WRITING THE WRONGS ON A CHORAL LEVEL – And Averting the Coral Riffs’ Dying Off
BURLINGBRAE, CA—The ambitious vocalists of the community’s Soporific Singers launched a double-barreled program at the Main Hall as unique as it was enriching, at least for the ensemble’s well-publicized financial ills. The choral iconography was artfully enmeshed in post-renaissance harmonic convergence, avoiding the pitfalls of insipid incipits. The repertory included Henry Howell’s “Our Magnum Opus” and Lauritz’ “Savior of Industry, “ commissioned by a recent White House grant. They were tastefully conducted by Marika Dunn and I.M. Neerlee Undunn, who…