Serving its audiences throughout Southern California, the area’s premier early music ensemble Musica Angelica has announced its 2024-25 season. Performances will take place at the First Congregational Church of Long Beach and the First Congregational Church of Los Angeles.
GIRO D’ITALIA: A TOUR OF ITALY
Music from Naples (Giovanni Battista Pergolesi), Rome (Arcangelo Corelli & Nicola Porpora), Venice (Antonio Vivaldi & Benedetto Marcello), and Milan (Giovanni Battista Sammartini) paints a vivid picture of baroque Italy, the apotheosis of the concerto form, and the birth of the symphony.
Saturday, September 21, 2024 at 7:30 PM – First Congregational Church of Long Beach
Sunday, September 22, 2024 at 3:00 PM – First Congregational Church of Los Angeles
CHRISTMAS IN VIENNA
Vienna has hosted December Markets since 1296, so they were likely enjoyed by Joseph and Michael Haydn as well as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. For a holiday surprise, festive works by these composers will be joined by the 1921 Christmas Music of Vienna native (and Los Angeles resident from 1934 until his death) Arnold Schoenberg, in celebration of the sesquicentennial of his birth (b. 13 September 1874, d. 13 July 1951).
Saturday, December 14, 2024 at 7:30 PM – First Congregational Church of Long Beach
Sunday, December 15, 2024 at 3:00 PM – First Congregational Church of Los Angeles
GARDEN OF FORKING PATHS
Taking inspiration from the 1941 story by Jorge Luis Borges said to foreshadow the quantum mechanics theory of a multiverse, virtuosic instrumental compositions of Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber, Henry Purcell, and Johann Heinrich Schmelzer form a labyrinth of musical routes where figuration and linearity are manipulated into fresh sonic narratives.
Saturday, March 8, 2025 at 7:30 PM – First Congregational Church of Long Beach
Sunday, March 9, 2025 at 3:00 PM – First Congregational Church of Los Angeles
MATTHEW PASSION
Ever the colossal achievement in devotional text-painting and prolonged emotional intensity, Johann Sebastian Bach’s depiction of Christ’s Passion story continues to reward listener and performer alike; while Musica Angelica has made an annual tradition of interpreting this masterpiece in Los Angeles, we are excited to offer (for the first time in recent memory) an additional production in Long Beach.
Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 6:00 PM – First Congregational Church of Long Beach
Sunday, April 13, 2025 at 3:00 PM – First Congregational Church of Los Angeles
Tickets range from $160-$320 for the entire season. To purchase tickets, visit https://www.musicaangelica.org with options for the Long Beach or Los Angeles season, or call the box office at (562) 276-0865.
About Musica Angelica
Now in its 32nd season, Musica Angelica is firmly established as Southern California’s preeminent historical performance ensemble. Led by Music Director and world-renowned organist, Martin Haselböck, the ensemble has toured internationally to widespread acclaim.
Musica Angelica musicians play on authentic instruments of the period, or carefully crafted replicas. The ensemble performs its own series of concerts in Long Beach and Los Angeles and is in demand as a collaborative ensemble performing alongside LA Opera, the LA Master Chorale, Long Beach Camerata Singers Pacific Chorale and Long Beach Opera.
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