Melodia Women’s Choir, Cynthia Powell Artistic Director and Conductor, presents November Nights. November Nights brings together music spanning centuries and traditions, inviting us to reflect on the changing seasons of life and the light that can be found even in darkness. From the haunting simplicity of an Irish melody to the luminous harmonies of contemporary […]
New York
Winter Concert – A Celebration of the MENDELSSOHN GLEE CLUB’S 160th Anniversary ADMISSION FREE
Works by Mendelssohn, Speaks, Sullivan, MacDowell, Burleigh, Herbert; plus holiday songs. It will include the “Turkish Drinking Song” by Felix Mendelssohn, sung at the very first MGC concert in 1866. Conductor Gene Wisoff in his 32nd year with the MGC. Accompanist Hyungjin Choi. Guest soloist Yophi Bost, soprano. Concert at 7PM. Doors open at 6:30PM. […]
Holiday Warmth and Cheer
Join the Rochester Oratorio Society Symphonic Choir for some of the season’s most celebratory classical favorites by Bach, Lauridsen, Mendelssohn, and Handel (including the Christmas portion of Messiah). Make your impact felt by donating a new coat for a child, accepted by Action for a Better Community.
Passion Music
Passion Music, by UK composer Will Todd, fuses jazz and choral music in a dramatic retelling of the Passion story with a new setting of Greater Love Has No Man, Stabat Mater focusing on the seven last words of Christ, and a setting of Were you there when they crucified my Lord? Gospel soloist Lynnesha […]
A Jubilee of Psalms
Two world-class Rochester composers are featured in “A Jubilee of Psalms.” Nathaniel Dett’s The Chariot Jubilee, for tenor, chorus, and orchestra, blends the traditional Spiritual with thrilling choral writing. The Rochester-born master Adolphus Hailstork’s cantata for the same forces, I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes, written a decade ago, sets Psalm texts in beautifully compelling […]
New York Chamber Orchestra & Masterworks Festival Chorus
Join Manhattan Concert Productions at Carnegie Hall for an evening of choral masterworks! PROGRAM MASTERWORK SERIES JAKE RUNESTAD Proud Music of the Storm GABRIEL FAURÉ Requiem Yoojin Muhn, conductor DEBUT SERIES Voices of the Valley Children’s Chorus Dr. Michelle Folta, conductor