Concerts

BALTIMORE BETTER TOGETHER

2023-2024 CONCERTS

Ignite the Horizon!

A NEW fall concert in collaboration with the Maryland State Boychoir.

Boulanger Hymne au soleil
Janáček Otčenáš
Lucke Come Ye and Let Us Go Up to the Mountain
Mendelssohn Hear My Prayer
Hailstork I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes
 
Handel Choir of Baltimore
Devin Mercer tenor
Eric Conway piano
Brian Bartoldus conductor
 
Maryland State Boychoir

Saturday October 28, 2023, 7:30 pm
Maryland State Boychoir
3400 Norman Ave
Baltimore 21213

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Period Perfect Messiah

A Baltimore holiday tradition with full period orchestra. Our period-instrument orchestra returns for the period-perfect Messiah you love, this year including rarely heard arias & choruses from Part II.

Handel Choir of Baltimore
Handel Period Instrument Orchestra
Abigail Raiford soprano
Keith Wehmeier countertenor
Matthew Newhouse tenor
Dorian McCall bass
Brian Bartoldus conductor

Saturday, December 9, 2023, 7:30 pm
Grace United Methodist Church
5407 North Charles Street
Baltimore 21210

Sunday, December 10, 2023, 3:00 pm
Christ Lutheran Church
701 South Charles Street
Baltimore 21230

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Made In Baltimore, Too

Steinway Artist Lura Johnson is the featured soloist in the return of our popular Made in Baltimore event celebrating Baltimore music and musicians. Lura and Handel Choir will perform a newly commissioned work by Baltimore composer Daniel Sabzghabaei.

Handel Choir of Baltimore
Lura Johnson piano
Brian Bartoldus conductor

Saturday, March 9, 2023, 7:30 pm
Grace United Methodist Church
5407 North Charles Street
Baltimore 21210

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From Baroque to Barnes

Chamber ensemble Third Practice provides solos for Baroque gems by Handel, Bach, and Monteverdi and brings a newly commissioned work by Baltimore-born composer Jasmine Barnes that plays off those Baroque compositions.
 
JS Bach Nach dir, Herr, verlanget mich (BWV 150)Jasmine Barnes TBD world premiereJS Bach Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied (BWV 225)
Monteverdi Gloria à7
Handel O Praise the Lord with One Consent (HWV 254)

Handel Choir of Baltimore
Handel Period Instrument Chamber Ensemble
Third Practice

  • Katelyn Aungst soprano
  • Shauna Kreidler Michels soprano
  • Joshua Bornfield tenor
  • Daryl Yoder bass

Brian Bartoldus conductor

Saturday, May 11, 2023, 7:30 pm
Second Presbyterian Church
4200 St. Paul Street
Baltimore 21218

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Sponsors

Handel Choir thanks Preston and Nancy Athey for their sustaining support. Our 2021-2022 season is supported in part by grants from the organizations pictured, the Harry L. Gladding Foundation, Inc. and the Dr. Frank C. Marino Foundation.

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