Overture Magazine: 2017-2018 Season November-December 2017 | Page 15

THE CITY CHOIR OF WASHINGTON
Celebrating Maestro Shafer’s 50th anniversary as a conductor in the Washington, DC area.
THE HOLLY AND THE IV Y
MUSIC FOR CHRIST MAS
Sunday, December 17, 2017, 4:30 p.m.
National Presbyterian Church
The City Choir of Washington’s annual holiday concert brims with
seasonal cheer and traditional favorites, along with a few undiscovered
joys. Join us for a performance of beautiful seasonal choral works and
sing-along carols with the choir and audience. Each year, The City
Choir is pleased to showcase an outstanding local high school choir as our “Partner in Song” to share the
joy of the season. This year’s choir will be James Hubert Blake High School’s A CAPPELLA!, directed
by Sandra Zinkievich. This concert is always popular, so we encourage you to order your tickets early.
LAUDATE PUERI DOMINUM
BARTOLDUS MAGNIFICAT WORLD PREMIERE
CHARPENTIER TE DEUM
HANDEL
Sunday, April 22, 2018, 4:30 p.m.
National Presbyterian Church
Featuring Metropolitan Opera soprano Danielle Talamantes
A spectacular tribute to Maestro Shafer’s 50th anniversary as a
conductor in Washington, DC. The program features the world premiere
performance of a fascinating setting of the Magnificat by the young American composer, Brian Bartoldus.
Mr. Bartoldus’ setting strives “to do deep dives into the many intense emotions and thoughts surrounding
the life-changing experience of having a child. While the orchestra and the structure are Baroque, its
harmonic language is more contemporary, with a nod to late 20th century composers MacMillan and
Schnittke.” Opening the concert will be the youthful and exuberant Laudate pueri dominum by Handel,
composed when he was only 22! The program concludes by transporting you to the shimmering court of
Louis XIV with the thrilling and justly famous Te Deum of Marc Antoine Charpentier. All three works will
feature the acclaimed Metropolitan Opera soprano, Danielle Talamantes.
Order your tickets today!
Visit citychoir.org
or call 571-206-8525.
TICKETS: $15-$50.
Student and group
discounts available.