January 16, 2022 – November 14, 2021
Jan 2022
Choral Mass for Epiphany
Church of the Ascension • Chicago
Jacobus Gallus (1550-1591) Missa Ich stund an einem Morgen à5
Scott Villard (b. 1971) Omnes de Saba venient, from Five Magi Antiphons (2011)
Villard Stella ista sicut flamma, from Five Magi Antiphons
Villard Lux de luce, from Five Magi Antiphons
Congregational service music and hymns
The Gregorian Chant Propers from Graduale Romanum
Dec 2021
Choral Mass for Christmas Day
Church of the Ascension • Chicago
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c. 1525-1594) Missa Aeterna Christi munera
Andrea Gabrieli (c. 1532-1585) Angelus ad pastores ait
John Tavener (1944-2013) The Lamb (1982)
Congregational service music and hymns
The Gregorian Chant Propers from Graduale Romanum
Dec 2021
Midnight Mass
Church of the Ascension • Chicago
Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) Missa brevis Sancti Joannis de Deo (“Kleine Orgelmesse”)
Rosephanye Powell (b. 1962) The Word Was God (1996)
James MacMillan (b. 1959) In splendoribus sanctorum (2005) from The Strathclyde Motets
Congregational service music and hymns
The Gregorian Chant Propers from Graduale Romanum
Dec 2021
Nicholas McGegan Conducts Messiah - Chorus Assistant Conductor
Chicago Symphony Orchestra • Chicago
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Nicholas McGegan conductor
Yulia Van Doren soprano
Reginald Mobley countertenor
Ben Bliss tenor
Dashon Burton bass-baritone
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Duain Wolfe chorus director
Dec 2021
Nicholas McGegan Conducts Messiah - Chorus Assistant Conductor
Chicago Symphony Orchestra • Chicago
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Nicholas McGegan conductor
Yulia Van Doren soprano
Reginald Mobley countertenor
Ben Bliss tenor
Dashon Burton bass-baritone
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Duain Wolfe chorus director
Dec 2021
Nicholas McGegan Conducts Messiah - Chorus Assistant Conductor
Chicago Symphony Orchestra • Chicago
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Nicholas McGegan conductor
Yulia Van Doren soprano
Reginald Mobley countertenor
Ben Bliss tenor
Dashon Burton bass-baritone
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Duain Wolfe chorus director
Dec 2021
Nicholas McGegan Conducts Messiah - Chorus Assistant Conductor
Chicago Symphony Orchestra • Chicago
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Nicholas McGegan conductor
Yulia Van Doren soprano
Reginald Mobley countertenor
Ben Bliss tenor
Dashon Burton bass-baritone
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Duain Wolfe chorus director
Dec 2021
Advent Lessons & Carols
Church of the Ascension • Chicago
adapted from Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c. 1525-1594) Matin Responsory
Paul Manz (1919-2009) E'en So, Lord Jesus, Quickly Come (1953)
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) Deo gracias, from Ceremony of Carols (1942)
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) O thou that tellest, from Messiah
Bob Chilcott (1955-) O Emmanuel, from Advent Antiphons (2004)
arr. Barry Rose (b. 1934) People, Look East
arr. Stefan Claas Maria durch ein Dornwald ging (2007)
Kathryn Rose (b. 1980) Advent (2015)
Dec 2021
Solemn High Mass
Church of the Ascension • Chicago
Healey Willan (1880-1968) Missa Brevis No. XI (Missa Sancti Johannis Baptistae)
Johann Joseph Fux (c. 1660-1741) Deus tu convertens
Ludovico Balbi (c. 1545-1604) Jerusalem surge
Congregational service music and hymns
The Gregorian Chant Propers from Graduale Romanum
Nov 2021
Nicholas Kraemer conducts Messiah - Guest Chorus Director
Music of the Baroque • Chicago
The celebrated Music of the Baroque Chorus makes its first regular season appearance since December 2019 in Handel’s most iconic oratorio: Messiah. Nicholas Kraemer leads the Music of the Baroque Chorus, Orchestra, and soloists in the ensemble’s first performance of the work in over a decade. Herald the holiday season with the dramatic tour de force that has captivated audiences since 1741.
Music of the Baroque Chorus and Orchestra
Nicholas Kraemer, conductor
Sherezade Panthaki, soprano
Allyson McHardy, mezzo-soprano
Matthew Brook, bass-baritone
Richard Croft, tenor
Benjamin Rivera, guest chorus director
Nov 2021
Nicholas Kraemer conducts Messiah - Guest Chorus Director
Music of the Baroque • Skokie
The celebrated Music of the Baroque Chorus makes its first regular season appearance since December 2019 in Handel’s most iconic oratorio: Messiah. Nicholas Kraemer leads the Music of the Baroque Chorus, Orchestra, and soloists in the ensemble’s first performance of the work in over a decade. Herald the holiday season with the dramatic tour de force that has captivated audiences since 1741.
Music of the Baroque Chorus and Orchestra
Nicholas Kraemer, conductor
Sherezade Panthaki, soprano
Allyson McHardy, mezzo-soprano
Matthew Brook, bass-baritone
Richard Croft, tenor
Benjamin Rivera, guest chorus director
Nov 2021
Solemn High Mass for Christ the King
Church of the Ascension • Chicago
Herbert Howells (1892-1983) Office of Holy Communion “Collegium Regale”
Howells Jubilate Deo “Collegium Regale”
Howells Te Deum “Collegium Regale”
Congregational service music and hymns
The Gregorian Chant Propers from Graduale Romanum