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Capella Antiqua

Robert Johnson, Artistic Director

Information last updated: 2012-12-13
Status: Archived

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Asst Conductor :	Rexphil Rallanka, General Manager
Description:	The genesis of Capella Antiqua was need; a deep need to study and sing music of the highest artistic and historical significance, a need to sing fun music, and need to share this with the wider community. In the spring of 2011, a varied group of singers (undergrads to retirees) came together and committed themselves to a new musical endeavor whose watchwords were to be "fun" and "historically informed." Capella Antiqua is the result. Our first two seasons will present an amazingly diverse series of programs, from the Italian Renaissance, to the Philippine Baroque, to Romantic Era Germany.
Web Address:	http://www.capella-antiqua.org
Year Estab:	2011
Mission:	Our goal is not the dry musicology of the unremittingly academic, our repertoire is chosen because it's rewarding and fun to sing, not just "important." You'll find this in the performances. We’re all about singing great music, whether well known or not, with the highest level of artistry we can manage.
Emphasis:	A cappella music written before 1800.
Size:	12-16
Concerts/Year:	3-4
Skills Required :	•Familiarity with romance languages: German, French, Italian, Latin, Spanish •Sight reading skills •Comfort reading modal music
Auditions:	Open auditions can be held late summer/early fall based on ensemble openings. Or contact Robert M. Johnson, Artistic Director artisticdirector@capella-antiqua.org at any time to discuss an individual audition.
Dues:	No
Dress:	Full length formal gown for ladies—frequently concert black. Classic tuxedo formal wear for men.
Rehearsals:	Tuesday evenings from 7:15-9:15 at the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament, Sacramento

Type of Music:	Classical Church/Sacred Early Music Chant	Type of Chorus:	Mixed Adult Professional
Rehearse City:	Sacramento
Region:	Sacramento Valley South
Audition Req'd:	Y

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Mailing Address:	1017 11th Street Sacramento, California 95814
Email:	artisticdirector@capella-antiqua.org
Comments:	If writing to the address of the Cathedral on 11th street, please address to our General Manager, Rexphil Rallanka.

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History:	2012-2013 Season The Song Continues September 14, 2012, 7:30 Featuring works by Handel, Mozart, Schubert, Debussy, and others. Members of Capella Antiqua present songs of enduring beauty from the Ancient, Classic, Romantic, and 21st century eras. A Baroque Christmas Celebration December 8, 2012, 7:30 pm With the Camellia Symphony, Cathedral Choir, and Valley Choral Society Manfredini Pastorale per il santissimo natale; Handel Organ Concerto in F; Handel Messiah, Part 1. The View from London, Christmas about 1850 December 21, 2012, 7:30 pm G.A. Macfarren Christmas Cantata; Dickens' Lessons and Carols (First Performance) The Victorians popularize Santa Claus, continue long traditions, and write some of our favorite carols. The View from Vienna about 1800 March 8, 2013, 7:30 pm Isaac from Choralis Consatinus; Michael Haydn Motets; Diabelli Te Deum; Pachelbel Jauchzet dem Herrn, alle Welt; Franz Josef Haydn Partsongs. Songs, arias, choruses and quartets from Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven et al. The View from the Footlights May 10, 2013 Choruses from Montevedri's Orfeo, Purcell's The Fairy Queen, Nicolai's The Merry Wives of Windsor, Gilbert & Sullivan's The Gondoliers, and Scott Joplin's Treemonisha. 2011-2012 Season The View from Rome about 1595 November 5, 2011, 8:00 pm Capella Antiqua’s inaugural concert, featuring works by Giovanni Luigi da Palestrina, Domenico Maria Ferrabosco, and other giants of Rome’s late-Renaissance musical culture. The View from Dresden about 1860 March 2, 2012, 8:00 pm Romantic era choruses, songs and arias, including Brahms 3 Quartets, Op. 31; Schumann 4 Quartets, Op. 59; and Mendelssohn 3 Motets, Op. 69. One of the final generations to live before the advent of recorded music, this was a golden age for amateur music-making. This concert explores several facets of Dresden's musical culture, ranging from the concert hall to the home and, of course, the cathedral. The View from Mexico City about 1660 May 11, 2012, 8:00 pm Pre-concert Lecture at 7:15 pm An a capella* choral concert of cathedral and popular music from early Baroque Mexico City, including modern debut performances of Francisco López Capillas' Missa 'Re-Sol,' the anonymous Nocturnos, and songs in indigenous Nahuatl and Quecua languages. Frequently overlooked, the Spanish colonies throughout Latin America and the modern Southwest were some of the very first cradles of American art music.
Comments:	Artists-in-residence at Sacramento's beautiful Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament, Capella Antiqua is dedicated to presenting choral music from all eras in one of the finest acoustics the city has to offer. Capella enjoys performing rarely seen works of antiquity all with scholarly accuracy. The group is also big on collaborations with fellow groups and individual musicians of Northern California.

