Sep
4

Res Facta: Palestrina @ 500

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The artists of Res Facta Vocal Ensemble celebrate the 500th anniversary of the birth of Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina. Immerse yourself in a curated selection of motets and mass movements from the 16th to the 19th centuries, revel in the unmistakable beauty of Palestrina’s pristine polyphony, and explore the way his singular style influenced composers from Bach to Brahms, Bruckner, and beyond.

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Sep
12

Ensemble Altera: The Four Elements

“A most perfect blending of voices, made radiant and effervescent.” - Boston Musical Intelligencer

Join Ensemble Altera, described by the BBC as “something extraordinary”, for a transformative choral experience inspired by the primal forces that shape our world: Earth, Air, Fire, and Water. In The Four Elements, ancient ideas meet modern resonance, with music that speaks to the fragility of our planet, the mystery of breath, the intensity of flame, and the stillness of deep water. This one-of-a-kind performance gathers some of the finest professional choral singers from both sides of the Atlantic, in a powerful musical convergence of world-class vocal talent.

This is music that stirs the soul, whether you’re a seasoned concert goer or simply seeking beauty, connection, and reassurance in an uncertain world. Ensemble Altera delivers sound with breathtaking clarity, emotional immediacy, and an obsessive attention to vocal detail. Artistic director Christopher Lowrey is, as Rondo Magazine put it, a “vocal fanatic” who “knows exactly what he wants" from his singers. Program highlights include music by John Taverner, Eric Whitacre, Kenneth Leighton, Morten Lauridsen, Ivo Antognini, Owain Park, John Rutter, Ēriks Ešenvalds, and Charles Villiers Stanford.”

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Sep
13

Ensemble Altera: The Four Elements

“A most perfect blending of voices, made radiant and effervescent.” - Boston Musical Intelligencer

Join Ensemble Altera, described by the BBC as “something extraordinary”, for a transformative choral experience inspired by the primal forces that shape our world: Earth, Air, Fire, and Water. In The Four Elements, ancient ideas meet modern resonance, with music that speaks to the fragility of our planet, the mystery of breath, the intensity of flame, and the stillness of deep water. This one-of-a-kind performance gathers some of the finest professional choral singers from both sides of the Atlantic, in a powerful musical convergence of world-class vocal talent.

This is music that stirs the soul, whether you’re a seasoned concert goer or simply seeking beauty, connection, and reassurance in an uncertain world. Ensemble Altera delivers sound with breathtaking clarity, emotional immediacy, and an obsessive attention to vocal detail. Artistic director Christopher Lowrey is, as Rondo Magazine put it, a “vocal fanatic” who “knows exactly what he wants" from his singers. Program highlights include music by John Taverner, Eric Whitacre, Kenneth Leighton, Morten Lauridsen, Ivo Antognini, Owain Park, John Rutter, Ēriks Ešenvalds, and Charles Villiers Stanford.”

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Sep
14

Ensemble Altera: The Four Elements

“A most perfect blending of voices, made radiant and effervescent.” - Boston Musical Intelligencer

Join Ensemble Altera, described by the BBC as “something extraordinary”, for a transformative choral experience inspired by the primal forces that shape our world: Earth, Air, Fire, and Water. In The Four Elements, ancient ideas meet modern resonance, with music that speaks to the fragility of our planet, the mystery of breath, the intensity of flame, and the stillness of deep water. This one-of-a-kind performance gathers some of the finest professional choral singers from both sides of the Atlantic, in a powerful musical convergence of world-class vocal talent.

This is music that stirs the soul, whether you’re a seasoned concert goer or simply seeking beauty, connection, and reassurance in an uncertain world. Ensemble Altera delivers sound with breathtaking clarity, emotional immediacy, and an obsessive attention to vocal detail. Artistic director Christopher Lowrey is, as Rondo Magazine put it, a “vocal fanatic” who “knows exactly what he wants" from his singers. Program highlights include music by John Taverner, Eric Whitacre, Kenneth Leighton, Morten Lauridsen, Ivo Antognini, Owain Park, John Rutter, Ēriks Ešenvalds, and Charles Villiers Stanford.”

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Sep
28

Washington Bach Consort: Cantata 300

This celebratory opening event uniquely commemorates the 300th anniversary of four of Bach’s finest cantatas, highlighting the rarely performed Dramma per Musica, “Zerreißet, zersprenget, zertrümmert,” commissioned in 1725 by the University of Leipzig with a classical text adapted by Picander, Bach’s longtime collaborator and librettist. The affective range of expression achieved across these works is astonishing, revealing Bach in ways that our audience will experience live for the first time!

Gott, der Herr ist Sonn und Schild, BWV 79
Ihr werdet weinen und heulen, BWV 103
Wer mich liebet, der wird mein Wort halten, BWV 74
Dramma per Musica: Zerreißet, zersprenget, zertrümmert die Gruft, BWV 205

Soloists:

Elijah McCormack

Reginald Mobley

Andrew Bearden Brown

Edward Vogel

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Oct
3

Washington National Cathedral: Bach's Magnificat

The Washington National Cathedral Choir and Baroque Orchestra perform Bach’s vibrant Magnificat., based on the Gospel of Luke. This celebratory program also features Charpentier’s Te Deum, and Rebel’s Les Élémens depicting Earth’s creation. Livestream available for 10/5 performance.

Soloists to include:

Sylvia Leith

Edmund Milly

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Oct
5

Washington National Cathedral: Bach's Magnificat

The Washington National Cathedral Choir and Baroque Orchestra perform Bach’s vibrant Magnificat., based on the Gospel of Luke. This celebratory program also features Charpentier’s Te Deum, and Rebel’s Les Élémens depicting Earth’s creation. Livestream available for 10/5 performance.

