The new choral society

G.F. Händel - Messiah, Part I (Virtual)

Available to stream for one month starting on Wednesday, December 8

John T. King, Conductor

Kathryn Lewek, Soprano
Tamara Mumford, Mezzo-Soprano
Zachary Borichevsky, Tenor
Will Liverman, Baritone

The chorus will present the Christmas portion of Handel's Messiah, Part I. Join with us to hear the familiar and uplifting choruses and solos from the Messiah. As always, we will conclude with the famous "Hallelujah Chorus." This concert is always a festive way to begin the holiday season with family and friends.

Please note that due to the COVID-19 pandemic all performances are subject to change.

Joseph Haydn: Theresienmesse in B-flat Major, Hob. XXII:12

and

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart:
Sparrow Mass K. 220

Sunday, March 6 at 3:00 PM
Hitchcock Presbyterian Church

John T. King, Conductor

Amani Cole-Feder, Soprano
Siphokazi Molteno, Mezzo-Soprano
Manase Latu, Tenor
Jongwon Han, Baritone

Amani Cole-Feder, Siphokazi Molteno and Manase Latu appear by kind permission of the Metropolitan Opera Lindemann Young Artist Development Program.

Haydn's extraordinary Thereiesenmesse in B-flat major, written in 1799, belongs to a series of six masses he wrote to celebrate the name day of Princess Maria Hermengilde, the wife of his patron, Prince Esterhazy II. It is a gem, with all of the variety, energy and contrapuntal skill of Haydn at the height of his compositional career, yet, its unusual scoring for clarinets, trumpets, timpani, organ and strings, creates a unique mellowness not found in any of the other masses from this period.

We will open the evening with Mozart's Sparrow Mass.

Please note that due to the COVID-19 pandemic all performances are subject to change.

This program is made possible, in part, by the Westchester Community Foundation, a division of The New York Community Trust as well as with funds from the Statewide Community Regrant, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul, and the New York State Legislature and administered by ArtsWestchester.