Haydn | Lord Nelson Mass
Sunday, November 16, 3:00 PM
Sanders Theatre, Cambridge
Heroic. Heartened. Hopeful.
SCHUBERT: Mass No. 2 in G, D 167
HAYDN: Lord Nelson Mass (Missa in angustiis), Hob. XXII:11
Featuring Deborah Selig, soprano; Deborah Rentz-Moore, mezzo-soprano; Jonas Budris, tenor; and David McFerrin, baritone
Featured artists
Deborah-Rentz-Moore, mezzo-soprano
Deborah Rentz-Moore has been called a “magnificent lower-reaching mezzo-soprano” (Classical Voice North America) and is known for her “effortlessly warm and resonant mezzo, with exquisite control over vibrato” (Boston Classical Review). She enjoys frequent solo collaborations with the celebrated ensembles Emmanuel Music, Aston Magna, and the Boston Camerata. Her solo engagements with the Boston Early Music Festival, Handel and Haydn Society, Tapestry, Voices of Music, and Ensemble Phoenix Munich have brought her to such venues as Lincoln Center, Philharmonie de Paris, Utrecht Early Music Festival, Prague Spring Festival, Boston Symphony Hall, Jordan Hall, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, and Tanglewood. Solo performances this season include a recital of Charles Ives’s vocal music with Aston Magna, Bach’s Christmas Oratorio with Emmanuel Music, Handel’s Messiah with the Concord Community Chorus, and four programs with the Boston Camerata. Ms. Rentz-Moore’s recordings span genres and eras—from Monteverdi, Cozzolani, and Bach to early American, Shaker, and 21st-century works. She is featured on the Boston Camerata’s critically-acclaimed “Free America” and “Hodie Christus Natus Est” recordings (Harmonia Mundi). Ms. Rentz-Moore appears on video with Voices of Music, Emmanuel Music, the Boston Camerata and the University of New Hampshire, where she is Resident Artist in Voice.
Deborah Selig, soprano
Soprano Deborah Selig’s voice has been described by the press as “radiant,” “beautifully rich,” “capable of any emotional nuance,” and “impressively nimble.” Ms. Selig performs repertoire spanning the Baroque to contemporary in opera, oratorio, and chamber music. Passionate about mentoring the next generation of singers, Ms. Selig currently serves on the voice faculties of Wellesley College, Brown University, and the summer Boston University Tanglewood Institute. Operatic highlights have included Micaela in Bizet’s Carmen with Dayton Opera, Pamina in Mozart’s The Magic Flute with Boston Lyric Opera, Musetta in Puccini’s La Bohème with Central City Opera, Rose in Weill’s Street Scene with Chautauqua Opera, Sybil Vane in Lowell Liebermann’s The Picture of Dorian Gray with Odyssey Opera, and Donna Elvira in Mozart’s Don Giovanni with Kentucky Opera. Concert highlights include Ravel’s Chansons madécasses with Worcester Chamber Music, Dvořák’s Stabat Mater with Falmouth Chorale, Bach cantatas with Handel and Haydn Society, Amy Beach’s The Chambered Nautilus with Wellesley College Choir, Brahms’s Ein deutsches Requiem and Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with Buffalo Philharmonic, Haydn’s Creation with Harvard University Choirs, Bach’s St. Matthew Passion and Mozart’s Vesperae solennes de confessore with Masterworks Chorale, and Handel’s Messiah with Rhode Island Philharmonic.
Jonas Budris, tenor
Tenor Jonas Budris is a versatile soloist and ensemble musician, engaging early music and modern premieres with equal passion. Mr. Budris has performed, recorded, and toured with such groups as Cut Circle, Blue Heron, Handel and Haydn Society, Boston Baroque, Emmanuel Music, Grand Harmonie, the Thirteen, Yale Choral Artists, and Skylark Vocal Ensemble. He is featured in the Grammy-nominated recordings Crossing Over and It’s a Long Way (Skylark Vocal Ensemble) as well as Monteverdi’s Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria (Boston Baroque). An avid performer of Bach’s vocal works, he sings in Emmanuel Music’s weekly cantata series, has performed in the Blue Hill Bach Festival and Portland Bach Experience, and was an Adams Vocal Fellow with the Carmel Bach Festival. On the opera stage, Mr. Budris has performed principal and supporting roles with Pegasus Early Music, Opera Boston, OperaHub, Guerilla Opera, and Odyssey Opera. He has originated roles for numerous opera premieres, including Adam Roberts’s Giver of Light (John), Felix Jarrar’s. The Fall of the House of Usher (The Friend), Gabriele Vanoni’s Island of Peoples (Tenor), and John Austin’s Heloise and Abelard (Brother William). Originally from Martha’s Vineyard, Mr. Budris holds a degree in Environmental Science and Engineering from Harvard College.
David McFerrin, baritone
Hailed for “a voice of seductive beauty” (Miami Herald) and as an “unfailingly versatile” performer (Boston Globe), baritone David McFerrin has won critical acclaim in a variety of repertoire. His opera credits include Santa Fe Opera, Seattle Opera, Florida Grand Opera, the Rossini Festival in Germany, and numerous roles with Boston Lyric Opera and other local companies. He has sung as a soloist in concert with the Cleveland Orchestra, Israel Philharmonic, and Handel and Haydn Society and in recital at the Caramoor, Ravinia, and Marlboro Festivals. Mr. McFerrin was runner-up in the Oratorio Society of New York’s 2016 Lyndon Woodside Solo Competition, the premier American contest for this repertoire. He is also a member of the Gramophone Award-winning Renaissance vocal ensemble Blue Heron. Recent performance highlights have included the title role in Britten’s Noah’s Flood with Boston Lyric Opera, Jesus in Bach’s St. Matthew Passion with Emmanuel Music, and a return with American Bach Soloists in the Bay Area. Mr. McFerrin lives in Natick, Massachusetts, with his wife Erin Doherty, an architectural historian and preservation planner; their daughter Fiona; and black lab Holly.
Sanders Theatre
45 Quincy St, Cambridge, MA 02138
About the venue
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 Sanders Theatre offers an intimate 180-degree design that provides unusual proximity to the stage.
Parking and directions
Sanders Theatre is accessible via the MBTA Red Line (Harvard station) and multiple MBTA bus routes (1, 66, 71, 78, 86).
Free parking is available for concert-goers at the Broadway Garage (7 Felton Street, Cambridge, MA).