Soloists to include:

Sylvia Leith

Edmund Milly

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Oct
17

The Thirteen: On That Distant Day

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Maurice Duruflé | Requiem, Op. 9
Frank Martin | Cantate pour le 1er Août
Palestrina | Missa Papae Marcelli
Diedre Robinson | World Premiere

Eric Plutz, organ

The Thirteen performs works of remembrance and celebration with Duruflé’s poignant Requiem and, in honor of the 500th anniversary of Palestrina’s birth, the composer’s most renowned work, the Missa Papae Marcelli. Palestrina’s mass represents the high point of Renaissance polyphony, with a purity of counterpoint, deeply affecting dissonance, and clear text setting—qualities that formed the basis of an enduring myth that through this work, Palestrina saved Church music. Duruflé’s 1941 Requiem, also based on Gregorian chant, was begun under the Vichy occupation but completed after the liberation of France. Paired with Swiss composer Frank Martin’s celebratory 1941 Cantata pour le 1er août (the text of which inspires this concert’s title) and a new work by composer Diedre Robinson, this concert is sure to “transfigure the listener” (The Washington Post). Princeton University Chapel organist Erik Plutz, hailed as a “master craftsman… sensitive, emotional, stunningly accurate, and spectacularly musical… world-class” (The Diapason) joins The Thirteen in this tour-de-force performance.

The commissioning of the World Premiere by Diedre Robinson is made possible by a gift to The Thirteen’s Building for Tomorrow fund by Donald Sutherland and Phyllis Bryn-Julson.

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Oct
18

The Thirteen: On That Distant Day

Maurice Duruflé | Requiem, Op. 9
Frank Martin | Cantate pour le 1er Août
Palestrina | Missa Papae Marcelli
Diedre Robinson | World Premiere

Eric Plutz, organ

The Thirteen performs works of remembrance and celebration with Duruflé’s poignant Requiem and, in honor of the 500th anniversary of Palestrina’s birth, the composer’s most renowned work, the Missa Papae Marcelli. Palestrina’s mass represents the high point of Renaissance polyphony, with a purity of counterpoint, deeply affecting dissonance, and clear text setting—qualities that formed the basis of an enduring myth that through this work, Palestrina saved Church music. Duruflé’s 1941 Requiem, also based on Gregorian chant, was begun under the Vichy occupation but completed after the liberation of France. Paired with Swiss composer Frank Martin’s celebratory 1941 Cantata pour le 1er août (the text of which inspires this concert’s title) and a new work by composer Diedre Robinson, this concert is sure to “transfigure the listener” (The Washington Post). Princeton University Chapel organist Erik Plutz, hailed as a “master craftsman… sensitive, emotional, stunningly accurate, and spectacularly musical… world-class” (The Diapason) joins The Thirteen in this tour-de-force performance.

The commissioning of the World Premiere by Diedre Robinson is made possible by a gift to The Thirteen’s Building for Tomorrow fund by Donald Sutherland and Phyllis Bryn-Julson.

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Oct
19

The Thirteen: On That Distant Day

Maurice Duruflé | Requiem, Op. 9
Frank Martin | Cantate pour le 1er Août
Palestrina | Missa Papae Marcelli
Diedre Robinson | World Premiere

Eric Plutz, organ

The Thirteen performs works of remembrance and celebration with Duruflé’s poignant Requiem and, in honor of the 500th anniversary of Palestrina’s birth, the composer’s most renowned work, the Missa Papae Marcelli. Palestrina’s mass represents the high point of Renaissance polyphony, with a purity of counterpoint, deeply affecting dissonance, and clear text setting—qualities that formed the basis of an enduring myth that through this work, Palestrina saved Church music. Duruflé’s 1941 Requiem, also based on Gregorian chant, was begun under the Vichy occupation but completed after the liberation of France. Paired with Swiss composer Frank Martin’s celebratory 1941 Cantata pour le 1er août (the text of which inspires this concert’s title) and a new work by composer Diedre Robinson, this concert is sure to “transfigure the listener” (The Washington Post). Princeton University Chapel organist Erik Plutz, hailed as a “master craftsman… sensitive, emotional, stunningly accurate, and spectacularly musical… world-class” (The Diapason) joins The Thirteen in this tour-de-force performance.

The commissioning of the World Premiere by Diedre Robinson is made possible by a gift to The Thirteen’s Building for Tomorrow fund by Donald Sutherland and Phyllis Bryn-Julson.

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Oct
23

Downtown Voices: Five Mystical Songs

Charles Hubert Hastings Parry I Was Glad
William Henry Harris Faire is the Heaven
Cecilia McDowall O sing unto the Lord
Ralph Vaughan Williams Five Mystical Songs
Herbert Howells Take Him, Earth, for Cherishing
Gerre Hancock Deep River
Thomas Dorsey Take My Hand, Precious Lord
Alice Parker Hark, I Hear the Harps Eternal
Edward Bairstow Sing Ye to the Lord
Janet Yieh, organ; Edmund Milly, baritone; Downtown Voices; Stephen Sands, conductor 
Sarah MacDonald Fugue, Sicilienne, & Toccatina on Jesu, Dulcis Memoria 

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Oct
25

The Washington Chorus and National Philharmonic: Exultavit!

The Washington Chorus and National Philharmonic are thrilled to present their next collaboration, One Song: Exultávit! This program features J.S. Bach’s beloved setting of the Magnificat and Reena Esmail’s extraordinary new work This Love Between Us, which juxtaposes Western classical music and Indian musical traditions. Both works explore the power of prayer, humility, and kindness while also presenting a bold vision for the future where more unites us than divides us—and the least among us matter the most.

Eugene Rogers, conductor

Juliet Schlefer, soprano

Heather Petrie, contralto

Jacob Perry, tenor

Edmund Milly, bass-baritone

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Nov
4

Trinity Choir: Tribute to David Hurd

Join us as Trinity organists past and present — Bruce Neswick, Alex Leonardi, and Alcée Chriss III — team with Trinity Choir to spotlight the artistry of another former Trinity organist: the incomparable David Hurd. A leading composer and organist in Episcopal church music for decades, Hurd will direct his own choral works, which blend spiritual depth and bold harmonies. 

