Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Nicholas Kraemer, conductor
Benjamin Rivera, guest chorus director
Amanda Forsythe, soprano
Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen, countertenor
Josh Lovell, tenor
Michael Sumuel, bass-baritone

Join Nicholas Kraemer and four preeminent singers for a selection of Handel’s brilliant and soul-stirring vocal numbers, which explore the full spectrum of human emotions — from utmost sorrow to joy and sensuality. Plus, enjoy music fit for a king with Handel’s Water Music, composed for the royal court of George I, and Mozart’s grand Coronation Mass.

Program
Handel: Water Music, Suite No. 2
Handel: Voi che udite il mio lamento from Agrippina
Handel: Prophetic raptures swell my breast from Joseph
Handel: Introduction to Act III and Entrance of the Queen of Sheba from Solomon
Handel: To thee thou glorious son from Theodora
Handel: Let’s imitate her notes above from Alexander’s Feast
Beethoven: Elegy
Mozart: Mass in C Major (Coronation)