BachCollegium’s Impressive Christmas Concert–It Was Not A Sing-Along

By Ken Herman | December 21, 2013 |

Anyone who has sung Christmas carols has come across the German Christmas song “Lo, How a Rose E’re Blooming” by Michael Praetorius. Ruben Valenzuela’s BachCollegium San Diego gave a smart concert devoted to the sacred music of Praetorius and his circle of 17th-century German composers at La Jolla’s St. James’ Episcopal Church on Friday (Dec. 20).

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A Lavish Banquet of Bach and Handel from BachCollegium San Diego

By Ken Herman | September 28, 2013 |

Ruben Valenzuela and his plucky BachCollegium San Diego opened their fall music season Friday (Sept. 27) at St. James-by-the-Sea Episcopal Church in La Jolla with an impassioned concert of choral works by J. S. Bach and G. F. Handel. Choosing the year 1707 as his focal point, Valenzuela offered two impressive works composed in that year by the young Handel and Bach for their respective patrons.

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