October 13, 2024 – November 22, 2024
Oct 2024
Solemn High Mass
Church of the Ascension • Chicago
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Missa brevis in C major “Coronation Mass”, K. 317
Daniel Pinkham (1923-2006) Behold How Good and How Pleasant (1967)
Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921) Ave Maria, op. 145 (1914)
The Gregorian Chant Propers from Graduale Romanum
Oct 2024
Nicholas Kraemer Conducts Handel, Beethoven, and Mozart - Guest Chorus Director
Chicago Symphony Orchestra • Chicago
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Nicholas Kraemer, conductor
Benjamin Rivera, guest chorus director
Amanda Forsythe, soprano
Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen, countertenor
Josh Lovell, tenor
Michael Sumuel, bass-baritone
Join Nicholas Kraemer and four preeminent singers for a selection of Handel’s brilliant and soul-stirring vocal numbers, which explore the full spectrum of human emotions — from utmost sorrow to joy and sensuality. Plus, enjoy music fit for a king with Handel’s Water Music, composed for the royal court of George I, and Mozart’s grand Coronation Mass.
Program
Handel: Water Music, Suite No. 2
Handel: Voi che udite il mio lamento from Agrippina
Handel: Prophetic raptures swell my breast from Joseph
Handel: Introduction to Act III and Entrance of the Queen of Sheba from Solomon
Handel: To thee thou glorious son from Theodora
Handel: Let’s imitate her notes above from Alexander’s Feast
Beethoven: Elegy
Mozart: Mass in C Major (Coronation)
Oct 2024
Nicholas Kraemer Conducts Handel, Beethoven, and Mozart - Guest Chorus Director
Chicago Symphony Orchestra • Chicago
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Nicholas Kraemer, conductor
Benjamin Rivera, guest chorus director
Amanda Forsythe, soprano
Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen, countertenor
Josh Lovell, tenor
Michael Sumuel, bass-baritone
Join Nicholas Kraemer and four preeminent singers for a selection of Handel’s brilliant and soul-stirring vocal numbers, which explore the full spectrum of human emotions — from utmost sorrow to joy and sensuality. Plus, enjoy music fit for a king with Handel’s Water Music, composed for the royal court of George I, and Mozart’s grand Coronation Mass.
Program
Handel: Water Music, Suite No. 2
Handel: Voi che udite il mio lamento from Agrippina
Handel: Prophetic raptures swell my breast from Joseph
Handel: Introduction to Act III and Entrance of the Queen of Sheba from Solomon
Handel: To thee thou glorious son from Theodora
Handel: Let’s imitate her notes above from Alexander’s Feast
Beethoven: Elegy
Mozart: Mass in C Major (Coronation)
Oct 2024
Nicholas Kraemer Conducts Handel, Beethoven, and Mozart - Guest Chorus Director
Chicago Symphony Orchestra • Chicago
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Nicholas Kraemer, conductor
Benjamin Rivera, guest chorus director
Amanda Forsythe, soprano
Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen, countertenor
Josh Lovell, tenor
Michael Sumuel, bass-baritone
Join Nicholas Kraemer and four preeminent singers for a selection of Handel’s brilliant and soul-stirring vocal numbers, which explore the full spectrum of human emotions — from utmost sorrow to joy and sensuality. Plus, enjoy music fit for a king with Handel’s Water Music, composed for the royal court of George I, and Mozart’s grand Coronation Mass.
Program
Handel: Water Music, Suite No. 2
Handel: Voi che udite il mio lamento from Agrippina
Handel: Prophetic raptures swell my breast from Joseph
Handel: Introduction to Act III and Entrance of the Queen of Sheba from Solomon
Handel: To thee thou glorious son from Theodora
Handel: Let’s imitate her notes above from Alexander’s Feast
Beethoven: Elegy
Mozart: Mass in C Major (Coronation)