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Irvine Camerata Plans 3 Concerts in Newport Beach

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The recently formed Irvine Camerata will offer three concerts at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church in Newport Beach, beginning Nov. 18. All will be at 8 p.m.

The schedule:

* Nov. 18: Music in honor of St. Cecilia’s Day by Alessandro Scarlatti and Handel.

* Feb. 10: “Ave Maria” by des Prez, Antoine de Fevin and Ludwig Senfl; music about birds by Mendelssohn, Gibbons and Clement Janequin; Britten’s “Rejoice in the Lamb.”

* May 5: Bach’s “Jesu, meine Freude,” Giacomo Carissimi’s “Jepthe,” laments on the deaths of composers and patrons by 16-Century composers.

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Formed and conducted by Robert Hickok, dean of the UC Irvine School of Fine Arts, the 25-member Camerata made its debut in July.

Information: (714) 856-4259.

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