December 8, 2017 – September 30, 2017
Dec 2017
Holiday Pops - Chorus Director
Fort Wayne Philharmonic • Fort Wayne
Five all-new concerts for 2017!
Friday, December 8 at 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, December 9 at 2:00 and 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, December 16 at 2:00 and 7:30 p.m.
Sensational Broadway vocalist Mike Eldred, star of Les Misérables and the original cast of TONY Award-winning The Civil War, headlines the Philharmonic’s revered Christmas extravaganza.
Featuring:
The "Holiday Pops Chorale", with 12 top professional singers direct from Chicago
Spectacular immersive lighting and multimedia visual special effects
Exquisite dancing by soloists of Fort Wayne Ballet
Santa and Mrs. Claus
The Fort Wayne Children's Choir, and members of Fort Wayne Youtheatre
A special appearance by local Broadway theatre legend Harvey Cocks
Traditional and contemporary holiday favorites you know and love, including "Hallelujah" Chorus
A Christmas carol sing-along
The power and beauty of the Philharmonic, conducted by Caleb Young
This is Holiday Pops like you've never seen it before. Large-scale projections and lighting will create an evocative, warm glow in the Embassy Theatre. You'll take a journey through the winter wonderlands and traditional Christmases of bygone days to the present. You'll experience the music, memories, popular culture and true spirit of the season. Entertaining, exciting, authentic fun for the whole family.
Nov 2017
Cantate Chicago presents An American Psalmbook, featuring Bernstein's Chichester Psalms - Conductor
Church of the Ascension • Chicago
Cantate Chicago presents a FREE concert of Psalms set by American composers of Jewish and Christian backgrounds. Highlights include a recent work by Jake Runestad, beloved works by Copland and Thompson, and lesser known works by Pinkham and Rochberg. Many of the Psalms will be a cappella, but some will be accompanied by organ, harp, and/or percussion. For the grand finale, Cantate is joined by organist David White and harpist Michael Maganuco for Bernstein's Chichester Psalms.
An American Psalmbook
a selection of American Psalm settings of the last 100 years
Saturday, November 18, 8:00 PM
Church of the Ascension
1133 N LaSalle, Chicago
Admission FREE; donations gladly accepted HERE or at the concert
Program:
-Copland Four Motets (1921)
Help Us, O Lord
Thou, O Jehovah
Have Mercy on Us
Sing Ye Praises
-Runestad I Will Lift Mine Eyes (2010)
-Thompson Alleluia (1940)
-Rochberg Psalm 150 (1954)
-Berger (formerly Schloßberg) Alleluia from Brazilian Psalm (1941)
-Rorem God Is Gone Up (1986)
Intermisson
-Jacobson Psalm 114 (arr. 2003)
-Ives Sixty-seventh Psalm (1939)
-Pinkham The House of the Lord (2000)
-Bernstein Chichester Psalms (Bernstein's arrangement for organ, harp, and percussion) (1965)
Cantate Chicago
Benjamin Rivera, Conductor
Nov 2017
Beethoven & Thanksgiving - Chorus Director
Fort Wayne Philharmonic • Fort Wayne
Caleb Young, conductor
Fort Wayne Philharmonic Chorus, Benjamin Rivera, director
Beethoven — Overture in C major, Op. 115, “Feast Day”
Beethoven — Elegiac Song
Beethoven — Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage
Canning — Fantasy on a Hymn by Justin Morgan
Ives — from New England Holidays, “Thanksgiving and Forefathers’ Day”, S. 5 No. 4
Copland — The Tender Land: Suite
Traditional — "We Gather Together" - Audience Sing Along
Nov 2017
Bernstein & Belshazzar - Associate Conductor
The Washington Chorus • Washington
Bernstein - Chichester Psalms
Lauridsen - Mid-Winter Songs
Walton - Belshazzar's Feast
Aidan Stanton-Brand, Treble
Igor Vieira, Baritone
George Washington University Singers
The Washington Chorus
Christopher Bell, conductor