Vintage

AVE examined the national styles that have influenced our musical palette in California. Like our food, our musical palette is an amalgam of European, Asian, and Mexican styles. AVE looked at the close influences of French, English, Swedish, Mexican, Russian, and Asian styles on our musical identity, through a program of early and contemporary choral works by Francis Poulenc, Ralph Vaughn Williams, Fredrik Sixten, Carlo Gesualdo, and others. AVE was joined by saxophonist Daniel Zinn, who has been featured at the Monterey Jazz Festival, San Francisco Jazz Festival, San Jose Jazz Festival, Yoshi's Nightspot, for an adventurous meeting of old (medieval polyphony) and new (jazz improvisation).

This event was co-presented with Slow Food, a global grassroots movement that links the pleasure of food with a commitment to community and the environment.

The concerts were presented on the following dates:

Friday, May 29: St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Berkeley

Saturday, May 30: St. Ignatius Catholic Church, San Francisco

Vray dieu d’aymer – Descaudin

Mass in G minor (Kyrie & Gloria) – Vaughan Williams

Ave, dulcissima Maria – Gesualdo

Parce mihi Domine – Morales

Ave Maria – Antognini  (U.S. premier)

O Salutaris hostia – de la Rue

Bogoroditse Devo – Khvoshchinsky

Der Geist hilft unsrer Schwachheit auf – Bach

Tantum ergo – Sixten (U.S. premier)

Mass in G (Sanctus) – Poulenc

i thank you, God – Whitacre

Laudate Pueri – Gjeilo