Music by composers (and friends) Byron Adams, David Conte, Ian Venables, and Eric Choate.
Program includes the world premiere of All the Good I Know, a song cycle by Eric Choate.
Brian Thorsett, tenor
Ellen Leslie, soprano
Kevin Korth, piano
Program of works by SFCM Composition Chair David Conte, featuring:
Songs of Consolation
I. Prayer of St Theresa
II. The God of Love my Shepherd Is
III. Lead, Kindly Light
Ellen Leslie, soprano
Kevin Korth, piano
The Lee Trio
Elegy for Matthew
Ellen Leslie, soprano
Kevin Korth, piano
Berkeley Community Chorus & Orchestra
Ming Luke, conductor
Ellen Leslie, soprano
William Walton, Belshazzar’s Feast
Francis Poulenc, Gloria
Free entry; reservation required
Berkeley Community Chorus & Orchestra
Ming Luke, conductor
Ellen Leslie, soprano
William Walton, Belshazzar’s Feast
Francis Poulenc, Gloria
Free entry; reservation required
Berkeley Community Chorus & Orchestra
Ming Luke, conductor
Ellen Leslie, soprano
William Walton, Belshazzar’s Feast
Francis Poulenc, Gloria
Free entry; reservation required
Ellen appears as soloist with the San Francisco City Chorus in works including Mendelssohn’s Midsummer Night’s Dream, Stanford’s The Blue Bird, and the West Coast premiere of Michael Conley’s This Bequest of Wings.
Shakespeare’s most magical play comes to musical life through the genius of Benjamin Britten. Deep in an enchanted forest, Fairies, Nobles, and Rustics play games of love and illusion. Pocket Opera brings this rare gem to the stage in a world-premiere orchestral reduction, commissioned especially for our season.
Ellen sings the role of Helena.
Music Director: David Drummond
Stage Director: Nicolas A. Garcia
More info and tickets at www.pocketopera.org
Shakespeare’s most magical play comes to musical life through the genius of Benjamin Britten. Deep in an enchanted forest, Fairies, Nobles, and Rustics play games of love and illusion. Pocket Opera brings this rare gem to the stage in a world-premiere orchestral reduction, commissioned especially for our season.
Ellen sings the role of Helena.
Music Director: David Drummond
Stage Director: Nicolas A. Garcia
More info and tickets at www.pocketopera.org
Shakespeare’s most magical play comes to musical life through the genius of Benjamin Britten. Deep in an enchanted forest, Fairies, Nobles, and Rustics play games of love and illusion. Pocket Opera brings this rare gem to the stage in a world-premiere orchestral reduction, commissioned especially for our season.
Ellen sings the role of Helena.
Music Director: David Drummond
Stage Director: Nicolas A. Garcia
More info and tickets at www.pocketopera.org
On Good Friday, sopranos Ellen Leslie and Jennifer Paulino perform Couperin’s masterpiece Leçons de Ténèbres (Lessons of Darkness).
Free Admission, no ticket required.
Ulysses Arts releases the album Evermore & Evermore, featuring music by Eric Choate. Ellen is the featured soloist on the opening track, O Come, O Come, Emmanuel.
Listen to a preview on Apple Music.
More information, press release, and ordering information at Ulysses Arts.
Ellen sings the soprano solos in Herbert Howells’ Requiem with the Choir of St Mary the Virgin for the Feast of All Souls.
Ellen sings in the ensemble with the Opéra royal de Versailles.
From Festival Napa Valley: The Versailles Royal Opera makes its North American debut in this spectacular evening featuring Donizetti’s La Fille du régiment. This perennially popular opera follows the irrepressible Marie — a spirited orphan raised by a regiment of French soldiers. She falls for the dashing Tonio, only to face a whirlwind of obstacles, from war and aristocratic expectations to an unexpected twist of fate. With Marie’s dazzling coloratura passages and Tonio’s famous aria featuring nine thrilling high Cs, the production bursts with humor, romance, and vocal fireworks. Stunning costumes by renowned fashion designer Christian Lacroix make this Jean-Romain Vesperini directed production a show not to be missed.
Ellen sings the iconic soprano lines in three of Ennio Morricone’s film scores.
From Festival Napa Valley: Experience the enchantment of La Dolce Vita at this evening dedicated to the music of one of the world’s greatest film composers, the late Academy Award-winning Ennio Morricone. The celebration begins at Charles Krug, where the Festival pays tribute to Morricone’s extraordinary legacy in film music. The symphonic concert will be brought to life by visuals on the Festival’s state-of-the-art LED wall, with a special appearance by Monica Mancini. Known for iconic scores such as The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Cinema Paradiso, and Once Upon a Time in America, Morricone was a master of his craft, effortlessly interweaving contrasting styles to create some of the most sublime music of our time.
L'Orchestre Musici Europae
Chœur de Paris
Ming Luke, Conductor
Ellen sings the soprano solos in the Requiems of Fauré and Saint-Saëns.
L'Orchestre Musici Europae
Le Chœur Bord du Loire
Ming Luke, Conductor
Ellen sings the soprano solos in the Requiems of Fauré and Saint-Saëns as part of the Blois Fête de la Musique.
L'Orchestre Musici Europae
Les Harmoniques
Ming Luke, Conductor
Ellen sings the soprano solos in the Requiems of Fauré and Saint-Saëns.
