February 16, 2020 – December 21, 2019
Feb 2020
Fiesta coral mexicana - Guest Music Director
Chicago a cappella • Chicago
Fiesta Coral Mexicana
Celebrate the colorful and dynamic music of Mexico at this vibrant concert! We’ll sing Baroque masterworks from Puebla Cathedral, traditional folk music, luminous contemporary works, and popular favorites like “La Bikina” and “Besame Mucho.” Artistic Director Jonathan Miller undertook research in Mexico as part of a cultural exchange project, and his discoveries include works by contemporary composers Jorge Cózatl and Jorge Cordoba as well as works stretching back to the 17th century. Audiences will also hear three pieces commissioned for Chicago a cappella by Rodrigo Cadet, Novelli Jurado, and Julio Morales as part of the ensemble’s ¡Cantaré! Chicago composer-in-residence program. Prepared by guest music director Benjamin Rivera, this dazzling concert will shine a light on a spectacularly varied and brilliant musical world.
Feb 2020
Fiesta coral mexicana - Guest Music Director
Chicago a cappella • Evanston
Fiesta Coral Mexicana
Celebrate the colorful and dynamic music of Mexico at this vibrant concert! We’ll sing Baroque masterworks from Puebla Cathedral, traditional folk music, luminous contemporary works, and popular favorites like “La Bikina” and “Besame Mucho.” Artistic Director Jonathan Miller undertook research in Mexico as part of a cultural exchange project, and his discoveries include works by contemporary composers Jorge Cózatl and Jorge Cordoba as well as works stretching back to the 17th century. Audiences will also hear three pieces commissioned for Chicago a cappella by Rodrigo Cadet, Novelli Jurado, and Julio Morales as part of the ensemble’s ¡Cantaré! Chicago composer-in-residence program. Prepared by guest music director Benjamin Rivera, this dazzling concert will shine a light on a spectacularly varied and brilliant musical world.
Feb 2020
Riccardo Muti Conducts Mascagni Cavalleria rusticana - Chorus Assistant Conductor
Chicago Symphony Orchestra • Chicago
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Riccardo Muti conductor
Anita Rachvelishvili mezzo-soprano (Santuzza)
Piero Pretti tenor (Turiddu)
Luca Salsi baritone (Alfio)
Ronnita Miller mezzo-soprano (Lucia)
Sasha Cooke mezzo-soprano (Lola)
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Duain Wolfe chorus director
Feb 2020
Riccardo Muti Conducts Mascagni Cavalleria rusticana - Chorus Assistant Conductor
Chicago Symphony Orchestra • Chicago
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Riccardo Muti conductor
Anita Rachvelishvili mezzo-soprano (Santuzza)
Piero Pretti tenor (Turiddu)
Luca Salsi baritone (Alfio)
Ronnita Miller mezzo-soprano (Lucia)
Sasha Cooke mezzo-soprano (Lola)
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Duain Wolfe chorus director
Feb 2020
Riccardo Muti Conducts Mascagni Cavalleria rusticana - Chorus Assistant Conductor
Chicago Symphony Orchestra • Chicago
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Riccardo Muti conductor
Anita Rachvelishvili mezzo-soprano (Santuzza)
Piero Pretti tenor (Turiddu)
Luca Salsi baritone (Alfio)
Ronnita Miller mezzo-soprano (Lucia)
Sasha Cooke mezzo-soprano (Lola)
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Duain Wolfe chorus director
Feb 2020
Solemn High Mass for Candlemas (Presentation)
Church of the Ascension • Chicago
Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625) Nunc dimittis from Short Service
Hans Leo Hassler (1564-1612) Missa Dixit Maria
William Byrd (c. 1540-1623) Ecce advenit Dominator Dominus
Jacques Arcadelt (c. 1507-1568) Hodie Beata Virgo Maria
The Gregorian Chant Propers from Graduale Romanum
Dec 2019
Midnight Mass
Church of the Ascension • Chicago
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Missa brevis in C major “Orgelsolo”, K. 259
William Byrd (c. 1540-1623) Laetentur coeli à5
James MacMillan (b. 1959) In splendoribus sanctorum (2005) from The Strathclyde Motets
The Gregorian Chant Propers from Graduale Romanum
Dec 2019
Merry, Merry Chicago! - Chorus Assistant Conductor
Chicago Symphony Orchestra • Chicago
Members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Emil de Cou conductor
Traditional, arr. Randol Bass Joy to the World: A Fanfare for Christmas Day
Weber Overture to Abu Hassan
Pärt Vater Unser
Traditional, arr. Julian Wachner Angels We Have Heard On High
Suppé Overture to Poet and Peasant
Handel, arr./ed. Ebenezer Prout Hallelujah Chorus from Messiah
Traditional, arr. Leroy Robertson O Come, All Ye Faithful
Pierpont/Sousa, arr. Robert Smith Jingle Bells Forever
Pola/Wyle, arr. Paul Bateman It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year
Fauré Cantique de Jean Racine
Chabrier Fête Polonaise
Traditional., arr. Robert Shaw/Robert Russell Bennett Deck the Halls
J. Strauss Jr. Tritsch-Tratsch Polka
Marks, arr. James Stephenson Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer
Berlin, arr. Randol Bass White Christmas
arr. Alexander Courage A Christmas Garland
Dec 2019
Merry, Merry Chicago! - Chorus Assistant Conductor
Chicago Symphony Orchestra • Chicago
Members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Emil de Cou conductor
Traditional, arr. Randol Bass Joy to the World: A Fanfare for Christmas Day
Weber Overture to Abu Hassan
Pärt Vater Unser
Traditional, arr. Julian Wachner Angels We Have Heard On High
Suppé Overture to Poet and Peasant
Handel, arr./ed. Ebenezer Prout Hallelujah Chorus from Messiah
Traditional, arr. Leroy Robertson O Come, All Ye Faithful
Pierpont/Sousa, arr. Robert Smith Jingle Bells Forever
Pola/Wyle, arr. Paul Bateman It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year
Fauré Cantique de Jean Racine
Chabrier Fête Polonaise
Traditional., arr. Robert Shaw/Robert Russell Bennett Deck the Halls
J. Strauss Jr. Tritsch-Tratsch Polka
Marks, arr. James Stephenson Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer
Berlin, arr. Randol Bass White Christmas
arr. Alexander Courage A Christmas Garland