Arts and Liturgy
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Sunday morning services, as well as Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and Easter Day services will not be listed (except for ordinations and diocesan events). Please contact individual congregations for information.
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 21, 2:30 pm
Festival of Lessons & Carols
Cathedral Center of St. Paul
840 Echo Park Avenue, Los Angeles
Sponsored by Echoes Above and the Congregation of St. Athanasius. Let the songs and sounds of Advent and Christmas echo the serenity and joy of the season. Choir, soloists, and the exquisite Beckerath organ. James Koenig, artist-in-residence and director of music, with guest artist Steven Vanhauwaert.
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 21, 4 pm and 7 pm
La Posada (The Inn)
St. Stephen's Church
6125 Carlos Avenue, Los Angeles (Hollywood)
Information and tickets: here or 323.469.3993
Write Act Repertory Company and St. Stephen's Church present La Posada, a cultural comedy by Los Angeles playwright Jose Cruz Gonzalez. La Posada combines family comedy with romance and Mexican folk tradition in the story of an elderly Mexican-American couple preparing to receive guests in celebration of Las Posadas. This traditional Christmas custom involves the entire neighborhood reenacting the efforts of Joseph and Mary to find shelter for the birth of Jesus. The couple, Aurelio and Anita, is magically transported through time while recalling their first encounter with each other. The (once again) young lovers contend with El Nino, Anita’s blustering ex-fiance, who challenges Aurelio to a showdown in which the victor in a chile-eating contest will claim the hand of Anita. Directed by Dick Post and produced by Lou Briggs, starring members of the non-profit Write Act Repertory and members of St. Stephen’s. Tickets: $10 ($5 for ages 17 and under). All proceeds benefit the non-profit work of Jubilee Consortium; Write Act Repertory Company; Delaney Wright Fine Arts Preschool; L.A. Voice and St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church. An author’s reception, featuring Jose Cruz Gonzalez, will precede the 7 pm show.
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 21, 5 pm
Advent Evening Service
132 N. Euclid Avenue, Pasadena
Meditation by Anne Peterson. Canterbury Choir and harpist will perform A Ceremony of Carols by Benjamin Britten and a plainsong setting of the Magnificat, directed by James Walker. This special evensong service is a wonderful way to close the Advent season and prepare for the glory of Christmas.
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 21, 6 pm
A Christmas Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols
All Saints’ Church
504 North Camden Drive, Beverly Hills
310.275.0123
A traditional favorite in the style of King’s College, Cambridge, sung by All Saints’ Choir, Parish Choir and All Saints’ Choristers. An offering will be taken.
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SUNDAY, JANUARY 25, 5 pm
Chamber Music at All Saints’
All Saints’ Church
504 North Camden Drive, Beverly Hills
310.275.0123
Featuring Handel’s Nine German Arias (HWV 202-210). Sarah Parga, soprano; Janet Strauss, violin; Ian Pritchard, harpsichord; Leif Woodward, cello. Suggested donation $20 (students/seniors $10).
SUNDAY, JANUARY 25, 6 pm
Romance de la Guittara:
Classical Guitar Recital by Elizabeth Busch
St. Bede's Church
3590 Grand View Blvd., Los Angeles
310.391.5522
St. Bede's Friends of Music classical guitar series continues with this beautiful program, featuring music of Astor Piazzolla, Isaac Albéniz, and other Spanish and Latin American composers. Suggested donation $15.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 30, 8 pm
Concert: Chatham Baroque
St. Matthew’s Church
1031 Bienveneda Avenue, Pacific Palisades
310.454.1358
http://www.stmatthews.com/
Chatham Baroque with guest artists Barry Bauguess, baroque trumpet, and Webb Wiggins, organ, featuring “Bohemian Rhapsody” (“Scaramouche, will you do the fandango?”) An eclectic program of Eastern European enticements from Poland, Moravia, Silesia and elsewhere. Concert generously underwritten by the Edwin W. Pauley Foundation.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 7:30 pm
Choral Evensong
All Saints’ Church
504 North Camden Drive, Beverly Hills
310.275.0123
Kenneth Leighton’s Preces & Responses, John Tavener’s, Magnificat & Nunc dimittis (Collegium Regale), sung by All Saints’ Choir. An offering will be taken.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 7:30 pm
Contemplation and Prayer in the style of Taizé
All Saints’ Church
504 North Camden Drive, Beverly Hills
310.275.0123
Led by Parish Choir.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 7:30 pm
Missa Mystica on Ash Wednesday
All Saints’ Church
504 North Camden Drive, Beverly Hills
310.275.0123
Gregorio Allegri’s Miserere mei, Deus, sung by All Saints’ Choir. An offering will be taken.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 8 pm
Concert: Music of Mahler and Broughton
St. Matthew’s Church
1031 Bienveneda Avenue, Pacific Palisades
310.454.1358
http://www.stmatthews.com/
Featuring Mahler’s Symphony No. 4 (arr. for chamber ensemble by Edwin Stein); Broughton’s Saloon Music for B-flat Cornet and Pit Orchestra. With Rachelle Fox, soprano and David Washburn, trumpet.
FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 8 pm
Lenten Concert: Masterworks of Johann Sebastian Bach
All Saints’ Church
504 North Camden Drive, Beverly Hills
310.275.0123
Pre-concert lecture at 7:15 pm. Concert features Cantata 22 “Jesus nahm zu sich die Zwölfe”; Cantata 93, “Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten”; Magnificat, BWV 243. Sung by All Saints’ Choir, with members of Musica Angelica Baroque Orchestra. Suggested donation: $20 adults ($15 seniors & students). Admission free with Music Guild donor season pass.
FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 7:30 pm
Choral Eucharist
All Saints’ Church
504 North Camden Drive, Beverly Hills
310.275.0123
Sung by All Saints’ Choir Schola in All Saints’ Chapel. An offering will be taken.
FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 7:30 pm
Contemplation and Prayer in the style of Taizé
All Saints’ Church
504 North Camden Drive, Beverly Hills
310.275.0123
Led by Parish Choir.
FRIDAY, MARCH 27, 7:30 pm
Meditation & Music
All Saints’ Church
504 North Camden Drive, Beverly Hills
310.275.0123
Led by Barry Taylor. An offering will be taken.
FRIDAY, MARCH 27, 8 pm
Concert: Music of Sibelius, Rosauro and Walton
St. Matthew’s Church
1031 Bienveneda Avenue, Pacific Palisades
310.454.1358
http://www.stmatthews.com/
Featring Sibelius’ Selections from Pelléas and Mélisande, Op. 46, Rosauro’s Concerto for Marimba and String Orchestra, and Walton’s Façade. KUSC-FM radio host Kimberlea Daggy will be on hand to recite the hilarious poems by British author Edith Sitwell to William Walton’s spiky and equally hilarious score for chamber ensemble.
FRIDAY, APRIL 3, 7:30 pm
Lamentations of Jeremiah
All Saints’ Church
504 North Camden Drive, Beverly Hills
310.275.0123
A quiet, candlelight service of Vespers with The Lamentations of Jeremiah by Thomas Tallis sung by All Saints’ Choir. An offering will be taken.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8, 7:30 pm
Taizé for Holy Week
All Saints’ Church
504 North Camden Drive, Beverly Hills
310.275.0123
Led by All Saints’ Choir.
THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 7:30 pm
Choral Eucharist for Maundy Thursday
All Saints’ Church
504 North Camden Drive, Beverly Hills
310.275.0123
Sung by All Saints’ Choir. An offering will be taken.
FRIDAY, APRIL 10, 12:10 pm
The Liturgy for Good Friday
All Saints’ Church
504 North Camden Drive, Beverly Hills
310.275.0123
Sung by All Saints’ Choir. An offering will be taken.
FRIDAY, APRIL 24 , 8 pm
Concert: Ensemble Caprice
St. Matthew’s Church
1031 Bienveneda Avenue, Pacific Palisades
310.454.1358
http://www.stmatthews.com/
Ensemble Caprice with guest artists David Jacques, baroque guitar, and percussionist Ziya Tabassian – “La Folia and the Gypsies.” Ensemble Caprice returns to St. Matthew’s for a unique program featuring pieces taken from Slovakia and Rumania and works by composers who were influenced by the gypsy music they heard while traveling throughout Europe. Music by Vivaldi, Telemann and other Baroque masters paired with folk music from Central Europe.
SUNDAY, APRIL 26, 5 pm
Chamber Music at All Saints’
Felix Musica: Homage to Mendelssohn
All Saints’ Church
504 North Camden Drive, Beverly Hills
310.275.0123
Celebrating the 200th anniversary of the composer’s birth. Mikail Korzhev, piano; Camille King, soprano; Timothy Loo, cello, performing Sonata for Cello and Piano, selected lieder and piano works. Suggested donation $20 (students/seniors $10).
FRIDAY, MAY 1, 7:30 pm
Choral Evensong
All Saints’ Church
504 North Camden Drive, Beverly Hills
310.275.0123
Thomas Foster’s, Preces & Responses and Roland Martin’s, Magnificat & Nunc dimittis (St. Paul’s Cathedral, Buffalo), sung by Parish Choir. An offering will be taken.
THURSDAY, MAY 21, 7:30 pm
Missa Mystica on Ascension Day
All Saints’ Church
504 North Camden Drive, Beverly Hills
310.275.0123
Sung by All Saints’ Choir Schola in All Saints’ Chapel. An offering will be taken.
FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 8 pm
Concert: Music of O’Regan, Reich, Lauridsen, Pärt
St. Matthew’s Church
1031 Bienveneda Avenue, Pacific Palisades
310.454.1358
http://www.stmatthews.com/
The world premiere of a new work by Tarik O’Regan commissioned by St. Matthew’s Music Guild is paired with the haunting Proverb by Steve Reich for two sopranos, two tenors, synthesizers and percussion. Masterworks by Morton Lauridsen and Arvo Pärt will round out the program, sung by the Choir of St. Matthew's Parish.
SUNDAY, JUNE 7, 5 pm
Chamber Music at All Saints’:
Flute Fantasy
All Saints’ Church
504 North Camden Drive, Beverly Hills
310.275.0123
Pamela Vliek Marchev, flute and Ines Irawati, piano, perform works by Martinu, Varese (Density), Poulenc, Dutilleux, and première of a commissioned work by Brennon Bortz. Suggested donation $20 (students/seniors $10)
SUNDAY, JUNE 28, 7:30 pm
Choral Eucharist
All Saints’ Church
504 North Camden Drive, Beverly Hills
310.275.0123
For the National Conference of the Association of Anglican Musicians. Featuring the premiere of a Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis by Sir David Willcocks, sung by All Saints’ Choir. An offering will be taken.
