Master Chorale of Orange County Opens Oct. 15

The Master Chorale of Orange County will team up with the Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles to open the chorale’s 1994-95 season, Oct. 15 at the Orange County Performing Arts Center in Costa Mesa.

The two groups will sing Ned Rorem’s “Love Alone” and Brahms’ “Alto Rhapsody,” with soloist Wendy Hillhouse. Billed as an AIDS memorial concert, the program will conclude with Faure’s Requiem, with soprano Rebecca Semanie and baritone Douglas Lawrence as soloists.

The season will continue with a holiday program Dec. 10 at the Performing Arts Center, a Valentine’s Day program Feb. 12 at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church in Newport Beach, and Benjamin Britten’s “War Requiem,” sung during a screening of Derek Jarman’s “War Requiem” with the late Laurence Olivier, May 20 at the Performing Arts Center.

Season tickets: $44-$120.

Information: (714) 556-6262.