Freebie of the week: Music director Ming Luke and the Berkeley Community Chorus and Orchestra, a six-decade-old organization that welcomes with open arms any members who want to sing, usher in the new year with three concerts in Hertz Hall on the UC Berkeley campus. With San Francisco Symphony pianist John Wilson performing with guest soloists soprano Ellen Leslie, alto Sara Couden, tenor Jonathan Elmore and bass Simon Barrad, the group will roll out a program that includes the Fauré Requiem and Beethoven's Choral Fantasy for piano, chorus and orchestra, with its hints of the composer's famed “Ode to Joy” forthcoming […]
