Music of the Baroque

MESSIAH
Jane Glover, conductor

Friday, April 15, 7:30 PM
Harris Theater, Chicago
(Millennium Park)
Ticket Prices: $75, $60, $45, $38, $30

Sunday, April 17, 3 PM
North Shore Center for the Performing Arts, Skokie
Ticket Prices: $60, $45, $38

There are no lectures before these concerts.

 

 

PROGRAM

HANDEL
Messiah, HWV 56

 

HEAR THE MUSIC

Handel

“Part I Aria, Ev'ry Valley”

“Part I Chorus, For unto us a Child is born”

“Part II Aria, Thou art gone up on high”

“Part III Aria, I know that my Redeemer liveth”

“Part III Chorus, Amen”

“Part III Duet, O Death, where is thy sting”

Music of the Baroque
Chorus and Orchestra

Jane Glover, conductor

Elizabeth Futral, soprano

Jennifer Rivera , mezzo-soprano

John McVeigh, tenor

Christòpheren Nomura, baritone

This concert is expected to last approximately 2 1/2 hours.

Join us for the best-loved work in the choral repertoire, sung and played with the commitment and style for which Music of the Baroque’s performances of the great Handel oratorios have been celebrated for 40 seasons.

PROGRAM NOTES
In the summer of 1741, George Frideric Handel was a guest at Charles Jennens’s country house in Leicestershire—and according to popular legend…Read more (pdf) »

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