Experience the magic of the season with Musica Sacra at Carnegie Hall. Acclaimed soprano Kathryn Lewek joins for the “Glory to God” sequence and “Rejoice greatly” from Messiah, and sings  Adolphe Adam’s beloved Cantique de Noël. Metropolitan Opera harpist Mariko Anraku is featured in a performance of  Handel’s Concerto for Harp in B-flat Major. This festive evening includes glorious choral selections from Bach’s Mass in B Minor and Rachmaninoff’s Vespers, plus beautiful choral and orchestral works by Corelli, Poulenc, Helena Paish, and Randall Thompson.

Program

J.S. BACH  “Gloria in excelsis” from Mass in B Minor
RANDALL THOMPSON  Alleluia
ALESSANDRO CORELLI  Concerto Grosso No. 8 in G Minor
G.F. HANDEL  Excerpts from Messiah:
Pastoral Symphony
“Glory to God”
“Rejoice greatly”
FRANCIS POULENC  O Magnum Mysterium
HELENA PAISH  “While Mary Slept”
G.F. HANDEL  Concerto for Harp in B-flat Major, Op. 4, No. 6
ADOLPHE ADAM  Cantique de Noël*
SERGEI RACHMANINOFF  “Bogoroditse Dyevo” from Vespers
G.F. HANDEL  “Worthy is the Lamb” from Messiah