The Pasadena Master Chorale (which sings at the Altadena Community Church, 943 W. Altadena Dr., is holding its spring silent auction online:
The Pasadena Master Chorale (Jeffery Bernstein, Music Director) is pleased to present the first annual Spring online auction to raise funds for the programs of the Chorale. Educational outreach, school adoption and our subscription concerts are some of the things that the proceeds of this auction will support.
The Chorale will also present the Brahms Requiem on June 12 and 13 at the church:
Of his choral masterwork, A German Requiem, Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) wrote: "As for the title, I must admit I should like to leave out the word 'German' and refer instead to 'Humanity'." This comment points directly to the heart of his greatest choral composition, in direct contrast to his tendency to speak cryptically, even jokingly, about most of his works. (Of his life-affirming and lyrical Second Symphony, for instance, he quipped that the orchestra should wear black funereal armbands "because of its dirge-like effect.") A German Requiem may be the most comforting, humane requiem ever written.