History:

2012-2013 Season

The Song Continues

September 14, 2012, 7:30
Featuring works by Handel, Mozart, Schubert, Debussy, and others.

Members of Capella Antiqua present songs of enduring beauty from the Ancient, Classic, Romantic, and 21st century eras.

A Baroque Christmas Celebration

December 8, 2012, 7:30 pm
With the Camellia Symphony, Cathedral Choir, and Valley Choral Society

Manfredini Pastorale per il santissimo natale; Handel Organ Concerto in F; Handel Messiah, Part 1.

The View from London, Christmas about 1850

December 21, 2012, 7:30 pm
G.A. Macfarren Christmas Cantata; Dickens' Lessons and Carols (First Performance)

The Victorians popularize Santa Claus, continue long traditions, and write some of our favorite carols.

The View from Vienna about 1800

March 8, 2013, 7:30 pm
Isaac from Choralis Consatinus; Michael Haydn Motets; Diabelli Te Deum; Pachelbel Jauchzet dem Herrn, alle Welt; Franz Josef Haydn Partsongs.

Songs, arias, choruses and quartets from Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven et al.

The View from the Footlights

May 10, 2013
Choruses from Montevedri's Orfeo, Purcell's The Fairy Queen, Nicolai's The Merry Wives of Windsor, Gilbert & Sullivan's The Gondoliers, and Scott Joplin's Treemonisha.

2011-2012 Season

The View from Rome about 1595

November 5, 2011, 8:00 pm
Capella Antiqua’s inaugural concert, featuring works by Giovanni Luigi da Palestrina, Domenico Maria Ferrabosco, and other giants of Rome’s late-Renaissance musical culture.

The View from Dresden about 1860

March 2, 2012, 8:00 pm
Romantic era choruses, songs and arias, including Brahms 3 Quartets, Op. 31; Schumann 4 Quartets, Op. 59; and Mendelssohn 3 Motets, Op. 69.

One of the final generations to live before the advent of recorded music, this was a golden age for amateur music-making. This concert explores several facets of Dresden's musical culture, ranging from the concert hall to the home and, of course, the cathedral.

The View from Mexico City about 1660

May 11, 2012, 8:00 pm
*Pre-concert Lecture at 7:15 pm
An a capella choral concert of cathedral and popular music from early Baroque Mexico City, including modern debut performances of Francisco López Capillas' Missa 'Re-Sol,' the anonymous Nocturnos, and songs in indigenous Nahuatl and Quecua languages.

Frequently overlooked, the Spanish colonies throughout Latin America and the modern Southwest were some of the very first cradles of American art music.

Comments:

Artists-in-residence at Sacramento's beautiful Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament, Capella Antiqua is dedicated to presenting choral music from all eras in one of the finest acoustics the city has to offer.

Capella enjoys performing rarely seen works of antiquity all with scholarly accuracy. The group is also big on collaborations with fellow groups and individual musicians of Northern California.

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