Choral
Classics

Handel’s Messiah

December 9, 2017 at 8:00PM | Basilica of Saint John the Evangelist, Stamford, CT

MasterVoices makes its inaugural appearance with the Stamford Symphony in a performance of Part I and the “Hallelujah” Chorus (Part II) of Handel’s Messiah, conducted by Ted Sperling.

Te Deum & A Child of Our Time

By Anton Bruckner and Michael Tippett

February 3, 2012 at 7:00PM | Carnegie Hall

Written in response to Kristallnacht in a decidedly twentieth-century musical language,  A Child of Our Time  is a unique oratorio that reflects Tippett’s pacifism and belief that people contain both “shadow and light.”

Our America

March 7, 2018 at 7:00PM | 7 East 7th Street | The Great Hall at The Cooper Union

Conceived by Artistic Director Ted Sperling, Our America puts MasterVoices’ diverse chorus in service of the wide range of immigrant stories and sounds that have come to define American music. The evening will feature newly commissioned work, American premieres, and new arrangements of classics.

Mefistofele

By Arrigo Boito

November 8, 2013 at 8:00PM | Carnegie Hall

Mefistofele, by Arrigo Boito, based on the legend of Faust. Featuring bass-baritone Eric Owens, Arturo Chacón-Cruz, and soprano Julianna Di Giacomo, and with the combined forces of The Collegiate Chorale and Manhattan Girl’s Chorus depicting sorcerers, witches, will-o the-wisps, ancient Greek nymphs, penitents, and cherubim, this performance will provide heavenly music and devilish good fun.

battle hymns

By David Lang

May 8, 2014 at 7:30PM | Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum

The Collegiate Chorale presents the New York Premiere of this unusual and haunting work, performed within the expansive Hangar Deck of the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum, a setting rich in the remembrance of wars served.