December 15, 2024 – September 29, 2024
Dec 2024
Advent Lessons & Carols
Church of the Ascension • Chicago
adapted from Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c. 1525-1594) Matin Responsory
Kathryn Rose (b. 1980) Advent (2015)
Nathanael Deward Rahm (b. 1958) Adam lay ybounden (2002)
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) And the Glory of the Lord, from Messiah
Bob Chilcott (b. 1955) O Emmanuel, from Advent Antiphons (2004)
arr. Barry Rose (b. 1934) People, Look East
Paul Nicholson (1963-2023) Gabriel’s Message (1996)
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) Im Advent, Op. 79, No. 5
Dec 2024
Solemn High Mass
Church of the Ascension • Chicago
Healey Willan (1880-1968) Missa Brevis No. 5 in F# minor (1935)
J.S. Bach (1685-1750) Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland,
from Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 61
Ludovico Balbi (c. 1545-1604) Ad te levavi
The Gregorian Chant Propers from Graduale Romanum
Nov 2024
Solemn High Mass for Christ the King
Church of the Ascension • Chicago
Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924) Messa a quattro voci (Messa di Gloria) (1880)
Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924) Salve Regina, SC39 (1882)
Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924) Te Deum in C, from op. 115
The Gregorian Chant Propers from Graduale Romanum
Oct 2024
Nicholas Kraemer Conducts Handel, Beethoven, and Mozart - Guest Chorus Director
Chicago Symphony Orchestra • Chicago
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)
Oct 2024
Nicholas Kraemer Conducts Handel, Beethoven, and Mozart - Guest Chorus Director
Chicago Symphony Orchestra • Chicago
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)
Oct 2024
Nicholas Kraemer Conducts Handel, Beethoven, and Mozart - Guest Chorus Director
Chicago Symphony Orchestra • Chicago
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)
Oct 2024
Solemn High Mass
Church of the Ascension • Chicago
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Missa brevis in C major “Coronation Mass”, K. 317
Daniel Pinkham (1923-2006) Behold How Good and How Pleasant (1967)
Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921) Ave Maria, op. 145 (1914)
The Gregorian Chant Propers from Graduale Romanum
Sep 2024
Solemn High Mass for Michaelmas
Church of the Ascension • Chicago
John Ireland (1879-1962) Communion Service in C (1913 rev. 1941)
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) Christ, the fair glory, from Company of Heaven (1937)
Edward Elgar (1857-1934) Ave verum, op 2, no. 1 (1902)
The Gregorian Chant Propers from Graduale Romanum