Eric Choate, conductor
Parish Choir of St Mary the Virgin
Vallejo Choral Society
Areté Singers
Free admission and reception to follow
Berkeley Community Chorus & Orchestra
Ming Luke, conductor
Ellen Leslie, soprano
Sara Couden, alto
Brian Thorsett, tenor
Simon Barrad, baritone
Sergei Taneyev: St. John of Damascus
Camille Saint-Saëns: Requiem
Free tickets
Berkeley Community Chorus & Orchestra
Ming Luke, conductor
Ellen Leslie, soprano
Sara Couden, alto
Brian Thorsett, tenor
Simon Barrad, baritone
Sergei Taneyev: St. John of Damascus
Camille Saint-Saëns: Requiem
Free tickets
Berkeley Community Chorus & Orchestra
Ming Luke, conductor
Ellen Leslie, soprano
Sara Couden, alto
Brian Thorsett, tenor
Simon Barrad, baritone
Sergei Taneyev: St. John of Damascus
Camille Saint-Saëns: Requiem
Free tickets
Program of works by SFCM Composition Chair David Conte, featuring:
Three Settings of Ogden Nash (2018)
I. Tin Wedding Whistle
II. Pretty Halcyon Days
III. A Lady Who Thinks She is Thirty
Ellen Leslie, soprano
Kevin Korth, piano
Berkeley Community Chorus & Orchestra
Ming Luke, conductor
John Wilson, piano
Ellen Leslie, soprano
Sara Couden, alto
Jonathan Elmore, tenor
Simon Barrad, baritone
Ludwig van Beethoven: Choral Fantasy
Joseph Haydn: Paukenmesse (Missa in tempore belli)
Gabriel Faurè: Requiem
Free tickets
Berkeley Community Chorus & Orchestra
Ming Luke, conductor
John Wilson, piano
Ellen Leslie, soprano
Sara Couden, alto
Jonathan Elmore, tenor
Simon Barrad, baritone
Ludwig van Beethoven: Choral Fantasy
Joseph Haydn: Paukenmesse (Missa in tempore belli)
Gabriel Faurè: Requiem
Free tickets
Berkeley Community Chorus & Orchestra
Ming Luke, conductor
John Wilson, piano
Ellen Leslie, soprano
Sara Couden, alto
Jonathan Elmore, tenor
Simon Barrad, baritone
Ludwig van Beethoven: Choral Fantasy
Joseph Haydn: Paukenmesse (Missa in tempore belli)
Gabriel Faurè: Requiem
Free tickets
A celebration of American art song, held annually at the San Francisco Conservatory of music in honor of longtime collaborative pianist faculty Kristin Pankonin. Held in the stunning 11th-floor Barbro Osher Recital Hall in SFCM’s Bowes Center, overlooking City Hall. Free admission.
Hope Briggs, Chea Kang, and Ellen Leslie, soprano
Brian Thorsett, tenor
Kevin Korth, Tommaso Saturnia and Dale Tsang, piano
Ellen sings works by Aaron Copland, David Conte, David Garner, and Eric Choate.
Ellen sings the soprano solo in Bruckner’s Requiem.
With St. Mary’s Parish Choir & Chamber Orchestra, Schola Cantorum of St. Dominic’s Catholic Church
Eric Choate, conductor
Brian Thorsett, tenor
Ellen Leslie, soprano
Matthew Linaman, cello
Kevin Korth, piano
Program
Byron Adams: The Heart's Reasons
Green (DH Lawrence)
To Be Sung on the Water (Louise Bogan)
Heaven-Haven (Gerard Manley Hopkins)
David Conte: Two Winter Scenes
I. Mistletoe (Walter de la Mare)
II. The Harper’s Song (Adam Christensen)
Ian Venables: Love Lives Beyond (John Clare)
I. Venables: Flying Crooked (Robert Graves)
I. Venables : The November Piano (Charles Bennett)
Byron Adams: Nocturne (Ursula Vaughan Williams)
Eric Choate: The Lake Isle of Innisfree (WB Yeats)
E. Choate: Tavern (Edna St. Vincent Millay - World Premiere)
I. Venables: The Last Invocation Op. 50 (US Premiere)
D. Conte: Three Poems of Christina Rossetti
POSTPONED
Ellen sings the soprano solo in Gordon Getty’s Saint Christopher.
Tickets available at SFSymphony.org
POSTPONED
Ellen sings the soprano solo in Gordon Getty’s Saint Christopher.
Tickets available at SFSymphony.org
POSTPONED
Ellen sings the soprano solo in Gordon Getty’s Saint Christopher.
Tickets available at SFSymphony.org
With Eric Choate, piano, Ellen performs a recital of American and English art song featuring works by Ian Venables, Aaron Copland, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Leonard Bernstein, and Eric Choate.
With Eric Choate, piano, Ellen performs a recital of American and English art song featuring works by Ian Venables, Aaron Copland, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Leonard Bernstein, and Eric Choate.
Tickets and information at www.mercedsymphony.org
Ellen sings the soprano solo in Johann Michael Haydn’s rarely performed Requiem in C minor, a piece known to have had a profound influence on Mozart’s Requiem.
Vallejo Choral Society - Julia Morris, conductor
Ellen sings the soprano solo in Johann Michael Haydn’s rarely performed Requiem in C minor, a piece known to have had a profound influence on Mozart’s Requiem.
Vallejo Choral Society - Julia Morris, conductor
