The Lund Male Chorus (Lunds Studentsångare) will perform in the Bay Area with concerts:
Oct. 9 at Zellerbach Hall in Berkeley
Oct. 11 at Mission Dolores Basilica in San Francisco
Sunday, Oct. 9 at 3 p.m.: Esa-Pekka Salonen, Philharmonia Orchestra, London and the Lund Male Chorus
Where: The Zellerbach Hall, University of California, Berkeley
Esa-Pekka Salonen, principal conductor & artistic advisor of the Philharmonia Orchestra, London, with the Lund Male Chorus (Lunds Studentsångare) as special guest chorus. The program explores two of Stravinsky's most expressive orchestral works; from the Symphony of Psalms, where the Lund chorus performs with local choral forces in order to create a mixed chorus of more than 120 voices - to the opera-oratorio Oedipus Rex, based on Sofokles drama, which features numerous vocal soloists, including mezzo-soprano Michelle DeYoung, and the Lund Male Chorus who will perform the choral parts based on the libretto by Jean Cocteau.
Tickets: http://secure.calperformances.org/single/SYOS.aspx?p=11391
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Tuesday, Oct, 11 at 12:noon: Lunch Concert in San Francisco with The Lund Male Chorus/Lunds Studentsångare
Where: Mission Dolores Basilica, 3321 16th Street, San Francisco http://missiondolores.org/
The famous Swedish male chorus from the university town of Lund in southern Sweden, will perform a varied program of a cappella music by composers like Saint-Saëns and Estonian choral master Tormis. The choir will also sing Nordic music by composers like Stenhammar, Wikander, Söderman, and a new composition by the chorus' artistic director Andreas Lönnqvist.
Tickets: Admission free but donations appreciated