Concerts

2023-2024 SEASON

DECK THE HALLS

Saturday, December 16, 2023 | 7:30pm

Embrace the magic of the holidays with Peninsula Cantare’s annual Deck the Halls! The chorus is joined by a professional chamber orchestra for a concert of carols and holiday favorites, as well as contemporary arrangements for orchestra, choir, and percussion. This concert features the stunning Bach Magnificat in D, plus we’ll have our annual carol sing-along, and a chance for one of our audience members to conduct. Bring the whole family and join us in celebrating the best time of the year!

FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, PALO ALTO
625 Hamilton Ave, Palo Altoa

INTO THE LIGHT

Friday, March 22, 2024 | 8:00pm

Explore the beauty that awaits you in this concert celebrating light and hope in our troubled times. Peninsula Cantare will sing Morten Lauridsen’s stunning Lux Aeterna and Elaine Hagenberg’s exciting Illuminare, which evokes light-filled beauty in dramatic ways with the choir & orchestra. Plus, you’ll hear the world premiere of Kendrick Huynh’s setting of the William Henley poem “Invictus,” newly commissioned by Peninsula Cantare.

FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, PALO ALTO
1985 Louis Road, Palo Alto

EARTH SYMPHONY

Saturday, May 18, 2024 | 7:30pm

Celebrate the end of our season with the Bay Area premiere of Jake Runestad’s Emmy Award-winning Earth Symphony for chorus and orchestra. This five-part dramatic work is conceived from the voice of post-anthropocene Mother Earth, imagining Earth’s hope for humanity, her ruination at its hands, her lament at its loss, and finally her recovery. Join us for a truly exquisite evening of storytelling, beauty, and joyous celebration in a season finale you won’t soon forget.

FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, PALO ALTO
625 Hamilton Ave, Palo Alto