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Nov
6

Orchestra of St. Luke's: Beethoven's 9th Symphony

From its mysterious opening movement to its triumphant “Ode to Joy,” Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony changed the course of music and remains one of its most recognizable landmarks. Tonight, the storied Orchestra of St. Luke’s performs the masterwork with choir and soloists under conductor Raphaël Pichon, who recently led a sold-out performance in Boston’s Symphony Hall, revealing that “the Ninth can still be a source of evergreen freshness and vitality” (The Boston Musical Intelligencer). Boston Classical Review agreed: “Pichon finds fresh illumination in Beethoven’s Ninth … it thundered.” The concert also features the Carnegie Hall premiere of selections from Beethoven’s incidental music for a never-performed play: Leonore Prohaska

BEETHOVEN Selections from Leonore Prohaska

SILCHER "Persischer Nachtgesang" (after Allegretto from Beethoven's Symphony No. 7)

BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9

Raphaël Pichon, Conductor
Liv Redpath, Soprano
Beth Taylor, Mezzo-Soprano
Laurence Kilsby, Tenor
Alex Rosen, Bass
The Clarion Choir
Steven Fox, Director

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Nov
13

Seraphic Fire: Bach Motets

Bach is our favorite composer, and we have a special place in our hearts for his motets. Hear Seraphic Fire’s singers and the first-rate instrumentalists of the Seraphic Fire Period Orchestra bring six of Bach’s most virtuosic and celebrated works to life.

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Nov
14

Seraphic Fire: Bach Motets

Bach is our favorite composer, and we have a special place in our hearts for his motets. Hear Seraphic Fire’s singers and the first-rate instrumentalists of the Seraphic Fire Period Orchestra bring six of Bach’s most virtuosic and celebrated works to life.

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Nov
15

Seraphic Fire: Bach Motets

Bach is our favorite composer, and we have a special place in our hearts for his motets. Hear Seraphic Fire’s singers and the first-rate instrumentalists of the Seraphic Fire Period Orchestra bring six of Bach’s most virtuosic and celebrated works to life.

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Nov
16

Seraphic Fire: Bach Motets

Bach is our favorite composer, and we have a special place in our hearts for his motets. Hear Seraphic Fire’s singers and the first-rate instrumentalists of the Seraphic Fire Period Orchestra bring six of Bach’s most virtuosic and celebrated works to life.

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Nov
23

Bach in Baltimore: B Minor Mass

Experience the pinnacle of Baroque sacred music with Bach’s monumental Mass in B Minor. Majestic, deeply spiritual, and musically breathtaking, this masterwork weaves together intricate choral writing, powerful solos, and transcendent orchestration. Performed in the stunning acoustics of St. Joseph Parish, this special concert is a soul-stirring journey through one of the greatest achievements in Western music.

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Dec
11

Portland Baroque Orchestra: Handel's Messiah

Edmund makes his solo debut with PBO under the direction of Jos van Veldhoven.

Celebrate the season with the glorious sounds of Messiah! Handel’s beloved oratorio comes to life once more, performed on exquisite period instruments just as it was meant to be heard. From the triumphant Hallelujah to the soaring arias and stirring choruses, this is Messiah in its full, breathtaking splendor. Featuring Jos van Veldhoven and Portland Baroque Orchestra.

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Dec
12

Portland Baroque Orchestra: Handel's Messiah

Edmund makes his solo debut with PBO under the direction of Jos van Veldhoven.

Celebrate the season with the glorious sounds of Messiah! Handel’s beloved oratorio comes to life once more, performed on exquisite period instruments just as
it was meant to be heard. From the triumphant Hallelujah to the soaring arias and stirring choruses, this is Messiah in its full, breathtaking splendor.

Under the dynamic guest direction of Jos van Veldhoven, this year’s performance promises to be an unforgettable musical event. With world-class soloists and the vibrant debut of Portland Baroque Voices infusing every note with passion, power, and soul-stirring emotion, this Messiah will be a truly transcendent experience.

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Dec
13

Portland Baroque Orchestra: Handel's Messiah

Edmund makes his solo debut with PBO under the direction of Jos van Veldhoven.

Celebrate the season with the glorious sounds of Messiah! Handel’s beloved oratorio comes to life once more, performed on exquisite period instruments just as
it was meant to be heard. From the triumphant Hallelujah to the soaring arias and stirring choruses, this is Messiah in its full, breathtaking splendor.

Under the dynamic guest direction of Jos van Veldhoven, this year’s performance promises to be an unforgettable musical event. With world-class soloists and the vibrant debut of Portland Baroque Voices infusing every note with passion, power, and soul-stirring emotion, this Messiah will be a truly transcendent experience.

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Dec
14

Portland Baroque Orchestra: Handel's Messiah

Edmund makes his solo debut with PBO under the direction of Jos van Veldhoven.

Celebrate the season with the glorious sounds of Messiah! Handel’s beloved oratorio comes to life once more, performed on exquisite period instruments just as
it was meant to be heard. From the triumphant Hallelujah to the soaring arias and stirring choruses, this is Messiah in its full, breathtaking splendor.

Under the dynamic guest direction of Jos van Veldhoven, this year’s performance promises to be an unforgettable musical event. With world-class soloists and the vibrant debut of Portland Baroque Voices infusing every note with passion, power, and soul-stirring emotion, this Messiah will be a truly transcendent experience.

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Jan
4

Cantata Collective x The Polyphonists: BWV 121, 150, 166

The Polyphonists join forces with Berkeley’s Cantata Collective for the first time in a one-on-a-part program of Bach’s cantatas.

