The Pacific Chorale will present a free choral festival concert on August 14 at 5:00 p.m. in the Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall. The 265-voice community choir will offer works by National Medal of Arts recipient Morten Lauridsen including “Prayer (On a Poem by Dana Gioia)” from “Two Songs on American Poems” and “Sure on This Shining Night” from {…}
The Pacific Chorale in California has announced its 2022-23 season, the 55th in the ensemble’s history. The season kicks off with “Duruflé + Hagen,” which will include Duruflé’s “Requiem” and Jocelyn Hagen’s “The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vince.” Robert Istad conducts. Performance Date: Oct. 15, 2022 Next up is “Carols by Candelight” which will feature a world premiere by Saunder {…}
On May 7, 2022, the Pacific Chorale will host its annual gala, “A Celebration of the Voice” at the Samueli Theatre, Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa. The showcase will be presented in honor of Maestro Carl St.Clair and Choir Member/Philanthropist Leonora Meister, who will both receive lifetime achievement awards. St.Clair, who has conducted the choir countless times {…}
On March 19, 2022, Grammy-nominated Pacific Chorale will continue their season with “Songs of the Soul.” This new program, led by Artistic Director Robert Istad, blends the work of six contemporary composers around Galina Grigorjeva’s vocal symphony “On Leaving,” a musical meditation of the soul’s release from the body, and Frank Martin’s setting of the Latin Mass, “Double Choir.” The {…}
(Credit: Jeff DolenProductions) The Pacific Chorale will present its much anticipated original film concert “The Wayfaring Stranger Project” on PBS SoCal on Dec. 17 at 8 pm and on KCET on Dec. 22 at 8 pm. The work was crafted and will be conducted by the chorale’s Artistic Director Robert Istad. The multi-media project is comprised of music by J.S. {…}
Pacific Chorale has announced its holiday slate. First up, the ensemble is set to present “Christmas Carols by the Light of Candles” on Dec. 4 and 8, 2021 at 8 p.m. at Our Lady of the Angels Catholic Church in Newport Beach, CA. The showcase, led by Robert Istad, will feature seasonal choral music from the Renaissance and beyond. Some {…}