March is almost ‘icumen in,’ though we’re still shy a few hours. February hasn’t been totally lacking for singing satisfaction (friends of mine made it possible for me to enjoy some Morley, Tallis, Campion and Byrd), but the next 31 days will offer choral singing in much larger doses, no more than on the 31st day of the month, Easter. With some digging and cooperation of others, a list of various cantatas and great works will appear in a couple of weeks, likely including music by Handel, but also plenty of anthems and cantatas, etc., by lesser known composers, some of whom are still breathing.
If you happen to be singing some of this special music somewhere ‘between two colleges,’ say from Rancho Cucamonga to the east and Walnut to the west, you are invited to send in your information so that others may read of your efforts.
In the meantime, you can start filling out your choral dance card with Mozart, and Cal Poly Pomona in La Verne on 9 March, then Haydn, with the Claremont Chorale, in Claremont on 23 March, and, on Palm Sunday, 24 March, Dubois and Lauridsen courtesy of the Mountainside Master Chorale.
I thought I’d end this sneak peek at upcoming events with a touch of the Mozart Requiem, here with Sir Colin Davis and the Bavarian State Symphony Orchestra and Chorus. Enjoy