Christum wir sollen loben schon, BWV 121
Nach dir, Herr, verlanget mich, BWV 150
Wo gehest du hin? BWV 166

Amy Broadbent, soprano
Sylvia Leith, alto
Matthew Hill, tenor
Edmund Milly, bass

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Feb
6

The Thirteen: Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom

Rachmaninoff | Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, Op. 31

The Thirteen explores the vocal music of Sergei Rachmaninoff, following our “finely tune[d]… expert, highly responsive” (Washington Classical Review) performances of his All Night Vigil in 2023. Written five years before the Vigil, in 1910, the Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom is a work on a yet grander scale. “Beautiful and grandly mystical… exud[ing] a spiritual force that is deeply moving and restorative” (New York Times), Rachmaninoff’s Liturgy exalts the power, beauty, and emotive range of the human voice. This concerto for choir in a symphonic palette has moved audiences for over 100 years with soaring melodies, rich harmonies, and vocal pyrotechnics.

The Thirteen’s Vocal Fellows Program is made possible by a gift from the Andrew Warnock Clarke & Martin ‘Chip’ Sherrill Family Foundation.

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Feb
7

The Thirteen: Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom

Rachmaninoff | Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, Op. 31

The Thirteen explores the vocal music of Sergei Rachmaninoff, following our “finely tune[d]… expert, highly responsive” (Washington Classical Review) performances of his All Night Vigil in 2023. Written five years before the Vigil, in 1910, the Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom is a work on a yet grander scale. “Beautiful and grandly mystical… exud[ing] a spiritual force that is deeply moving and restorative” (New York Times), Rachmaninoff’s Liturgy exalts the power, beauty, and emotive range of the human voice. This concerto for choir in a symphonic palette has moved audiences for over 100 years with soaring melodies, rich harmonies, and vocal pyrotechnics.

The Thirteen’s Vocal Fellows Program is made possible by a gift from the Andrew Warnock Clarke & Martin ‘Chip’ Sherrill Family Foundation.

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Feb
8

The Thirteen: Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom

Rachmaninoff | Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, Op. 31

The Thirteen explores the vocal music of Sergei Rachmaninoff, following our “finely tune[d]… expert, highly responsive” (Washington Classical Review) performances of his All Night Vigil in 2023. Written five years before the Vigil, in 1910, the Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom is a work on a yet grander scale. “Beautiful and grandly mystical… exud[ing] a spiritual force that is deeply moving and restorative” (New York Times), Rachmaninoff’s Liturgy exalts the power, beauty, and emotive range of the human voice. This concerto for choir in a symphonic palette has moved audiences for over 100 years with soaring melodies, rich harmonies, and vocal pyrotechnics.

The Thirteen’s Vocal Fellows Program is made possible by a gift from the Andrew Warnock Clarke & Martin ‘Chip’ Sherrill Family Foundation.

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Mar
13

The Thirteen: Bach Early Masses

The Thirteen completes our survey of Bach’s four short masses, following our “fascinating… stirring” (Washington Classical Review) per- formance of The Early Masses I in 2025. The Masses in A Major and G Minor exhibit all of the mastery of the composer’s massive B Minor Mass in the form of smaller and digestible delights, written by the composer at a highpoint of his career. The Thirteen performs his two early masses featuring Baroque flute and oboe, paired with some of his finest and most beloved instrumental works.

Violinists Adriane Post and Chloe Fedor join our choir of twelve soloists and our orchestra of period instrumentalists, which “buzz[es] with busy counterpoint and festive energy” (Washington Classical Review).

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Mar
14

The Thirteen: Bach Early Masses

The Thirteen completes our survey of Bach’s four short masses, following our “fascinating… stirring” (Washington Classical Review) per- formance of The Early Masses I in 2025. The Masses in A Major and G Minor exhibit all of the mastery of the composer’s massive B Minor Mass in the form of smaller and digestible delights, written by the composer at a highpoint of his career. The Thirteen performs his two early masses featuring Baroque flute and oboe, paired with some of his finest and most beloved instrumental works.

Violinists Adriane Post and Chloe Fedor join our choir of twelve soloists and our orchestra of period instrumentalists, which “buzz[es] with busy counterpoint and festive energy” (Washington Classical Review).

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Mar
15

The Thirteen: Bach Early Masses

The Thirteen completes our survey of Bach’s four short masses, following our “fascinating… stirring” (Washington Classical Review) per- formance of The Early Masses I in 2025. The Masses in A Major and G Minor exhibit all of the mastery of the composer’s massive B Minor Mass in the form of smaller and digestible delights, written by the composer at a highpoint of his career. The Thirteen performs his two early masses featuring Baroque flute and oboe, paired with some of his finest and most beloved instrumental works.

Violinists Adriane Post and Chloe Fedor join our choir of twelve soloists and our orchestra of period instrumentalists, which “buzz[es] with busy counterpoint and festive energy” (Washington Classical Review).

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Mar
22

Washington Bach Consort: Monteverdi Vespers

Among the most celebrated works in Western musical history, Vespro della Beata Vergine (1610) was dedicated to Pope Paul V at a moment when Claudio Monteverdi was aiming to make a quantum leap in his career prospects. After 20 years in the service of the illustrious Duke of Mantua, Monteverdi’s Marian vespers was published only three years before his star rose to the great Basilica of San Marco in Venice, where he famously served as music director for 30 years.

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Mar
29

Candlelit Meditation: The Street

Within the candlelit tranquility of Emmanuel's nave, immerse yourself in a meditative evening of reflection and beauty as Holy Week begins. American composer Nico Muhly's The Street is a concert-length meditation on the Fourteen Stations of the Cross, scored for solo harp and interwoven with ancient Gregorian chant and original texts by celebrated librettist Alice Goodman. Goodman's poignant narrative, which renders these familiar spiritual events with striking contemporary sensibility, will be narrated by beloved WBJC 91.5FM host Judith Krummeck and the evocative plainsong will be chanted by acclaimed bass-baritone Edmund Milly. Internationally renowned harpist Parker Ramsay—for whom the work was specifically composed—travels to Baltimore for this intimate, powerful performance.

