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Harvard University Choir: The music of Nancy Galbraith.

Harvard University Choir: The music of Nancy Galbraith. Date: Sunday, March 4, 2025, 4 p.m. Location: The Memorial Church Sanctuary Harvard University Choir performs Nancy Galbraith’s Sacred Songs and Interludes. Program: https://memorialchurch.harvard.edu/sites/g/files/omnuum7126/files/2025-04/2025-05-04%20-%20Galbraith%20Concert%20Program.pdf To support the mission and programs of the Memorial Church, go to our Donation Page: https://memorialchurch.harvard.edu/do...

Joseph Haydn: The Creation (April 2017)

The Harvard University Choir performs Haydn's The Creation in the Memorial Church of Harvard University, April 29, 2017. Music by Joseph Haydn (1732-1809). Libretto by Gottfried van Swieten (1733-1803). English adaptation by Vincent Novello (1781-1861). Harvard University Choir & Grand Harmonie conducted by Edward Elwyn Jones.

Handel’s Coronation Anthems and Purcell’s Hail! Bright Cecilia

Harvard University Choir and Harvard Baroque Chamber Orchestra under the direction of Edward Elwyn Jones present George Frideric Handel’s Four Coronation Anthems (1727) and Henry Purcell’s Hail! Bright Cecilia (1692) Program: https://memorialchurch.harvard.edu/sites/projects.iq.harvard.edu/files/thememorialchurch/files/042024_handel-purcell_concert.pdf

Judas Maccabaeus, Oratorio in Three Parts (April 2019)

JUDAS MACCABAEUS Oratorio in Three Parts, HWV 63 (1746) Music by George Frideric Handel (1685–1759) Libretto by Thomas Morell (1703–1784) Judas Maccabaeus: Gene Stenger Israelites: Isabella Kopits, Arianna Paz, Faith Pak, Angela Eichhorst, Benjamin Wenzelberg, Claire Dickson, Kath Courtemanche, Elizabeth Wu, Clare Duncan, Katherine Lazar, May Wang, Ethan Craigo, Elba Alonso Monsalve, Theodora Mautz, Evelynne Fulda, Hugh Strike, Rena Cohen, Rebecca Stewart Simon: Andrew Jing, Sean Telford, Adrian Cho, Freddie MacBruce, Jasper Schoff Eupolemus (the Jewish Ambassador to Rome): Richard Tong Harvard Baroque Chamber Orchestra Harvard University Choir Edward Elwyn Jones, conductor Opening remarks by Rabbi Jonah Chanan Steinberg

Claudio Monteverdi: L'Orfeo (Oct 2017)

The Harvard University Choir and Harvard Baroque Chamber Orchestra conducted by Edward Elwyn Jones at the Memorial Church of Harvard University, October 21, 2017. L'Orfeo: Music by Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643); Libretto by Alessandro Striggio the Younger (1573-1630).

Music Of Haydn, Mozart & C.P.E. Bach

The Harvard University Choir and the Harvard Baroque Chamber Orchestra will perform Joseph Haydn's L’infedeltà Delusa (Sinfonia), W. A. Mozart's Vesperae solennes de Confessore, and C. P. E. Bach's Magnificat. Download program: http://bit.ly/32kPuI0 MUSIC OF HAYDN, MOZART & C.P.E. BACH L’infedeltà Delusa (Sinfonia), Hob. XXVIII:5 (1773) Joseph Haydn (1732–1809) Vesperae solennes de Confessore, K. 339 (1780) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791) 1. Dixit Dominus (Psalm 110) (Rena Cohen, Elizabeth Corbus, Patrick Braga, Christian Carson, soloists) 2. Confitebor tibi Domine (Psalm 111) (Benjamin Wenzelberg, Claire Murphy, Samuel Rosner, Henrique Neves) 3. Beatus vir qui timet Dominum (Psalm 112) (Sophie Choate, Camille Sammeth, Adam Mombru, Freddie MacBruce) 4. Laudate pueri Dominum (Psalm 113) 5. Laudate Dominum omnes gentes (Psalm 117) (Isabella Kopits) 6. Magnificat (Angela Eichhorst, Cana McGhee, Jasper Schoff, Joseph Gauvreau) Intermission (10 minutes) Magnificat, Wq 215, H. 772 (1749, rev. 1779) Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714–1788) 1. Magnificat 2. Quia respexit (Katharine Courtemanche) 3. Quia fecit 4. Et misericordia (Samuel Rosner) 5. Fecit potentiam (Henrique Neves) 6. Deposuit potentes de sede (Katherine Lazar and Gregory Lipson) 7. Suscepit Israel (May Wang) 8. Gloria patri 9. Sicut erat in principio Harvard University Choir Harvard Baroque Chamber Orchestra Edward Elwyn Jones, conductor

Claudio Monteverdi: Vespers (1610) (April 2018)

The Harvard University Choir and Harvard Baroque Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Edward Ewlyn Jones, performed Monteverdi's Vespers at the Memorial Church of Harvard University, April 28, 2018.

Christoph Willibald Gluck: Alceste (Oct 2018)

The Harvard University Choir, under the direction of Edward Elwyn Jones, performs Christoph Willibald Gluck's Alceste, in the Memorial Church, Oct. 20, 2018. Download the program: https://memorialchurch.harvard.edu/files/thememorialchurch/files/alceste_program.pdf

Remembering: A Concert Commemorating the Centennial of the End of World War I (Nov 2018)

Remembering, A Concert Commemorating the Centennial of the End of World War I: Harvard University Choir, conducted by Edward Elwyn Jones, performed Nov. 11, 2018 at the Memorial Church of Harvard University,

Igor Stravinsky's L'Histoire Du Soldat (The Soldier's Tale) (Nov 2018)

The music department of the Memorial Church of Harvard University, under the direction of Edward Elwyn Jones, performs Igor Stravinsky's L'Histoire Du Soldat , in the Memorial Church, Nov. 11, 2018. The piece for storytellers and instrumental ensemble features the talents of Thomas Forrest Kelley, Thomas Sheehan and Carson Cooman.

Jonathan Dove: Tobias and the Angel (March 2018)

The Harvard University Choir, conducted by Edward Elwyn Jones, performs Tobias and the Angel, a church opera by Jonathan Dove to a libretto by David Lan at the Memorial Church of Harvard University, March 4, 2018.

Orfeo ed Euridice, Act 1 (Christoph Willibald Gluck)

Orfeo ed Euridice (1762) Azione teatrale in three acts Music by Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714–1787) Libretto by Ranieri de’ Calzabigi (1714–1795) 29 October 2014 The Memorial Church at Harvard University Harvard University Choir Grand Harmonie Edward Elwyn Jones, conductor Amanda Forsythe and Jessica Petrus, sopranos Orfeo: Julia Mintzer, mezzo-soprano Euridice: Amanda Forsythe, soprano Amore: Margot Rood, soprano

Orfeo ed Euridice, Act 2 (Christoph Willibald Gluck)

Orfeo ed Euridice, Act 3 (Christoph Willibald Gluck)

Die Israeliten in der Wüste, Wq 238 and Heilig, Wq 217 (C.P.E. Bach)

28 March 2014 The Memorial Church at Harvard University Harvard University Choir Harvard Baroque Chamber Orchestra Edward Elwyn Jones, conductor Amanda Forsythe and Jessica Petrus, sopranos Jonas Budris, tenor David McFerrin, bass