Anglo Meets Saxon
Music of Britten, Walton, Rheinberger and Brahms
Sunday, February 12, 2012 at 3:00pm
St. Ignatius Church
740 North Calvert Street, Baltimore 21202
Handel Choir of Baltimore & Chandos Singers
Timothy Murphy organ
Melinda O'Neal conductor
Pre-concert lecture at 2:00pm by Richard Giarusso, Department of Musicology, Peabody Conservatory of The Johns Hopkins University
Advanced purchase single tickets: $35 premium, $25 standard, $10 student
In Anglo Meets Saxon, Handel Choir of Baltimore and Chandos Singers pair choral works by 20th-century British composers Britten and Walton with music by 19th-century German composers Mendelssohn, Rheinberger and Brahms. Organist Timothy Murphy will join the Choir to perform Britten's magical cantata on the theme of innocence, Rejoice in the Lamb. The magnificent and newly renovated organ at St. Ignatius also will be showcased in Murphy's performance of Rheinberger's Organ Sonata No. 4 in A minor, Op. 98. We invite our audience to hear how the German-born Handel, who emigrated to England at age 25, influenced music from Britten to Brahms.
Tim Murphy, organist of St. Ignatius Church, and Handel Choir of Baltimore present this concert in support of St. Ignatius' Loaves & Fishes Ministry, which prepares and serves hot soup, sandwiches, coffee and fruit each Saturday and Sunday to those living on the streets of downtown Baltimore during the cold winter months. Your gifts to this ecumenical ministry are most welcome and gratefully appreciated. Contributions may be made at the concert, or mailed to the church at 740 N. Calvert Street, Baltimore MD 21202.