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Apr
18

Choral Arts Society of Washington: From Darkness to Light

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Edmund makes his solo debut with Choral Arts Society of Washington in Ralph Vaughan Williams’ Dona Nobis Pacem

From Darkness to Light: An Interactive Choral Discussion

Marie Bucoy-Calavan, conductor

This innovative concert will feature a “mid-concert lecture,” where attendees will be able to discuss and interact with one another, led by a guest lecturer that will help guide our reflection on how we digest the timely Dona Nobis Pacem by Ralph Vaughan Williams, how it fits in today’s society, and how we move on from darkness to light.

Featured works:

Dona Nobis Pacem (Ralph Vaughan Williams)

Two Psalms (Gustav Holst)

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May
20

Gamut Bach Ensemble: BWV 93, 37, 72, 92

A unique collaboration between outstanding young musicians and an expert on the music of J.S. Bach, the Gamut Bach Ensemble prides itself on stylistically sensitive, earnest, and insightful performances. Directed by Koji Otsuki, the Ensemble embarks on its annual program of cantatas in the luminous Church of the Holy Trinity.

Rebecca Myers, soprano; Sylvia Leith, mezzo; James Reese, tenor; Edmund Milly, baritone; Mary Lynch VanderKolk & Ryan Roberts, oboe/oboe d’amore; Emilie-Anne Gendron & Miho Saegusa, violin; Esteban Hernández Parra, viola; Zachary Mowitz, cello; Nathaniel West, double bass; Jonathan Oddie, organ

Bach: Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten, BWV 93
Bach: Wer da gläubet und getauft wird, BWV 37
Bach: Alles nur nach Gottes Willen, BWV 72
Bach: Ich hab in Gottes Herz und Sinn, BWV 92

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May
31

City Choir of Washington: Bach B Minor Mass

In May 2020, the City Choir of Washington was scheduled to perform Bach’s Mass in B Minor. Now, six years later, City Choir is thrilled to be “coming home” to this monumental piece.

The culmination of Johann Sebastian Bach’s life work, the B Minor Mass is intimate, powerful, sorrowful, and joyful – giving performers and audience members alike a reminder of the best that humanity has to offer.

Featuring:

Laura Choi Stuart, soprano

Gabriela Estephanie Solís, mezzo-soprano

Matthew Hill, tenor

Edmund Milly, bass-baritone

The City Choir Orchestra

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Jun
28
to Jul 13

Oregon Bach Festival

Edmund returns for his seventh season with the Oregon Bach Festival, performing in:

Considering Matthew Shepard

Bach: Mass in B Minor

Grant us Peace

Orff: Carmina Burana

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Jun
8

Carnegie Hall: Fauré Requiem

Edmund makes his Carnegie Hall solo debut in a performance of Fauré’s Requiem under the baton of Jean-Sébastien Vallée.

Acts

Martín Palmeri, Composer/Conductor

Palmeri: Misatango

Jean-Sébastien Vallée, Guest Conductor

Fauré: Requiem

Marco K. Merrick, Director

The Community Concert Choir of Baltimore, Inc. (MD)

E'lissa Jones Maynard, Director

Warwick Valley High School Chamber & Symphony Orchestra (NY)

Participating Groups

The Community Concert Choir of Baltimore, Inc. (MD)

Warwick Valley High School Chamber Orchestra; Warwick Valley High School Combined Symphony & Chamber Orchestras

South Holland Master Chorale

Christelijke Oratorium Vereniging Veenendaal

Ensemble de Provence

The Arlington Chorale

Konzertchor Ratingen

Fürstenland Chor Gossau

Toronto Mendelssohn Choir

The Hudson-Mohawk Chorale

Vocalino Classic Pop Jazz Chor

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May
18

Baltimore Choral Arts Society: Five Mystical Songs

Edmund joins the Baltimore Choral Arts Society as the baritone soloist in Ralph Vaughan Williams’ Five Mystical Songs.

Baltimore Choral Arts Society
Anthony Blake Clark, 
Music Director and Conductor 
Leo Wanenchak, Associate Conductor

Program

Ralph Vaughan Williams
Five Mystical Songs

Benjamin Britten
A Hymn to the Virgin
Hymn of Saint Colomba
Carry Her Over the Water from Paul Bunyan

Eric  Whitacre
Seal Lullaby
Leonardo Dreams of his Flying Machine

Alice Parker
Hark I Hear the Harps Eternal

James Erb
Shenandoah

Rosephanye Powell
Still I Rise

Jasmine Barnes
Every Great Dream

Eriks Esenvalds
Stars

Randall Thompson
Choose Something Like a Star
Alleluia

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May
17

Handel Choir of Baltimore: Missa Solemnis

Experience the majesty of what Beethoven himself called “mein großes Werk” under the grand dome of the Baltimore Basilica, with the largest period instrument orchestra that the city has ever known. Hear this towering masterwork of the Romantic era in its first performance in over thirty years – a must-see event for any classical music lover in Baltimore.

Preconcert conversation with Melinda O’Neal, HCB Artistic Director Emeritus, and Jason Rudy, HCB Board President begins one hour before the program.

