July 8, 2023 – May 7, 2023
Jul 2023
Poulenc Gloria (etc.) - Diction Coach
Grant Park Music Festival • Chicago
Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus
Ludovic Morlot, conductor
Christopher Bell, chorus director
Lindsey Reynolds, soprano
Tai Murray, violin
Wynton Marsalis: Violin Concerto
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Ave verum corpus
Gabriel Fauré: Cantique de Jean Racine
Francis Poulenc: Gloria
Guest conductor Ludovic Morlot takes the reins of the Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus for a feast of choral masterpieces, including the achingly beautiful Ave verum corpus by Mozart, the evocative setting of the hymn Cantique de Jean Racine by Gabriel Fauré, and the spellbinding Gloria of Francis Poulenc. Also on the program, violin virtuoso and Chicago native Tai Murray plays the Festival premiere of the Violin Concerto by New Orleans jazz legend Wynton Marsalis. The Festival also welcomes the debut of another New Orleans native, soprano Lindsey Reynolds.
Jul 2023
Poulenc Gloria (etc.) - Diction Coach
Grant Park Music Festival • Chicago
Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus
Ludovic Morlot, conductor
Christopher Bell, chorus director
Lindsey Reynolds, soprano
Tai Murray, violin
Wynton Marsalis: Violin Concerto
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Ave verum corpus
Gabriel Fauré: Cantique de Jean Racine
Francis Poulenc: Gloria
Guest conductor Ludovic Morlot takes the reins of the Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus for a feast of choral masterpieces, including the achingly beautiful Ave verum corpus by Mozart, the evocative setting of the hymn Cantique de Jean Racine by Gabriel Fauré, and the spellbinding Gloria of Francis Poulenc. Also on the program, violin virtuoso and Chicago native Tai Murray plays the Festival premiere of the Violin Concerto by New Orleans jazz legend Wynton Marsalis. The Festival also welcomes the debut of another New Orleans native, soprano Lindsey Reynolds.
Jun 2023
Riccardo Muti Conducts Beethoven Missa solemnis - Chorus Assistant Conductor
Chicago Symphony Orchestra • Chicago
Few mass settings pose more questions of listeners than Beethoven’s Missa solemnis. A fervent meditation on faith and doubt, the piece spans moments of ecstasy and angst, soaring beauty and near-operatic theatricality. Riccardo Muti leads this rarely performed score with a thrilling quartet of international singers and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus.
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Riccardo Muti conductor
Erin Morley soprano
Alisa Kolosova mezzo-soprano
Giovanni Sala tenor
Kyle Ketelsen bass-baritone
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Donald Palumbo guest chorus director
Jun 2023
Riccardo Muti Conducts Beethoven Missa solemnis - Chorus Assistant Conductor
Chicago Symphony Orchestra • Chicago
Few mass settings pose more questions of listeners than Beethoven’s Missa solemnis. A fervent meditation on faith and doubt, the piece spans moments of ecstasy and angst, soaring beauty and near-operatic theatricality. Riccardo Muti leads this rarely performed score with a thrilling quartet of international singers and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus.
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Riccardo Muti conductor
Erin Morley soprano
Alisa Kolosova mezzo-soprano
Giovanni Sala tenor
Kyle Ketelsen bass-baritone
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Donald Palumbo guest chorus director
Jun 2023
Riccardo Muti Conducts Beethoven Missa solemnis - Chorus Assistant Conductor
Chicago Symphony Orchestra • Chicago
Few mass settings pose more questions of listeners than Beethoven’s Missa solemnis. A fervent meditation on faith and doubt, the piece spans moments of ecstasy and angst, soaring beauty and near-operatic theatricality. Riccardo Muti leads this rarely performed score with a thrilling quartet of international singers and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus.
