Festival of Voices
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Concert Hall
In celebration of our partnership with the British Embassy Washington for this year’s Annual Holiday Concert & Gala, Festival of Voices celebrates British composers spanning the 18th through 21st centuries. 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, chorus master
Symphonic Chorus
Choral Arts Orchestra
PERFORMANCE TIMING:
Coming Soon
ALL attendees, regardless of age, must have a ticket including children who will sit in a lap.
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All programs, artists, dates, times, and content are subject to change.