Handel Choir of Baltimore
Handel Period Instrument Orchestra
Laura Choi Stuart soprano
Caroline Tye alto
Steven Soph tenor
Edmund Milly bass
Keats Dieffenbach violin
Brian Bartoldus conductor

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May
11

Bach Akademie Charlotte: Solo Cantatas

Bach Akademie Charlotte presents two of Johann Sebastian Bach’s most beloved solo cantatas, featuring veteran soloists Edmund Milly (bass) and Margaret Carpenter Haigh (soprano). Also featured is Bach's Concerto for Violin and Oboe, BWV 1060R. By the early 1700s, The ‘Vivaldian’ solo concerto was causing a stir throughout Europe, including Germany. Bach's Concerto for Violin and Oboe is a reconstruction of the supposed original form of the concerto for two harpsichords. Ich habe genug, BWV 82 "I have enough") is a church cantata that conveys the exhausted soul’s yearning for death’s sweet release, expressed enchantingly in the well-known ‘slumber aria’ Schlummert ein, ihr matten Augen (slumber, you tired eyes). Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut, BWV 199, one of Bach’s most overtly outgoing works, portrays a soul grievously tormented by a life of sin. The work’s apotheosis highlights the prayer of the tax collector, “God be gracious to me, a sinner!” in a moment of heightened drama and expression.

Oboist Kristin Olson joins us as guest soloist in both cantatas and performs alongside our very own Aisslinn Nosky in Bach’s Concerto for Violin and Oboe, BWV 1060R.

Johann Sebastian BACH Concerto for Violin and Oboe, BWV 1060R

JS BACH Ich habe genug, BWV 82

JS BACH Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut, BWV 199

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May
10

Bach Akademie Charlotte: Solo Cantatas

Bach Akademie Charlotte presents two of Johann Sebastian Bach’s most beloved solo cantatas, featuring veteran soloists Edmund Milly (bass) and Margaret Carpenter Haigh (soprano). Also featured is Bach's Concerto for Violin and Oboe, BWV 1060R. By the early 1700s, The ‘Vivaldian’ solo concerto was causing a stir throughout Europe, including Germany. Bach's Concerto for Violin and Oboe is a reconstruction of the supposed original form of the concerto for two harpsichords. Ich habe genug, BWV 82 "I have enough") is a church cantata that conveys the exhausted soul’s yearning for death’s sweet release, expressed enchantingly in the well-known ‘slumber aria’ Schlummert ein, ihr matten Augen (slumber, you tired eyes). Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut, BWV 199, one of Bach’s most overtly outgoing works, portrays a soul grievously tormented by a life of sin. The work’s apotheosis highlights the prayer of the tax collector, “God be gracious to me, a sinner!” in a moment of heightened drama and expression.

Oboist Kristin Olson joins us as guest soloist in both cantatas and performs alongside our very own Aisslinn Nosky in Bach’s Concerto for Violin and Oboe, BWV 1060R.

Johann Sebastian BACH Concerto for Violin and Oboe, BWV 1060R

JS BACH Ich habe genug, BWV 82

JS BACH Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut, BWV 199

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May
9

Bach Akademie Charlotte: Solo Cantatas

Bach Akademie Charlotte presents two of Johann Sebastian Bach’s most beloved solo cantatas, featuring veteran soloists Edmund Milly (bass) and Margaret Carpenter Haigh (soprano). Also featured is Bach's Concerto for Violin and Oboe, BWV 1060R. By the early 1700s, The ‘Vivaldian’ solo concerto was causing a stir throughout Europe, including Germany. Bach's Concerto for Violin and Oboe is a reconstruction of the supposed original form of the concerto for two harpsichords. Ich habe genug, BWV 82 "I have enough") is a church cantata that conveys the exhausted soul’s yearning for death’s sweet release, expressed enchantingly in the well-known ‘slumber aria’ Schlummert ein, ihr matten Augen (slumber, you tired eyes). Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut, BWV 199, one of Bach’s most overtly outgoing works, portrays a soul grievously tormented by a life of sin. The work’s apotheosis highlights the prayer of the tax collector, “God be gracious to me, a sinner!” in a moment of heightened drama and expression.

Oboist Kristin Olson joins us as guest soloist in both cantatas and performs alongside our very own Aisslinn Nosky in Bach’s Concerto for Violin and Oboe, BWV 1060R.

Johann Sebastian BACH Concerto for Violin and Oboe, BWV 1060R

JS BACH Ich habe genug, BWV 82

JS BACH Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut, BWV 199

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May
2

Riverside Choral Society: Duruflé Requiem

This winter, the Riverside Choral Society extends the warmest welcome to Dr. John Wilson, our new director. Dr. Wilson, who holds degrees from both Westminster Choir College and Rutgers University, is the current director of choral activities at SUNY New Paltz (where he is an Assistant Professor) and director of the Choral Art Society of New Jersey. Learn more about Dr. John Wilson.

This spring, Dr. Wilson will conduct his RCS inaugural at the renowned Romanesque Church of St. Francis Xavier. In a concert that will be highlighted by a performance of Duruflé’s magical, meditative, and plainchant-based Requiem, the program will also include: 

  • Evening Hymn – Henry Balfour Gardiner

  • Lord, Thou Hast Been Our Refuge – Ralph Vaughan Williams 

  • Magnificat – John Wilson

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Apr
25
to Apr 27

Staunton Baroque Fest

Join us in Staunton this spring for the fourth annual mini-festival in Spring! BaroqueFest 2025 assembles 25 superlative musicians for a weekend devoted to J. S. Bach, his music, and the composers who inspired him. Featured works include the St. John Passion (complete), Orchestral Suites, selections from The Musical Offering and Art of the Fugue, concertos and cantatas, as well as two dozen pieces by composers who influenced Bach, including Vivaldi, Buxtehude, Biber, Pachelbel, Couperin, and others.

All concerts feature acclaimed period-instrument performers. Seven programs include music for voices, orchestra, and chamber ensembles and feature historical keyboards.

Complete program details will be posted online by January 1, 2025.

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Mar
30

BaMM x Roots in the Sky: Messiah

The only piece of music from the baroque period performed every year since its creation, Handel’s Messiah was originally written for actors. Hence, we’ll capitalize on the drama, the transformation from dark to light, and the humanistic journey that is a triumph to complete, each and every time.

