Posts Tagged ‘Saunder Choi’
Sacra/Profana’s Rich Tapestry of Contemporary Choral Music for the Christmas Season
Friday at the First Unitarian Universalist Church in Hillcrest, the Sacra/Profana choral ensemble took us into unusual byways as well as the darker corners of Advent in their annual Christmas concert.
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Following the success of Sacra/Profana Artistic Director Juan Carlos Acosta choral direction of San Diego Opera’s “All Is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914,” the San Diego choral director returned with the Sacra/Profana chorus in a fine concert last weekend that smartly exceeded the expectations of traditional holiday programming.
Read MoreSacra/Profana’s Bridge to Musical Nirvana
Sacra/Profana’s Associate Artistic Director Juan Carlos Acosta anchored the choral ensemble’s excellent program (given on May 19 & 20) with Canadian composer Larry Nickel’s secular cantata “When I Think of Bridges,” a U.S. premiere of the challenging 2007 work.
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