Bay Choral Guild Publicity Material
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2011-2012: Our 33rd Season!
BCG 2011-12 Season Release 
Season Brochure Outside
Season Brochure Inside
“All Night Vigil” June 8, 9, 10, 2012
All Night Vigil Press Release
All Night Vigil e-newsletter
BCG 8.5×11 Flyer June 2012
“Weinachtsfest” December 9, 10, 2011
Weinachtsfest e-newsletter
BCG 8.5×11 Flyer Dec 2011
Previous Concert Articles, Reviews
Classical Music Examiner, March 2012
Bay Choral Guild Sings Universal Psalms.— Review by Beeri Moalem, San Jose Classical Music Examiner, of March, 2012 Psalms of David concert.
SF Classical Music Examiner, December, 2011
Bay Choral Guild’s Festive Christmas Concert. — Review by Stephen Smoliar of December, 2011 BCG concert which included C.P.E. Bach’s Magnificat and J.S. Bach’s Christmas Oratorio, Cantatas I and VI. The BCG chorus was joined by four stellar vocal soloists and the wonderful Jubilate Baroque Orchestra.
“Sanford Dole, who is also Music Director at St. Gregory, has a firm command of the repertoire of sacred music; and his collaboration with Jubilate, a period instrument ensemble, made for an effective historically informed performance. However, respect for musicology was secondary to the rich and secure sounds of Dole’s BCG voices, particularly in this context of engaging with a full orchestra. “
SF Classical Music Examiner, June 2011
The Bay Choral Guild celebrates the celebration of the mass — Review by Stephen Smoliar of June, 2011 BCG concert which included three mass settings by Tomás Luis de Victoria, Francis Poulenc and Josef Rheinberger
“This Victoria setting offers a balance between full chorus and reduced collections of soloists for particularly significant text passages. Dole’s interpretation captured that spirit of sacred music that made the sixteenth century so memorable; and his Victoria selection was a first-rate representative.”
Guerrilla Scholar (blogger), March 2011
Bay Choral Guild’s Pacific Passions — Review of BCG’s March 2011 concert.
Palo Alto Weekly, March 2011
That West Coast Sound: Choral Concert Highlights California, Washington Composers — A preview of BCG’s March 2011 concert, by Rebecca Wallace, Arts and Entertainment Editor.
Photo by Veronica Weber, Palo Alto Weekly Photographer
SF Classical Music Examiner, June 2010
The intimate chorus — Review by Stephen Smoliar of BCG concert “Peace and Love”
“Most important, however, was the clarity of the text and the clear commitment to that text that was so obvious in the execution by the performers. This is an ensemble that clearly takes both its music and its texts very seriously and is therefore well equipped to take on major themes like peace and love without either sentimentalizing or trivializing them, and we can all benefit from more performances with this level of attention.”
Palo Alto Weekly, November 2008
Bay Choral Guild has new name, global viewpoint — Article by Rebecca Wallace, Arts and Entertainment Editor, written after interviewing artistic director Sanford Dole during preparations for the December 2008 concert, “An Orthodox Christmas.”
Comments from our audience members
December 2008 Concert, “An Orthodox Christmas”—deeply moving music from Russia and Eastern Europe:
“Pro-level singing ensemble. Was like listening to KDFC-FM, but with the people actually in the same room. I kept waiting to hear Hoyt Smith intone, “That was the Bay Choral Guild… performing…”
“Just wanted to let all you know that all of my friends, family and others came away with nothing but praise for our performance yesterday. The favorite was “Otche Nash”, hands down. Got many compliments on the diction and pronunciation….people were impressed!”
“Julie and I both enjoyed it quite a bit. Despite not comprising traditional ‘Christmas carols’ the concert had a feeling of joyousness and celebration just right for the season. You clearly were having fun, too.”
