The chorale performs choral works of diverse periods, genres and traditions, both unaccompanied and using professional soloists, instrumental ensemble and orchestra. The Santa Cruz Chorale makes such music accessible to the broadest possible audiences while enabling member singers to experience the delight and artistic growth inherent to sophisticated music-making.
The Santa Cruz Chorale
Our Concert Season 2023-2024
Christmas with the Chorale
December 16, 2023 8:00 pm
December 17, 2023 4:00 pm
Holy Cross Church
126 High St.
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
The centerpiece of this year’s “Christmas with the Chorale” was Austrian composer Heinrich Biber’s Magnificat for orchestra and choir. Our colorful program also offered a wide variety of music composed through the centuries to celebrate Christmas, including works by Byrd, Scheidt, Elgar, Britten, Tavener, Biebl and others. The Monterey Bay Sinfonietta joined the Chorale again, […]
Johannes Brahms Ein Deutsches Requiem
May 18, 2024 8:00 pm
May 19, 2024 4:00 pm
Holy Cross Church
126 High St.
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
Artistic Director Christian Grube will lead the Chorale, soloists, and orchestra in a work that probes the depths of grief and despair and reaches the heights of joy, the German Requiem. “German” refers to the language of the Biblical passages that make up the text, but Brahms wrote to a friend that he would rather […]
Listen to the Santa Cruz Chorale
"Aus der Tiefe", Bach Cantata BWV 131
Selection from Santa Cruz Chorale performance of Bach Cantata BWV 131, Spring 2022
"Hoffe auf den Herrn", Bach Cantata BWV 131
Selection from Santa Cruz Chorale performance of Bach Cantata BWV 131, Spring 2022
Magi veniunt ab oriente --Full Piece
Magi veniunt ab oriente by Jacobus Clemens non Papa, from December 2022 concert performance
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On Love, Loss, and Music
Almost everyone who has lived a long life has lost someone dear: mother, father, friend, sister or brother, perhaps even a child or spouse. Living through the anguish of grief is part of the human condition, for with love comes the joy of life but also the pain of loss. Johannes Brahms was deeply moved […]
The Santa Cruz Chorale Presents Johannes Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem
Artistic Director Christian Grube will lead the Chorale, soloists, and orchestra in a work that probes the depths of grief and despair and reaches the heights of joy, the German Requiem. “German” refers to the language of the Biblical passages that make up the text, but Brahms wrote to a friend that he would rather […]
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