British/American Connection
Sunday, April 18, 2010 at 4pm
Grace United Methodist Church
5407 North Charles Street, Baltimore 21210
3pm pre-concert lecture by Richard Giarusso, Department of Musicology,
Peabody Conservatory of The Johns Hopkins University.
| Britten Vaughan Williams Howells Tavener Ives Thompson |
Antiphon Mass in G minor (double chorus and soli) Rhapsody No. 3, Op. 17 for organ Funeral Ikos Psalm 67 Bitter-Sweet, Alleluia |
| and selected British and American folk songs | |
Handel Choir & Chandos Singers
Jonathan Moyer organ, piano
Guest vocal soloists:
Emily Noel, Kristen Dubenion-Smith, David Kirkwood & Jason Widney
Melinda O’Neal conductor
Our great 19th- and 20th-century American and British choral traditions were ignited by Handel in the 18th century. Here are astounding modern fruits of Handel’s legacy. For more information, read the program notes for this concert.
View our YouTube about Handel Choir's special connection to composer Randall Thompson.
All programs of the Handel Choir of Baltimore are made possible by support from the Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts, the Baltimore County Commission on Arts and Sciences and the Maryland State Arts Council, an agency funded by the State of Maryland and the National Endowment for the Arts.