麻豆传媒社区入口

麻豆传媒社区入口 choral groups, plus others, will perform at the Cathedral of Christ the Light in Oakland. (Photo: Ben Ailes)

• April 2, 2010

• By Diane Daniel

The 麻豆传媒社区入口 Singers and Oratorio Society will join forces with the Baker University Chamber Singers from Kansas and organist Jonathan Dimmock in a concert of sacred music from England and France at 8 p.m. Saturday, May 29, at the Cathedral of Christ the Light, 2121 Harrison St., Oakland. 

The East Bay Singers will perform Maurice Durufle's "Requiem" with Allen Shearer and Pamela Hicks, both CSUEB lecturers in music, as soloists. The Oratorio Society will sing Benjamin Britten's "Rejoice in the Lamb" and the Baker University Chamber Choir from Kansas will sing William Byrd's a cappella "Mass for Five Voices." The concert will conclude with all singers joining the cathedral's new organ for "I was Glad" by Sir Hubert Parry. Buddy James, associate professor at CSUEB, and Matthew Potterton, of Baker University, will jointly conduct.

Dimmock, who is known internationally, is the organist for the San Francisco Symphony and has held musical posts at such locations as Westminster Abbey in London. The 5,298-pipe organ on which he will play was considered the crowning jewel in the complex when the cathedral was consecrated in 2008, replacing the Cathedral of Saint Francis de Sales that was irreparably damaged in the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake.

"These selections were chosen as a natural fit for the beauty, both visual and acoustical, of the Cathedral of Christ the Light," said James.

"Durufle's Sublime Requiem harkens back to Gregorian Chant and the polyphony of the Renaissance, such as will be heard in the brief Mass by William Byrd. Britten's Rejoice in the Lamb provides a sense of modernity that will complement both the older styles of the other music being sung and the magnificent new architecture of the Cathedral," he said.

Ticket prices will be $7 for general admission, $5 for seniors, and free to those with a CSUEB or student ID. TIckets may be reserved at: .

Questions should be directed to the CSUEB Music Resource Library at (510) 885-3167 or .