2011-12 Concert Season
Spring Concert
Saturday, May 12, 2012 | 8:00 PM
| Nativity of Our Lord Catholic Church
| St. Paul, MN
As spring blossoms, enjoy a breath of fresh air and unleash your restless spirit to the marvelous music of the heavens in an exuberant evening of soaring song!
Mid-Winter Concert
Saturday, March 10, 2012 | 7:30 PM
| University of St. Thomas
| St. Paul, MN
During the stark season of Lent, you’ll enter a vibrant vineyard of music by fascinating French composers as we explore the power of faith, denial, sacrifice, and the promise of deliverance.
Tour Concert
Friday, February 10, 2012 | 7:30 PM
| St. James Lutheran Church
| Verona, WI
As we approach the stark season of Lent, you’ll enter a vibrant vineyard as we explore music of faith and the promise of redemption.
Christmas Concerts
Saturday, December 17, 2011 | 7:30 PM
| University of St. Thomas
| St. Paul, MN
Sunday, December 18, 2011 | 3:00 PM
| Westwood Lutheran Church
| St. Louis Park, MN
Go tell it on the Mountain! Celebrate the joy and peace of Christmas as the voices of Magnum Chorum bring the Christmas story to life in a radiant evening of carols both traditional and new.
Cathedral Concert
Sunday, November 13, 2011 | 3:00 PM
| St. Bartholomew Catholic Church
| Wayzata, MN
During the crisp, colorful days of autumn treat yourself to a magnificent mosaic of music to lift your spirit and soothe your soul.
Other Special Appearances
(Not included with subscription series)
Magnum Chorum and The Singers
Magnum Chorum’s program draws on the ensemble’s roots in the sacred choral tradition and opens with Today Heaven Sings by Kenneth Jennings, the third conductor of the St. Olaf Choir who helped inspire the founding of Magnum Chorum. Two works by young composers include Patrick Burzlaff’s Psalm 46 (There Is a River) and Ce Soir Mon Coeur by Stanford Scriven, Magnum Chorum’s first composer-in-residence. The program concludes with F. Melius Christiansen’s Psalm 50, a powerful and elegant statement of enduring faith. This concert is open to the general public, but tickets are limited. Tickets are on sale now.
Saturday, June 16, 2012 | 12:00 PM
| Horvesten Chapel, Augsburg College
| Minneapolis, MN
Magnum Chorum joins VocalEssence and seven other Minnesota choirs for the Chorus America Opening Gala Concert celebrating Minnesota composers. Magnum Chorum will perform Kenneth Jennings' With a Voice of Singing and Praise to the Lord by F. Melius Christiansen. Each choir will perform its own set, followed by a massed choir premiere of Stephen Paulus' When Music Sounds, commissioned for the Chorus America 2012 Conference. This concert is open to the public. Tickets are on sale now.
Wednesday, June 13, 2012 | 8:00 PM
| Orchestra Hall
| Minneapolis, MN
Magnum Chorum has been selected to perform for the 2012 NCACDA Convention in Madison, Wis. This concert will be open to the general public.
Friday, February 10, 2012 | 11:25 AM
| Overture Hall
| Madison, WI
Collaboration with VocalEssence, The Singers, St. Olaf College Manitou Singers and Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra
Hear Magnum Chorum as they join forces with VocalEssence, The Singers, St. Olaf College Manitou Singers and Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra to perform thrilling new music by William Bolcom and Michael Daugherty and The Hymn of Jesus by Gustav Holst.
Sunday, October 9, 2011 | 4:00 PM
| Orchestra Hall
| Minneapolis, MN