2023 - 2024 Concert Season
/
2023 - 2024 Concert Season /
Romantic meets Classical in this concert of sublime music by Mendelssohn and Haydn. In his chorale cantatas, Mendelssohn pays true homage to Bach and the revered tradition of the German hymn. Haydn creates his own memorable tunes in his exuberant mass. It will make you want to get up and dance!
Haydn: Missa Cellensis (Mariazellermesse), Hob. XXII:8
Mendelssohn: Jesu, meine Freude, MWV A 6
Mendelssohn: Wer nur den lieben Gott läßt walten, MWV A 7
Telemann: Lehre mich tun nach deinem Wohlgefallen
Susan Consoli, soprano
Roselin Osser, mezzo-soprano
Omar Najmi, tenor
Sumner Thompson, baritone
Free parking is available for concert-goers at the Broadway Garage, 7 Felton Street, Cambridge, MA.
Masterworks Chorale presents an eclectic program of works inspired by well-known and well-loved melodies. Composers J. S. Bach, Nathaniel Dett, and Alice Parker transformed treasured German and American melodies into elaborate works of art. Come hear them! For anyone who loves those rare moments when the best of the orchestral repertoire meets the choral repertoire, this concert will delight.
Bach: Jesu, meine Freude, BWV 227
Dett: The Chariot Jubilee
Beethoven: The Hymn of Joy (from Ninth Symphony)
Brahms: We Are God’s People (from First Symphony)
Elgar: Agnus Dei (after “Nimrod” from Enigma Variations)
Holst: I Vow to Thee, My Country (from The Planets)
Sibelius: Be Still, My Soul (from Finlandia)
Wondrous Love (American folk hymn arr. Alice Parker & Robert Shaw)
Dvořák: Goin’ Home (from New World Symphony)
Fred C. VanNess, Jr., tenor
Justin Blackwell, organ
Sunday, March 3, 2024, 3:00pm, at Old South Church
Discounted parking is available on weekends at Back Bay Garage at 199 Clarendon Street, Boston. Details can be found here.
In the spring, we have something really special in store: a collaboration with the Concord Chorus and the Lexington Symphony for two blowout performances of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony in Cary Hall. Jonathan McPhee, the Music Director of the symphony, will conduct the Beethoven, and Dr. Kevin Leong will conduct Brahms’s Schicksalslied (Song of Destiny). It will be a joyful finish to a great season. Come join us!
Lift Up Your Voices
Brahms: Schicksalslied, Op. 54
Dr. Kevin Leong, conductor
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9
Jonathan McPhee, conductor
Carley DeFranco, soprano
Emily Marvosh, mezzo-soprano
Jonas Budris, tenor
Craig Juricka, bass
This button will take you to Lexington Symphony’s website, where you can buy tickets for this performance.
COVID-19 Safety Precautions
Masterworks Chorale is committed to providing a safe and healthy environment as we reunite in our 84th season.
To promote the safety and well-being of our audiences, staff, and the community at large, please stay at home if you are experiencing any of the following symptoms: fever, sore throat, chills, cough, shortness of breath, congestion, or nausea.
“It’s beautiful to hear the harmonies come together, as the music becomes greater than the individual singer and part.”
Old South Church
Located in bustling Copley Square, Old South Church is a vibrant, intergenerational, multicultural, theologically progressive Christian Church. Founded in 1669, Old South is the church home to many historical figures and events, including Benjamin Franklin, Samuel Adams, Phillis Wheatley, and the Boston Tea Party. The current building was built in 1875 during America’s Gilded Age and exemplifies the Northern Italian Ruskinian Gothic style - colorful, exuberant, and highly ornamented. Experience Old South Church in full panorama here.
Photo credit: Robert Baldwin
645 Boylston St, Boston, MA
Sanders Theatre
Sanders Theatre is located inside Memorial Hall at Harvard University. Completed in 1878 and a member of the League of Historic American Theatres, the 1,000-seat red oak theatre offers an intimate 180-degree design which provides unusual proximity to the stage. The theatre was designed to function as a major lecture hall and as the site of college commencements; and the theatre continues to play a major role in the academic mission of Harvard College, hosting undergraduate courses, as well as serving as a home to several undergraduate choir and orchestral groups, and a venue for many professional performances year round.
Free parking is available for concert-goers at the Broadway Garage, 7 Felton Street, Cambridge, MA.
Photo credit: boxoffice.harvard.edu
45 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA, 02138
“We perform with full orchestra and excellent soloists. It means we can do the big pieces in their full glory. Not all choruses can boast a good blasting brass section or the full power of Old South’s organ with all the stops out.”