The Wonder of the Human Voice
Saturday, October 30, 2021 | 7:00 pm
Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall and Arts Center
Our return to live performance!
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The Choral Arts Society of Washington‘s Symphonic Chorus celebrates their return to live performance with a concert showcasing the power of connection through the human voice. In this a cappella concert, the unaccompanied voices of the Symphonic Chorus will reverberate in the chambers of the heart, enveloping us in waves of sound that change us from within.
Renowned mezzo-soprano Elizabeth Bishop joins the chorus for Aaron Copland’s In the Beginning, originally scheduled for our May 2020 program.
THE PROGRAM:
Alberto Ginastera: Lamentations of Jeremiah
Anton Bruckner: Os Justi and Locus Iste
Sergei Rachmaninoff: 3 movements from All-Night Vigil
Gabriel Fauré: Cantique de Jean Racine
Maurice Duruflé: Ubi Caritas
Arr. Moses Hogan: My Soul’s Been Anchored
Lela Anderson: Give Me Jesus
R. Nathaniel Dett: Ave Maria and Listen to the Lambs
Aaron Copland: In the Beginning
FEATURED ARTISTS:
Scott Tucker, conductor
Elizabeth Bishop, mezzo-soprano
Brandon Straub, piano
Choral Arts Symphonic Chorus
PERFORMANCE TIMING:
105 minutes including a 15 minute intermission.
To keep you safe, we are requiring masks to be worn inside our venues at all times. Proof of full vaccination against COVID-19 or a recent negative COVID-19 PCR test taken less than 72 hours before the performance are required. Visit ChoralArts.org/Health for details and updates on COVID protocols.
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All programs, artists, dates, times, and content are subject to change.