Name: Festival of Voices
Start: 2023-11-08T19:30:00-05:00
End: 2023-11-08T22:00:00-05:00
Location: The Kennedy Center Concert Hall

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Festival of Voices: Conducted by Marin Alsop

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Concert Hall

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER, 8, 2023 | 7:30 pm

Festival of Voices Program

Marin Alsop takes the podium to lead the Choral Arts Chorus and Orchestra in celebration of 18th-21st century British composers’ contributions to choral symphonic music, including William Walton’s epic Belshazzar’s Feast. The exalting voices of the Symphonic Chorus and the Choral Arts Orchestra come together for spectacular revelry. Musical titan Marin Alsop takes the podium for a program featuring the U.S. premiere of Roxanna Panufnik’s Coronation Sanctus, with the program culminating in William Walton’s mesmerizing Belshazzar’s Feast. Join us and rejoice in lyrical sounds and majestic fanfare.

THE PROGRAM:

George Frideric Handel – Zadok the Priest

William Walton – Coronation Te Deum

Benjamin Britten – Suite on English Folk Tunes

Roxanna Panufnik – Coronation Sanctus

Intermission

William Walton – Belshazzar’s Feast

FEATURED ARTISTS:

Marin Alsop, conductor
Anthony Blake Clark, conductor and chorus master
Symphonic Chorus
Choral Arts Orchestra
Ryan McKinny, bass-baritone

PERFORMANCE TIMING:

90 Minutes including a 15-minute intermission

ALL attendees, regardless of age, must have a ticket including children who will sit in a lap.

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Festival of Voices: Conducted by Marin Alsop

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