By Reg Huston
Since 1981, Sal Ferrantelli’s I Cantori di Carmel has provided Monterey County with superlative choral concerts that have filled our lives with season after season of beautiful and exciting music. Twenty-seven years is a long time to do anything, really, and our thanks go out to you, Dr. Ferrentelli, and to all of your singers, instrumentalists and support staff for all of the richness you have given us. Sunday’s concert at the First United Methodist Church in Pacific Grove provided some fine moments. As Dr. Ferrantelli shook the hand of each of his singers as they entered the sanctuary to take their place on the risers, you had the feeling that you were a welcomed guest.
Ferrantelli scheduled a varied program in the first half that included works grouped from the Renaissance and Baroque, the Romantic and Contemporary and, then, three Spirituals. The second half was the Requiem in D minor by Anton Bruckner written when he was 25, according to the program notes. Because of the number of separate compositions, there will not be room here to comment on each offering. Rather, let me say the following:
