Holiday Carol 2021

  Happy Holidays from "Music in the "Elevator"!

 

 Il est né le Divin Enfant

(Tout le Monde, YouTube; 2013)

Enjoy...

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Classical Music Concerts in Napa Valley, California

Looking for a festival that combines Wine and Classical music?  Why not try “Music in the Vineyards” festival! In its 27th season, this festival runs from August 4 - August 22, 2021 and will feature performances by musicians from the U.S. and abroad, as well as Pulitzer Prize winning Composers. 

From this year’s eighth Spring competition, the top three Solo instrumental winners will perform in a recital on July 31, 2021.

 

Sound interesting?  Their website offers more information, including Online Concert options, a downloadable festival program, and updated COVID-19 Safety guidelines.

www.musicinthevineyards.org/festival

Meanwhile, here are two videos entitled “Get to know Music in the Vineyards!” from 2015, and “Music In The Vineyards 25th Anniversary | Thank you!“ from 2019.

            

Enjoy...

Have you heard? Live Opera has Returned to the Bay Area

Have you heard? Live Opera has Returned to the Bay Area

The San Francisco Opera is Performing The Barber of Seville (1816) 

by Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868), albeit in San Rafael, California

at the Marin Center drive-in April 23 - May 15.

Article

San Francisco Opera’s clever ‘Barber’ lights up the drive-in

(Leslie Katz, San Francisco Examiner; April 24, 2021)

https://www.sfexaminer.com/entertainment/san-francisco-operas-clever-barber-lights-up-the-drive-in/

Video

A Tour of “The Barber of Seville” With Matthew Shilvock

(San Francisco Opera, You Tube; April 19, 2021)

Interested?

Concert information and tickets can be found at:  https://sfopera.com/barber

tierce de Picardie Award 2021

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     Learning of the catastrophic fire that destroyed the beautiful Cathédrale de Notre Dame de Paris, my heart stopped.  “How could this happen?”, I silently questioned myself; reminiscing about the several Masses attended, and the music that filled the edifice.  This included Midnight Mass on Christmas Eve, where everything was encompassed in soft candlelight.  It seemed as if the building itself took on a life of its own; breathing hope and joy to all those waiting to gain entrance outside with me on that particularly cold, winter’s night...

     This special tierce de Picardie award encompasses the year beginning in March 2020 to present.  For those of us who long for, and continue to seek out, hope and joy in the midst of this global pandemic; for those who have succumbed, and those who have been left behind...  This year’s award goes to you.  As we all move forward from this catastrophic event, let us understand and accept that a life without hope and joy is a denial of the very fiber of our existence.

     

Ghent Altarpiece Singing AngelsJan van Eyck, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons 

Tierce de Picardie Award Coming Soon...

 

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The tierce de Picardie Award will be delayed this year, just as it was in 2020.

Stay tuned... 🎵

Thank You!