Baroque Music Montana and Roots in the Sky team up with a period band and top-notch soloists from across the nation to present the region’s first period-instrument, highly crafted Handel’s Messiah.

Soloists:

Sarah Brailey, soprano

Elisa Sutherland, alto

James Reese, tenor

Reginald Mobley, countertenor

Edmund Milly, bass

Choir: Roots in the Sky

Period Orchestra:

Carrie Krause, Rachel Fellows-Schnackel, Loy Koch, David Greenberg, Anna Okada & Reynaldo Patiño – baroque violin

Lindsey Strand Polyak & Kathy Mellander – baroque viola

Adaiha MacAdam-Somer & Adam Collins – baroque cello

Jerry Fuller – baroque bass

Curtis Foster & Caroline Giassi – baroque oboe

Perry Sutton & Jens Jacobson – baroque trumpet

Dongsok Shin – harpsichord & organ

Jeff Vick – timpani

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Mar
29

BaMM x Roots in the Sky: Messiah

The only piece of music from the baroque period performed every year since its creation, Handel’s Messiah was originally written for actors. Hence, we’ll capitalize on the drama, the transformation from dark to light, and the humanistic journey that is a triumph to complete, each and every time.

Baroque Music Montana and Roots in the Sky team up with a period band and top-notch soloists from across the nation to present the region’s first period-instrument, highly crafted Handel’s Messiah.

Soloists:

Sarah Brailey, soprano

Elisa Sutherland, alto

James Reese, tenor

Reginald Mobley, countertenor

Edmund Milly, bass

Choir: Roots in the Sky

Period Orchestra:

Carrie Krause, Rachel Fellows-Schnackel, Loy Koch, David Greenberg, Anna Okada & Reynaldo Patiño – baroque violin

Lindsey Strand Polyak & Kathy Mellander – baroque viola

Adaiha MacAdam-Somer & Adam Collins – baroque cello

Jerry Fuller – baroque bass

Curtis Foster & Caroline Giassi – baroque oboe

Perry Sutton & Jens Jacobson – baroque trumpet

Dongsok Shin – harpsichord & organ

Jeff Vick – timpani

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Mar
28

BaMM x Roots in the Sky: Messiah

The only piece of music from the baroque period performed every year since its creation, Handel’s Messiah was originally written for actors. Hence, we’ll capitalize on the drama, the transformation from dark to light, and the humanistic journey that is a triumph to complete, each and every time.

Baroque Music Montana and Roots in the Sky team up with a period band and top-notch soloists from across the nation to present the region’s first period-instrument, highly crafted Handel’s Messiah.

Soloists:

Sarah Brailey, soprano

Elisa Sutherland, alto

James Reese, tenor

Reginald Mobley, countertenor

Edmund Milly, bass

Choir: Roots in the Sky

Period Orchestra:

Carrie Krause, Rachel Fellows-Schnackel, Loy Koch, David Greenberg, Anna Okada & Reynaldo Patiño – baroque violin

Lindsey Strand Polyak & Kathy Mellander – baroque viola

Adaiha MacAdam-Somer & Adam Collins – baroque cello

Jerry Fuller – baroque bass

Curtis Foster & Caroline Giassi – baroque oboe

Perry Sutton & Jens Jacobson – baroque trumpet

Dongsok Shin – harpsichord & organ

Jeff Vick – timpani

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Mar
9

Seraphic Fire: Martines, Mozart & Haydn

PATRICK DUPRE QUIGLEY, CONDUCTOR

CHORUS, VOCAL SOLOISTS, PERIOD ORCHESTRA

REBECCA CYPESS, CONSULTING SCHOLAR, RUTGERS UNIVERSITY

Explore the vibrant works of Marianna Martines, a star of Viennese Classical music. A pupil of Franz Joseph Haydn and duet partner to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Martines' music radiates simplicity and elegance. In a concert featuring chorus and period orchestra, we highlight the modern world premiere of Martines' O, Virgo, cui salutem, alongside bedrock works by Haydn Mozart, including the ravishing "Laudate Dominum" from the Vesperae solennes de confessore.

Program Includes

MARIANA MARTINES — O, Virgo, cui salutem (modern world premiere)

MARIANA MARTINES — Ah, Berenice, che fai

FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN — “La Roxelane” from Symphony No. 63

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART — Missa Brevis in F Major

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART — “Laudate Dominum” from Solemn Vespers for a Confessor

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Mar
8

Seraphic Fire: Martines, Mozart & Haydn

PATRICK DUPRE QUIGLEY, CONDUCTOR

CHORUS, VOCAL SOLOISTS, PERIOD ORCHESTRA

REBECCA CYPESS, CONSULTING SCHOLAR, RUTGERS UNIVERSITY

Explore the vibrant works of Marianna Martines, a star of Viennese Classical music. A pupil of Franz Joseph Haydn and duet partner to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Martines' music radiates simplicity and elegance. In a concert featuring chorus and period orchestra, we highlight the modern world premiere of Martines' O, Virgo, cui salutem, alongside bedrock works by Haydn Mozart, including the ravishing "Laudate Dominum" from the Vesperae solennes de confessore.

Program Includes

MARIANA MARTINES — O, Virgo, cui salutem (modern world premiere)

MARIANA MARTINES — Ah, Berenice, che fai

FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN — “La Roxelane” from Symphony No. 63

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART — Missa Brevis in F Major

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART — “Laudate Dominum” from Solemn Vespers for a Confessor

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Mar
7

Seraphic Fire: Martines, Mozart & Haydn

PATRICK DUPRE QUIGLEY, CONDUCTOR

CHORUS, VOCAL SOLOISTS, PERIOD ORCHESTRA

REBECCA CYPESS, CONSULTING SCHOLAR, RUTGERS UNIVERSITY

Explore the vibrant works of Marianna Martines, a star of Viennese Classical music. A pupil of Franz Joseph Haydn and duet partner to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Martines' music radiates simplicity and elegance. In a concert featuring chorus and period orchestra, we highlight the modern world premiere of Martines' O, Virgo, cui salutem, alongside bedrock works by Haydn Mozart, including the ravishing "Laudate Dominum" from the Vesperae solennes de confessore.

