Handel Choir Past Repertoire
2005-2006 Concert Season
Bach & Handel:
Oratorio in Perspective
December 18 at 4:00 p.m.
Kraushaar Auditorium, Goucher College in Towson
Bach's Weihnachts-Oratorium (Christmas Oratorio), BWV 248,
Part VI: "Herr, wenn die stolzen Feinde schnauben"
for the Feast of Epiphany in the New Year
Handel's Messiah, HWV 56 (selections from Parts I-III)
Emily Noel soprano
Jessica Medina mezzo-soprano
Jason McStoots tenor
Benjamin Park baritone
with the Handel Choir Period Instrument Orchestra
A Mozart Birthday Celebration!
March 4, 2006 at 8:00 p.m.
Cathedral of the Incarnation at E. University Blvd. and N. Charles St., Baltimore
Mozart's “Coronation” Mass, KV 317, Church Sonata, KV 317a (329)
and Regina Coeli, KV 276
Handel's Coronation Anthem No. 2, HWV 259 “Let thy hand be strengthened”
and selected organ works and vocal arias by Handel and Mozart
Leneida Crawford mezzo-soprano
Matt Heil tenor
Phillip Collister baritone
Thomas Hetrick organ
with the Handel Choir Period Instrument Orchestra
The French Connection
May 6, 2006 at 8:00 p.m.
Grace United Methodist Church at Northern Parkway and N. Charles St., Baltimore
Gabriel Fauré Messe de Requiem, Op. 48 and Cantique de Jean Racine
Leonard Bernstein Chichester Psalms
Lili Boulanger Pie Jesu
Poulenc Litanies à la Vierge Noire and Ave verum Corpus
Casey Hutchinson soprano
Jay White countertenor
Steven Combs baritone
Jonathan Moyer organ
Julia Martin harp
Barry Dove percussion
with the Handel Choir Orchestra
Handel's Alexander's Feast
or The Power of Music, HWV 75
October 29 at 8:00pm
New York Avenue Presbyterian Church, Washington, D.C.
Amanda Balestrieri soprano
Scot Cameron tenor
Phillip Collister bass-baritone
presented by the Bach Sinfonia, Daniel Abraham conductor
All programs of the Handel Choir of Baltimore are made possible by support from the Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts, the Baltimore County Commission on Arts and Sciences and the Maryland State Arts Council, an agency funded by the State of Maryland and the National Endowment for the Arts.