Mozart Requiem Will Get Double Exposure

The Pacific Chorale will sing Mozart’s Requiem less than two weeks after the Master Chorale sings the same piece in the same venue during the chorales’ 1990-91 seasons at the Orange County Performing Arts Center in Costa Mesa.

The Master Chorale, which announced its season last week, is scheduled to sing the Requiem on April 14, 1991; the Pacific on April 27.

Both groups will be observing the 200th anniversary of Mozart’s death.

Pacific’s music director John Alexander will conduct a three-concert season at the Center:

* Oct. 30, 1990; 8 p.m.: Leonard Bernstein’s Missa Brevis; Samuel Barber’s Agnus Dei; works by Brahms, Mendelssohn, other composers.

* Dec. 16, 7:30 p.m.: Holiday selections by Bach, Handel, Mendelssohn, Vaughan Williams; seasonal carols. The Pacific Symphony will join the chorale.

* April 27, 1991, 8 p.m.: Mozart’s Requiem; John Adams’ “Harmonium.” Soloists include soprano Virginia Sublett, mezzo-soprano Debbie Cree, tenor Jonathan Mack, bass Louis Lebherz. The orchestra will be the Pacific Symphony. During the day, the chorale will sponsor its Fifth Annual Choral Festival for high school students.

Alexander will also conduct a non-subscription sing-along “Messiah” at 3 p.m. on Dec. 9 at the Center.

Subscription tickets: $30 to $275. Single tickets: $12.50 to $110. Information: (714) 542-1790.