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FREE TO ALL
SUNDAYS @ 7:30PM
CHAMBER MUSIC BY CANDLELIGHT
Featuring members of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
SEP 25, 2016 Free Post-Concert Reception
OCT 02, 2016 NOV 20, 2016
SUNDAYS @ 3:30PM
SEP 18, 2016 Francesca Anderegg, violin
OCT 23, 2016
Daniel del Pino, piano
NOV 13, 2016
David Burgess, guitar
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Matthew Kleiser‘ 17
Distinctive talents, boundless possibilities. notoriety for his exceptional voice and artistry. This season, he returns to the Metropolitan Opera as Mercutio in the new production of Roméo et Juliette conducted by Gianandrea Noseda. He will also sing Pelléas in Pelléas et Melisande with Franz Welser-Möst and the Cleveland Orchestra in a fullystaged production by Yuval Sharon, as well as at Opéra-Théâtre de Limoges and with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra under Charles Dutoit. He will make his Florida Grand Opera debut as Reinaldo Arenas in Jorge Martin’ s Before Night Falls and returns with William Christie and Les Arts Florissants to sing Rameau’ s Les Indes galantes in Luxembourg. In concert, he will sing recitals in New York, Winnipeg, and Philadelphia. Recent major highlights include Figaro in The Barber of Seville( MET), Anthony in Sweeney Todd( San Francisco Opera), Harlekin in Ariadne auf Naxos with Kirill Petrenko in Munich and Paris( Bayerische Staatsoper), Pelléas( Bayerische Staatsoper debut), Mercutio in Roméo et Juliette conducted by Harry Bicket( Santa Fe Opera), Prince Hérisson de Porc-Epic in Laurent Pelly’ s new production of Chabrier’ s L’ étoile which was recorded for DVD( Dutch National Opera), Ramiro in L’ heure espagnole( Glyndebourne Festival), and Harlekin under Fabio Luisi( Opernhaus Zurich).
Elliot Madore is making his BSO debut.
Baltimore Choral Arts Society
The Baltimore Choral Arts Society, now in its 51 st season, performs throughout the mid-Atlantic region, as well as in Washington, D. C., New York, and in Europe.
Baltimore Choral Arts Society
The Chorus has performed for sold-out audiences in Paris and Aixen-Provence, and has also appeared at Spain’ s prestigious Festival of the Costa del Sol. In 2006, WMAR TV won an Emmy award for the ensemble’ s annual special,“ Christmas with Choral Arts.” Music Director Tom Hall and the chorus were also featured in the PBS documentary“ Jews and Christians: A Journey of Faith,” broadcast on National Public Radio. Mr. Hall is the host of“ Choral Arts Classics,” a monthly program on WYPR that features the Choral Arts Chorus, and he is the host of WYPR’ s“ Maryland Morning.”
Baltimore Choral Arts’ CDs include“ Christmas at America’ s First Cathedral,” on Gothic Records, and a recording with Dave Brubeck, featuring Brubeck’ s oratorio,“ The Gates of Justice” on the NAXOS label along with two recordings in current release:“ Christmas with Choral Arts” and a live recording of the Rachmaninoff“ All-Night Vigil.”
Choral Arts appears regularly with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and has also performed with the National Symphony, the Reading Symphony, and others. The Chorus has collaborated with Chanticleer, Dave Brubeck, the King’ s Singers, Peter Schickele, Sweet Honey in the Rock and others.
Appointed Music Director in 1982, Mr. Hall has premiered works by contemporary composers including Peter Schickele, Libby Larsen, James Lee, III and Rosephanye Dunn Powell.
Mr. Hall is also an active guest conductor in the United States and in Europe and has prepared choruses for Leonard Bernstein, Robert Shaw, Helmuth Rilling and others. He served for 10 years as the Chorus Master of the Baltimore Opera Company and for 32 years as Director of Choral Activities at Goucher College.
The Baltimore Choral Arts Society last appeared with the BSO in May 2016, performing Bach ' s Mass in B minor, Nicholas McGegan, conductor.
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