Program Includes

MARIANA MARTINES — O, Virgo, cui salutem (modern world premiere)

MARIANA MARTINES — Ah, Berenice, che fai

FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN — “La Roxelane” from Symphony No. 63

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART — Missa Brevis in F Major

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART — “Laudate Dominum” from Solemn Vespers for a Confessor

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Mar
6

Seraphic Fire: Martines, Mozart & Haydn

PATRICK DUPRE QUIGLEY, CONDUCTOR

CHORUS, VOCAL SOLOISTS, PERIOD ORCHESTRA

REBECCA CYPESS, CONSULTING SCHOLAR, RUTGERS UNIVERSITY

Explore the vibrant works of Marianna Martines, a star of Viennese Classical music. A pupil of Franz Joseph Haydn and duet partner to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Martines' music radiates simplicity and elegance. In a concert featuring chorus and period orchestra, we highlight the modern world premiere of Martines' O, Virgo, cui salutem, alongside bedrock works by Haydn Mozart, including the ravishing "Laudate Dominum" from the Vesperae solennes de confessore.

Program Includes

MARIANA MARTINES — O, Virgo, cui salutem (modern world premiere)

MARIANA MARTINES — Ah, Berenice, che fai

FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN — “La Roxelane” from Symphony No. 63

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART — Missa Brevis in F Major

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART — “Laudate Dominum” from Solemn Vespers for a Confessor

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Mar
2

Seraphic Fire: Schumann & Mendelssohn

JAMES K. BASS, CONDUCTOR

CHORUS, VOCAL SOLOISTS, PIANO

ANDREW H. WEAVER, CONSULTING SCHOLAR, THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA

Clara and Robert. Fanny and Felix. Experience expressive songs from both brilliant, yet underrecognized composers —like Clara Schumann, Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel, and Samuel Coleridge-Taylor—and artists who have traditionally defined the era—like Robert Schumann, Felix Mendelssohn, and Franz Schubert. Immerse yourself in hummable melodies and passionate lyrics in an evening that celebrates the beauty and diversity of Romantic choral music.

Program Includes

Gondoliera – CLARA SCHUMANN

O Schöne Nacht, Op. 92 — JOHANNES BRAHMS

Schilflied — FANNY MENDELSSOHN-HENSEL

Mitten Wir im Leben sint — FELIX MENDELSSOHN

Whispers of Summer — SAMUEL COLERIDGE-TAYLOR

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Mar
1

Seraphic Fire: Schumann & Mendelssohn

JAMES K. BASS, CONDUCTOR

CHORUS, VOCAL SOLOISTS, PIANO

ANDREW H. WEAVER, CONSULTING SCHOLAR, THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA

Clara and Robert. Fanny and Felix. Experience expressive songs from both brilliant, yet underrecognized composers —like Clara Schumann, Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel, and Samuel Coleridge-Taylor—and artists who have traditionally defined the era—like Robert Schumann, Felix Mendelssohn, and Franz Schubert. Immerse yourself in hummable melodies and passionate lyrics in an evening that celebrates the beauty and diversity of Romantic choral music.

Program Includes

Gondoliera – CLARA SCHUMANN

O Schöne Nacht, Op. 92 — JOHANNES BRAHMS

Schilflied — FANNY MENDELSSOHN-HENSEL

Mitten Wir im Leben sint — FELIX MENDELSSOHN

Whispers of Summer — SAMUEL COLERIDGE-TAYLOR

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Feb
28

Seraphic Fire: Schumann & Mendelssohn

JAMES K. BASS, CONDUCTOR

CHORUS, VOCAL SOLOISTS, PIANO

ANDREW H. WEAVER, CONSULTING SCHOLAR, THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA

Clara and Robert. Fanny and Felix. Experience expressive songs from both brilliant, yet underrecognized composers —like Clara Schumann, Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel, and Samuel Coleridge-Taylor—and artists who have traditionally defined the era—like Robert Schumann, Felix Mendelssohn, and Franz Schubert. Immerse yourself in hummable melodies and passionate lyrics in an evening that celebrates the beauty and diversity of Romantic choral music.

Program Includes

Gondoliera – CLARA SCHUMANN

O Schöne Nacht, Op. 92 — JOHANNES BRAHMS

Schilflied — FANNY MENDELSSOHN-HENSEL

Mitten Wir im Leben sint — FELIX MENDELSSOHN

Whispers of Summer — SAMUEL COLERIDGE-TAYLOR

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Feb
27

Seraphic Fire: Schumann & Mendelssohn

JAMES K. BASS, CONDUCTOR

CHORUS, VOCAL SOLOISTS, PIANO

ANDREW H. WEAVER, CONSULTING SCHOLAR, THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA

Clara and Robert. Fanny and Felix. Experience expressive songs from both brilliant, yet underrecognized composers —like Clara Schumann, Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel, and Samuel Coleridge-Taylor—and artists who have traditionally defined the era—like Robert Schumann, Felix Mendelssohn, and Franz Schubert. Immerse yourself in hummable melodies and passionate lyrics in an evening that celebrates the beauty and diversity of Romantic choral music.

Program Includes

Gondoliera – CLARA SCHUMANN

O Schöne Nacht, Op. 92 — JOHANNES BRAHMS

Schilflied — FANNY MENDELSSOHN-HENSEL

Mitten Wir im Leben sint — FELIX MENDELSSOHN

Whispers of Summer — SAMUEL COLERIDGE-TAYLOR

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