GLORIOUS CHORUS-VIVALDI AND HANDEL
Nicholas Kraemer, conductor
Sunday, November 7, 7:30 PM
First United Methodist Church, Evanston
Ticket Prices: $60, $45, $38
Tuesday, November 9, 7:30 PM
Harris Theater, Chicago
(Millennium Park)
Ticket Prices: $75, $60, $45, $38, $30
Free pre-concert lectures by Dan Maki will take place before each concert. Lectures begin at 6:30 PM in the church on Sunday, and at 6 PM at the Chicago Cultural Center on Tuesday.
This concert will be broadcast on WFMT 98.7 FM at 8 PM on January 14, 2011.
PROGRAM
VIVALDI
Gloria, RV 590
HANDEL
Concerto Grosso, Op. 6, No. 7, HWV 325
Dixit Dominus, HWV 232
HEAR THE MUSIC
“Gloria—1. Gloria in excelsis Deo”
“Gloria—2. Et in terra pax”
“Gloria—3. Laudamus te”
“Dixit Dominus—1. Dixit Dominus”
“Dixit Dominus—3. Tecum principium”
“Dixit Dominus—7. Conquassabit capita”
Music of the Baroque
Chorus and Orchestra
Kimberly McCord, soprano
Juliet Petrus, soprano
Deborah Guscott, mezzo-soprano
Nina Heebink, mezzo-soprano
This concert is expected to be less than 2 hours long, including intermission.
Vocal sparks fly in a program pairing the exuberant Vivaldi Gloria with Handel’s thrilling setting of the psalm Dixit Dominus. Experience music rich with glowing color, driving energy, and a unique ability to stir the soul—and discover why Opera News calls the Music of the Baroque Chorus “one of Chicago’s musical glories.”
PROGRAM NOTES
Although he is one of the baroque era’s most famous composers, Antonio Vivaldi's first career was the priesthood. Ordained in 1703 in Venice… Read more (pdf) »
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VIVALDI GLORIA, HANDEL DIXIT DOMINUS
English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir/John Eliot Gardiner (Philips)