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Riccardo Muti conductor
Erin Morley soprano
Alisa Kolosova mezzo-soprano
Giovanni Sala tenor
Kyle Ketelsen bass-baritone
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Donald Palumbo guest chorus director
Jun 2023
Dvořák Stabat Mater - Diction Coach
Grant Park Music Festival • Chicago
Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus
Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Christopher Bell, chorus director
Olivia Boen, soprano
Siena Licht Miller, mezzo-soprano
John Matthew Myers, tenor
Joseph Beutel, bass-baritone
Program
Antonín Dvořák: Stabat Mater
Jun 2023
Dvořák Stabat Mater - Diction Coach
Grant Park Music Festival • Chicago
Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus
Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Christopher Bell, chorus director
Olivia Boen, soprano
Siena Licht Miller, mezzo-soprano
John Matthew Myers, tenor
Joseph Beutel, bass-baritone
Program
Antonín Dvořák: Stabat Mater
Jun 2023
Solemn High Mass for Corpus Christi (transferred)
Church of the Ascension • Chicago
Jonathan Dove (b. 1959) Missa brevis (2009)
Vytautas Miškinis (b. 1954) O sacrum convivium (2000)
Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921) Ave verum corpus in Eb
The Gregorian Chant Propers from Graduale Romanum
Jun 2023
Solemn High Mass for Holy Trinity
Church of the Ascension • Chicago
Jean Langlais (1907-1991) Missa Misericordiae Domini (1958)
Hans Leo Hassler (1564-1612) Tibi laus, tibi gloria for double chorus
Tomás Luis de Victoria (c. 1548-1611) Te Deum laudamus
The Gregorian Chant Propers from Graduale Romanum
May 2023
Solemn High Mass for the Feast of the Ascension of the Lord
Church of the Ascension • Chicago
Edward Elgar (1857-1934) Ecce sacerdos magnus (1888)
Josef Gabriel Rheinberger (1839-1901) Messe in Es for double choir “Cantus Missae” (1878)
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) O, clap your hands (1920)
James MacMillan (b. 1959) Data est mihi omnis potestas from The Strathclyde Motets (2007)
The Gregorian Chant Propers from Graduale Romanum
May 2023
Solemn High Mass
Church of the Ascension • Chicago
Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924) Communion Service in B-flat (1879)
John Ness Beck (1930-1987) Canticle of Praise (1964)
Everett Titcomb (1884-1968) I will not leave you comfortless (1934)
The Gregorian Chant Propers from Graduale Romanum
May 2023
Spring Concery - in memory of J. Mark Baker
Milwaukee Chamber Choir • Milwaukee
For those who haven't heard, my friend and colleague J. Mark Baker died suddenly on April 5th. He and his group were midway through the rehearsal period for their spring program, having last met just a few days prior. We decided to turn this into a tribute/memorial concert, revising the repertoire to include some of his favorite music, most of which MCC had performed before. It's a lovely mix, and there will be two opportunities for the audience to join in the singing. If you're in or near Milwaukee, I hope you'll gather with us for this special event.
PROGRAM
Herbert Howells (1892-1983)
Master Tallis’s Testament
Randall Thompson (1899-1984)
from Frostiana:
The Road Not Taken
Choose Something Like a Star
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Fahr’ wohl, Op. 93a, No. 4
Im Herbst, Op. 104, No. 5
O süßer Mai, Op. 93a, No. 3
Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)
Baci soave e cari
Bob Chilcott (b. 1955)
from Fragments from his dish:
Christmas Day – 1666
Gustav Holst (1874-1934)
arr. Proulx
O God, beyond all praising
Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)
O quam gloriosum
Daniel Gawthrop (b. 1949)
Sing Me to Heaven
trad.
Wondrous Love
Paul Manz (1919-2009)
E'en So, Lord Jesus, Quickly Come
Gerald Cohen (b. 1960)
Adonai Ro’i
arr. Roy Ringwald (1910-1995)
Deep River
Herbert Howells
God be in my head
J. S. Bach (1685-1750)
Passion Chorale from the St. Matthew Passion
J. S. Bach
Air on the G String