2008-2009 Concerts

Sunday, October 19, 2008 at 4:00 PM

With A Song In Our Hearts

Julia Heron Metzler, mezzo soprano

    The rising young opera star and Spotlight Award winner (and former PPM soloist!) sings a solo recital of favorite songs and arias, accompanied by Wendy Caldwell, pianist.

Saturday, December 6, 2008 at 8:00 PM

Christmas Splendors

Guest conductor Alexander Ruggieri conducts PPM and UCLA’s University Campus Choir in two major masterpieces for soloists, chorus and orchestra from the rich trove of German Christmas music.

    Magnificat – C.P.E. Bach

    Der Stern von Bethlehem – Joseph Rheinberger

(This concert will be repeated on Sunday, December 7 – 7:30pm at St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church, Westwood. MAP!) .

Sunday, February 15, 2009 at 4:00 PM

The Battle of the Sexes

A musical journey through the minefields of romantic love, spanning five centuries of choral repertoire. Definitely NOT your mother’s idea of a Valentine’s Day concert! Our romantic yet sadly unavailable pianist Alan Geier will accompany.

 

Sunday, March 1, 2009 at 7:30 PM

VOXFIRE & TRIUMVIRI

The celebrated treble trio VOXFIRE (Susan Judy, Samela Aird Beasom and Christen Herman) joins the men of TRIUMVIRI to sing motets and madrigals by the ‘Prince of Music’

              
PALESTRINA
        
Sacred & Profane

NOTE: NEW LOCATION and TIME!

St. Therese Catholic Church
510 N. El Molino,
Alhambra, CA 91801

 

Sunday, April 5, 2009 at 4:00 PM

In High Gear

The women of PPM offer a rich sampling of the shimmering sonority and fantastic repertoire of music for treble voices. A delightful afternoon of high-flying fun! Our fleet-fingered pianist Alan Geier accompanies, joined by several guest instrumentalists.

    Hodie Christus Natus Est – Jacob Handl
    Four Songs for harp, two horns
                  and women’s chorus – Johannes Brahms
    Psalm 23 – Franz Schubert
    Salut Printemps! – Claude Debussy
    Six Songs, Op. 15 – Sergei Rachmaninov

Sunday, May 31, 2009 at 4:00 PM

** New Program! **

That’s SO Last Century

Choral masterworks of the 20th. century

    Copeland - In the Beginning
    Barber - Agnus Dei
    Barber - Reincarnations
    Vaughan Williams - Serenade to Music

Except as noted, all concerts are at the Neighborhood Church, 301 N. Orange Grove Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91103. at the times indicated above.

Map to Neighborhood Church

Admission $20; Students/Seniors $15; Groups of 15 or more $15

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“A tune is more lasting than the voice of the birds.
A song is more lasting than the riches of the world.”

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