Handel’ s Messiah
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Concert Artists of Baltimore
Handel’ s Messiah
Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall Friday, December 2, 2016— 7:30 pm Sunday, December 4, 2016— 3pm
Music Center At Strathmore Saturday, December 3, 2016— 7:30pm
Edward Polochick, Conductor and Harpsichord Jennifer O’ Loughlin, Soprano Diana Moore, Mezzo Soprano Nicholas Phan, Tenor Luca Pisaroni, Bass Baritone Concert Artists of Baltimore Symphonic Chorale
G. F. Handel Messiah( choral text, pg. 14) Part I
INTERMISSION
Part II Part III JENNIFER O’ LOUGHLIN DIANA MOORE NICHOLAS PHAN LUCA PISARONI CONCERT ARTISTS OF BALTIMORE
SYMPHONIC CHORALE
The concert will end at approximately 10pm on Friday and Saturday, and 5:30pm on Sunday.
Performances on December 2 and 4 will be recorded. process to participate in the“ Capacity Building Baltimore” program.
This season also marks Mr. Polochick’ s 19 th as Music Director of Lincoln’ s Symphony Orchestra in Nebraska. Since 1979, he has been at the Peabody Conservatory of Music as associate conductor of the orchestra, director of choral ensembles and opera conductor. An accomplished pianist and harpsichordist, Mr. Polochick has appeared as piano soloist with the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra.
Mr. Polochick, who won the Leopold Stokowski Conducting Award, has appeared with the Houston Symphony, Chautauqua Symphony, the Opera Company of Philadelphia, the Aalborg Symphony of Denmark, St. Petersburg Symphony in Russia and the State of Mexico Symphony Orchestra.
He is a regular panelist on Face The Music, a review of recordings on WBJC- FM. He received the Peggy and Yale Gordon Achievement Award and in 2002 was awarded the Johns Hopkins University Distinguished Alumnus Award, one of only three Peabody alumni to be so honored. Last season Mr. Polochick led a set of Masterworks Series concerts on the podium of the Charleston( S. C.) Symphony.
Edward Polochick and Concert Artists of Baltimore
The current season marks Edward Polochick’ s 30 th year as artistic director of Concert Artists of Baltimore( CAB), an all-professional orchestra and vocal ensemble of 80 musicians. CAB’ s mission is to present classical music performances of well known and lesser known composers to audiences in the Greater Baltimore metropolitan area.
CAB’ s full ensembles perform this season at the Basilica of the Assumption and St. Pius X Church, while smaller chamber music groups perform at The Engineers Club at the Garrett-Jacobs Mansion. The orchestra and chorus are frequently hired for performances throughout the region by other organizations. The 2015 – 2016 season featured a collaboration with the Baltimore Rock Opera Society at the inaugural Light City Baltimore festival. In 2015, Concert Artists of Baltimore was one of 20 Baltimore arts organizations chosen by the DeVos Institute through a competitive application
Concert Artists of Baltimore last appeared with the BSO in December 2015, performing Handel’ s Messiah, Edward Polochick, conductor.
Jennifer O’ Loughlin
Jennifer O’ Loughlin has received critical acclaim for her performances throughout Europe, America and Japan. In 2015, she debuted with the New National Theater Tokyo singing
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