastern Europe to return to the U.S. and celebrate Juneteenth, also known as “Freedom Day.”  After Lee’s surrender at Appomattox Virginia, it took another 10 …

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June 18: Tours – Eastern Europe 2008, Trnava

Jon Curtis June 18, 2020Season of the Day, SOTD - June

Our tour continued back across what was the Iron Curtain into Slovakia’s capital Bratislava.  We did a concert in a community hall nearby in Trnava.  So, get ready to brush …

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June 17: Tours – Eastern Europe 2008, Vienna

Jon Curtis June 17, 2020Season of the Day, SOTD - June

According to our tour brochure, “Over the years, the greatest classical composers graced Vienna with their presence and compositions.”  And now that includes the Allan Petker Chorale! But we learned …

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June 16: Tours – Eastern Europe 2008, St. John

Jon Curtis June 16, 2020Season of the Day, SOTD - June

As we headed west out of Prague, Czechia into the countryside, our tour bus completely took up the narrow roads on our way to an evening concert.  We were wondering …

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June 15: Tours – Eastern Europe 2008, Prague

Jon Curtis June 15, 2020Season of the Day, SOTD - June

Moving just 300 miles north and four years back in time, we go from Zagreb, Croatia to Prague, Czechia (or as it was called when we were there, the Czech …

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June 14: Black Composers – Croatia, 2011

Jon Curtis June 14, 2020Season of the Day, SOTD - June

We conclude Consort’s series of black composers to honor and support the Black Lives Matter movement.  We are gratified by the progress that is taking place across the U.S. and the …

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June 13: Black Composers – Hogan, 2017

Jon Curtis June 13, 2020Season of the Day, SOTD - June

Moses Hogan is the most prolific black composer in our series. He has published over 70 arrangements of spirituals, so it is fitting that we include two of his pieces …

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June 12: Black Composers – Powell, 2010

Jon Curtis June 12, 2020Season of the Day, SOTD - June

Dr. Rosephanye Dunn Powell has been hailed as one of America’s premiere women composers of choral music. Her compositions include sacred and secular works for mixed chorus, women’s chorus, men’s …

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June 11: Black Composers – Dennard, 2014

Jon Curtis June 11, 2020Season of the Day, SOTD - June

Brazeal Dennard was an African-American singer, educator, choral director, and musical arranger. He has been a significant contributor to the preservation and revitalization of the spiritual musical form. His efforts …

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