2010 - 2011 Program

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Welcome to the 2010 - 2011 season of Music at St. Matthew’s

Music at St. Matthew's is one of the most respected music series in Los Angeles. With support from our subscribers and the entire Westside community, we offer first-rate programs by The Chamber Orchestra at St. Matthew’s—a critically acclaimed professional ensemble featuring many of the best orchestral and studio musicians in Los Angeles—as well as some of the finest guest artists from around the world.

Experience World-Class Music Close to Home

• No freeway traffic
• Ample free parking
• Nearby restaurants and cafes for pre-concert dining
• Complimentary coffee and light dessert at intermission
• Casual inviting atmosphere at a remarkable price

Forget the hassle of getting crosstown on a Friday night for a concert. Come to Pacific Palisades. Have a light supper in Brentwood, Malibu, Santa Monica, Topanga or the Palisades village and pop over to the St. Matthew's for an eight o'clock concert. (To find a nearby restaurant, click here.)

This season enjoy new and interesting music alongside classics from the orchestral, chamber, and choral repertoire.

Our October Season Opener will feature Beethoven's most tuneful and beloved of symphonies, the "Pastoral," along with the dramatic Organ Concerto by Francis Poulenc

In November members of The Chamber Orchestra at St. Matthew's will present a fun and varied program of works for large chamber music ensemble, including more music by Beethoven plus works by Jean Françaix and Richard Strauss.

December brings our Annual Holiday Concert featuring the Choir and Soloists of St. Matthew's Parish plus the Chamber Orchestra in Bach's MAGNIFICENT "Magnificat" the Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 and music by the great English composer, Henry Purcell.

In January we welcome L.A. singing sensation, baritone José Adán Peréz in zarzuela excerpts and operatic arias by Rossini and Mozart. Topping off the program, the Chamber Orchestra will present Respighi's "Ancient Airs and Dances."

March brings the fabulous South Bay Children's Choir and soloists plus the Chamber Orchestra in Pergolesi's beautiful "Stabat Mater" - a true masterpiece of the Classical era. The orchestra completes the program by presenting Jean Sibelius's haunting score for "Pelleas and Melissande" and the world premiere of a new St. Matthew's Music Guild commission.

The USC Thornton Chamber Choir appears in April with a program entitled “Night and the Soul” featuring Gjeilo’s “Dark Night of the Soul” for string quartet, piano, and chorus and compositions by USC composers, plus folksongs, and choral classics by Schütz and Monteverdi

The season wraps up in June with Bruch's romantic Violin Concerto in G minor, with Concertmaster Yi-Huan Zhao as soloist, plus Haydn's Lord Nelson Mass, sung by the Choir of St. Matthew's Parish and soloists.

Subscribe to our 2010-2011 season for all this great music in the visually and acoustically vibrant environs of St. Matthew’s Church—an easy drive from anywhere on the Westside.

We hope to see you often.

Tom Neenan
Music Director

Need more information? Call the Music Guild Office at (310) 573-7422.

Tom Neenan Music Director

Fred Doering Music Guild President

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