“Christmas Oratorio” by Camille Saint-Saens“Christmas in the Western World” by William Grant StillExcerpts from “Messiah” by George Frideric Handel Featuring Julia Figueras, narrator; Hochstein Youth Singers, Maryellen Giese, director; the Rochester Oratorio Society Symphonic Chorus and Orchestra Serenely inspiring music and a world of carols warm your soul this December. The beautiful Christmas Oratorio by Camille Saint-Saëns, […]
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Arts Connexions presents Inventions of a Dream
Featuring Isabel Randall, soprano and poet, and Ines Draskovic, piano A program of art song, musical theater, opera, and original poetry, exploring Isabel Randall’s journey from her birth in Spain to Broadway to now as a poet and opera singer. Tickets purchased online or by phone General Admission: $30 | Senior/Student: $25 Tickets purchased at […]
The Cry of Jeremiah
The Cry of Jeremiah by Rosephanye PowellExcerpts from “Christus” by Felix Mendelssohn Featuring Pablo Willey-Bustos, tenor; Rev. Dr. Rickey B. Harvey Sr., narrator; Roberts Wesleyan Chorale, Carina Telesca, director; the Rochester Oratorio Society Symphonic Chorus and Orchestra Mendelssohn’s Christus, his answer to Handel’s Messiah, thrillingly relates the Easter story through the fragments left to us […]
Misatango
Martin Palmeri’s “Misa a Buenos Aires” is an immensely popular, worldwide sensation, blending traditional Latin mass texts with Tango music, bandoneon, and irresistible rhythms. With the beautifully serene and timely “Psalm for the Living,” by perhaps the greatest Black American composer, William Grant Still. Alicia Esmeralda Barry joins the ROS as mezzo-soprano soloist. Cash donations, […]
Timbuctoo to Today
The Rochester Oratorio Society Presents: Timbuctoo to Today November 1, 2024 | 7:30 PM | Hochstein Performance Hall In the 1850s, land grants in the Adirondack community “Timbuctoo,” given by Abolitionist Gerrit Smith to free Blacks, conferred to them the right to vote in New York. Hear the compelling and beautiful choral suite from Glenn […]
The Road Home
Featuring:The Rochester Oratorio Society Chorus, Eric Townell, Artistic DirectorBach Children’s Chorus, Karla Krogstad, DirectorKevin Nitsch, Piano ROS’s glorious, rich sonority is showcased in this program of great choral works by Aaron Copland, R. Nathaniel Dett, Randall Thompson, Jean Ford, and Norman Dello Joio with keyboard accompaniment. Be there for the NY premiere of “We Are […]