Bellevue Chamber Chorus: Retrospective – A Celebration!
$20 / $15 / $10
Irving Berlin — Selected works
Steve Zegree — Selected works
Sergei Rachmaninoff — Selected works
Franz Joseph Haydn — Selected works
Claudio Monteverdi — Selected works
Carlos Guastavino — Selected works
Johannes Brahms — Selected works
Moses Hogan — Selected works
Morten Lauridsen — Selected works
Leonard Bernstein — Selected works
Gene Puerling — Selected works
Jan Sandström — Selected works
Stephen Sondheim — Selected works
Stephen Paulus — Selected works
Eric Whitacre — Selected works
Fredrick Lokken, director
Don't miss the grand finale of the Bellevue Chamber Chorus' 35th anniversary season, as they present a reprise of some of theirs and your favorite classical, folk, jazz, and Broadway hits performed over the past 34 years. You’ll hear great choral classics from Claudio Monteverdi, Franz Joseph Haydn, Johannes Brahms, and Sergei Rachmaninoff, contemporary gems by Eric Whitacre and Morten Lauridsen, spirituals and folk songs arranged by Moses Hogan and Stephen Paulus, popular and musical theater hits from Irving Berlin, Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim, and more! In addition, this will be Dr. Fredrick Lokken’s final concert series with Bellevue Chamber Chorus as he steps down from his position as conductor and artistic director after nineteen years of leadership. Come celebrate with the BCC!
Tickets: $20 ($15 seniors, $10 students)
About Bellevue Chamber Chorus
Bellevue Chamber Chorus, founded in 1984, performs a minimum of three major concerts each season, encompassing a variety of choral literature from the classical standards and contemporary works to world music, Broadway hits, and vocal jazz. The Chorus often joins other ensembles in performances of major choral/orchestral works, such as Mozart’s Vespers and Requiem, Faure’s Requiem, Verdi’s Requiem, Handel’s Messiah, Orff’s Carmina Burana, Brahms’ Requiem, Rutter's Mass of the Children, and Ariel Ramirez' Misa por la Paz y la Justicia. The ensemble has premiered works by regional composers, including commissioned works for the Washington State Centennial Celebration, the grand opening of the Theatre at Meydenbauer Center, a special 20th anniversary season commissioned piece, That Music Always Round Me, by Seattle composer, John Muehleisen, and co-commissions of pieces by Andre Thomas and Eric Whitacre. The Chorus has released three CDs, “Timeframes”, “Retrospective”, and our 2013 holiday CD, “Christmas Visions, Winter Dreams”. Bellevue Chamber Chorus tours often and has performed in Carnegie Hall, various locations in Europe, the International Music Festival (2000) in Sydney, Australia, and twice at the invitational Kathaumixw International Choral Festival in Powell River, British Columbia, where they won first place in 2008 in the adult mixed chorus category. Other performances include the Leavenworth International Choral Festival, the international “Rolling Requiem” in memory of September 11th, as one of the regional choruses in the NEA sponsored American Masterpieces Choral Festival in Seattle, and in Kelowna, B.C. as part of the Okanogan Choral Society Series. The Chorus toured the south of France in the summer of 2017 and participated in the 22nd International Choir Festival in Provence, and the 9th International Choir Festival in Aveyron. The Chorus has been selected as one of only six choirs to perform in a special GSCC event “Welcome Home Morten Lauridsen” in October 2019. Bellevue Chamber Chorus has active memberships in the Bellevue Downtown Association, Greater Seattle Choral Consortium (GSCC) and Chorus America. The Chorus is supported in part by the Bellevue Arts Commission and 4Culture.
http://bellevuechamberchorus.org/