Magnificat

Last weekend Magnificat completed our 18th season with three performances of Monteverdi’s 1610 Vespers in three beautiful venues for three large and appreciate audiences. We still have performances at the Berkeley Festival and a CD release party at Yoshi’s in June, but it is a good time to reflect on what has been Magnificat’s most successful and regarding season yet. Above all, we thank the musicians (full list below) who devoted so much love, devotion and talent to each of Magnificat’s projects this season.

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It was with tremendous sadness that we learned that Brian Howard passed away earlier this month. Brian was a founding member of The Whole Noyse and appeared in Magnificat's first season in performances of Schütz' Weihnachtshistorie. A dear friend and musical colleague, Brian touched the lives of many in the early music community in the Bay Area. Magnificat extends our deepest sympathy to Brian's wife Lynn. The following obituary gives some sense of Brian's remarkable and diverse life. We will miss his gentle warm spirit. Brian Howard, Computer designer and musician, died of cancer on February 1st at his home in Read More...

David Tayler has scanned some photos from the August 2001 Cozzolani recording sessions at St. Stephen's in Belvedere - have a look. Here's a photo of "The Cast" from August 2001.