September 29, 2019 – July 21, 2019
Sep 2019
Choral Evensong & Benediction
Church of the Ascension • Chicago
3:00 Organ Re-dedication Recital by David Schrader
4:00 Choral Evensong
Herbert Murrill (1909-1952) Magnificat and Nunc dimittis in E (1947)
Stephen Caracciolo (b. 1962) Service and strength (2017)
David White (b. 1959) O Salutaris & Tantum Ergo (2017)
Sep 2019
Solemn High Mass for Michaelmas
Church of the Ascension • Chicago
Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) Missa brevis in F, Hob. XXII: 1
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) Denn Er hat seinen Engeln befohlen über dir à8 (1844)
Mendelssohn Lift Thine Eyes, from Elijah
The Gregorian Chant Propers from Graduale Romanum
Aug 2019
Mahler 2 - German Diction Coach and Chorister
Grant Park Music Festival • Chicago
Grant Park Orchestra And Chorus
Carlos Kalmar, Principal Conductor
Christopher Bell, Chorus Director
Amanda Majeski, Soprano
J'Nai Bridges, Mezzo-Soprano
Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 2, Resurrection
The Festival’s 85th season comes to a thrilling close with Mahler’s monumental Resurrection Symphony, featuring the Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus, and two internationally renowned vocalists and Chicago favorites, Amanda Majeski and J’Nai Bridges.
Aug 2019
Mahler 2 - German Diction Coach and Chorister
Grant Park Music Festival • Chicago
Grant Park Orchestra And Chorus
Carlos Kalmar, Principal Conductor
Christopher Bell, Chorus Director
Amanda Majeski, Soprano
J'Nai Bridges, Mezzo-Soprano
Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 2, Resurrection
The Festival’s 85th season comes to a thrilling close with Mahler’s monumental Resurrection Symphony, featuring the Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus, and two internationally renowned vocalists and Chicago favorites, Amanda Majeski and J’Nai Bridges.
Aug 2019
A Mass of Life - German Diction Coach and Chorister
Grant Park Music Festival • Chicago
Grant Park Orchestra And Chorus
Carlos Kalmar, Principal Conductor
Christopher Bell, Chorus Director
Melody Moore, Soprano
Ewa Plonka, Mezzo-Soprano
Andrew Staples, Tenor
Nathan Berg, Bass-Baritone
Frederick Delius: A Mass of Life
A Mass of Life: A Celebration of the Human Spirit
Carlos Kalmar conducts this rarely performed, epic work—an exultant celebration intermingled with the contemplation of eternity—featuring the orchestra, an expanded chorus and an all-star line-up of vocalists
Aug 2019
A Mass of Life - German Diction Coach and Chorister
Grant Park Music Festival • Chicago
Grant Park Orchestra And Chorus
Carlos Kalmar, Principal Conductor
Christopher Bell, Chorus Director
Melody Moore, Soprano
Ewa Plonka, Mezzo-Soprano
Andrew Staples, Tenor
Nathan Berg, Bass-Baritone
Frederick Delius: A Mass of Life
A Mass of Life: A Celebration of the Human Spirit
Carlos Kalmar conducts this rarely performed, epic work—an exultant celebration intermingled with the contemplation of eternity—featuring the orchestra, an expanded chorus and an all-star line-up of vocalists
Jul 2019
Marin Alsop Conducts Mahler 8 - Chorus Assistant Conductor, German & Latin Diction Coach
Chicago Symphony Orchestra • Chicago
Mahler's Symphony No. 8
Leonard Bernstein Centennial
Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
Marin Alsop, conductor
Milwaukee Symphony Chorus
Chicago Children’s Choir
Angela Meade, soprano
Leah Crocetto, soprano
Jeanine De Bique, soprano
Michelle DeYoung, mezzo-soprano
Kelley O’Connor, mezzo-soprano
Joseph Kaiser, tenor
Paulo Szot, baritone
Ryan Speedo Green, bass
Jul 2019
Grant Park Chorus in the Parks - German Diction Coach and Chorister
Grant Park Music Festival • Chicago
An evening of a cappella works, celebrating the legacy of music written by women will feature a world premiere commission by composer Lori Laitman.
Thea Musgrave: Rorate coeli
Clara Schumann: Three Mixed Choruses
Louise Talma: A Wreath of Blessings
Fanny Mendelssohn: Nachtreigen
Caroline Shaw: And the swallow
Lita Grier: About Living
Melinda Wagner: From a Book of Early Prayers
Lori Laitman: Hands (World Premiere)
Thea Musgrave: Songs from On the Underground, No. 2, The Strange & The Exotic
Grant Park Chorus
Christopher Bell, conductor