Musica Transalpina, a new, professional ensemble dedicated to baroque sacred music, offers their first public performance on Sunday, August 27 2023 at 3 P. M. at St. Mark’s Church in Newport Beach.
This inaugural concert features large-scale choral works in the so-called “Colossal Baroque” style by Muffat, Biber, Kerll, and Megerle which are seldom ever performed in America. These towering compositions are scored for enormous vocal and instrumental forces, including Muffat’s only surviving vocal work, his Missa in labore requies, written in 24 independent parts distributed across five (5) separate choirs.
Musica Transalpina is a professional vocal & period instrument ensemble dedicated to the research & historically-informed performance of baroque liturgical music. Musica Transalpina is incorporated as a 501 (c) (3) not-for-profit corporation, and all donations are wholly tax-deductible.
Colossal Baroque: Monumental compositions from 17th-Century Salzburg
St. Mark’s church
2200 San Joaquin Hills Road
Newport Beach, CA 92660
Suggested Donations: $40 • $60 • $80
Tickets may be purchased at Colossal.BrownPaperTickets.com
We are committed to making this performance affordable to all. The above ticket prices are merely guidelines, but you may pay as much as you are able –– please contact us directly at Admin@MusicaTransalpina.org to reserve your spot at a price that works for you. What matters most is that you support us by your presence and by spreading the word!
This performance is made possible by a generous grant from the Colburn Foundation.