ABOUT THE CONCERT

Rejoice! Handel's treasured sacred work, which has long been a beloved holiday staple, returns to the Winspear stage. This classic Christmas tradition, composed in 1741, will put you in the holiday mood with its splendid arias, powerful recitatives, and glorious choral sections, including the famous "Hallelujah" chorus. Conducted by Timothy Shantz, featuring the Richard Eaton Singers with your ESO.

This concert will be approximately 2.5 hours with an intermission.

FEATURED ARTISTS

Timothy Shantz, Conductor

Richard Eaton Singers

Mireille Asselin, Soprano

Lawrence Wiliford, Tenor

Daniel Moody, Countertenor

Tyler Duncan, Baritone

ABOUT THE CONCERT

Rejoice! Handel's treasured sacred work, which has long been a beloved holiday staple, returns to the Winspear stage. This classic Christmas tradition, composed in 1741, will put you in the holiday mood with its splendid arias, powerful recitatives, and glorious choral sections, including the famous "Hallelujah" chorus. Conducted by Timothy Shantz, featuring the Richard Eaton Singers with your ESO.

This concert will be approximately 2.5 hours with an intermission.

FEATURED ARTISTS

Timothy Shantz, Conductor

Richard Eaton Singers

Mireille Asselin, Soprano

Lawrence Wiliford, Tenor

Daniel Moody, Countertenor

Tyler Duncan, Baritone

Bach, Purcell, Hughes, Walker
November 8–10, 2024

Themes of memory & hope abound in early music of Germany, England, and America. Alongside two monumental works by a young J.S. Bach, the chaconne for solo violin and the cantata Actus Tragicus, we feature American hymnody and folksong, H. Purcell’s “Evening Hymn,” T. Campion’s “Never weather-beaten sail,” and living composer David Hughes’ “May He Support Us All The Day Long.”

Sheila Dietrich,soprano
Daniel Moody,countertenor
Ben Geier,tenor
Jared Swope,bass
Anne Timberlake,recorders
Fiona Hughes,violin
René Schiffer,cello & viola da gamba
Jane Leggiero,viola da gamba
Joel VanderZee,organ & baritone

**Preconcert talk by Artistic Director Fiona Hughes 30 minutes before each performance.

Sunday, November 10, 4:00pm
Grace Episcopal Church
5607 Gordonsville Road, Keswick (Charlottesville)

Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/requiem-aeternam-keswick-charlottesville-tickets-930341936777

Bach, Purcell, Hughes, Walker
November 8–10, 2024

Themes of memory & hope abound in early music of Germany, England, and America. Alongside two monumental works by a young J.S. Bach, the chaconne for solo violin and the cantata Actus Tragicus, we feature American hymnody and folksong, H. Purcell’s “Evening Hymn,” T. Campion’s “Never weather-beaten sail,” and living composer David Hughes’ “May He Support Us All The Day Long.”

Sheila Dietrich,soprano
Daniel Moody,countertenor
Ben Geier,tenor
Jared Swope,bass
Anne Timberlake,recorders
Fiona Hughes,violin
René Schiffer,cello & viola da gamba
Jane Leggiero,viola da gamba
Joel VanderZee,organ & baritone

**Preconcert talk by Artistic Director Fiona Hughes 30 minutes before each performance.

Saturday, November 9, 4:00pm
Emmanuel Episcopal Church
7599 Rockfish Gap Turnpike (Rt. 250 West), Greenwood (Crozet)

Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/requiem-aeternam-greenwood-crozet-tickets-930341274797

Bach, Purcell, Hughes, Walker
November 8–10, 2024

Themes of memory & hope abound in early music of Germany, England, and America. Alongside two monumental works by a young J.S. Bach, the chaconne for solo violin and the cantata Actus Tragicus, we feature American hymnody and folksong, H. Purcell’s “Evening Hymn,” T. Campion’s “Never weather-beaten sail,” and living composer David Hughes’ “May He Support Us All The Day Long.”

Sheila Dietrich,soprano
Daniel Moody,countertenor
Ben Geier,tenor
Jared Swope,bass
Anne Timberlake,recorders
Fiona Hughes,violin
René Schiffer,cello & viola da gamba
Jane Leggiero,viola da gamba
Joel VanderZee,organ & baritone

**Preconcert talk by Artistic Director Fiona Hughes 30 minutes before each performance.

Friday, November 8, 7:30pm
Trinity Episcopal Church
214 W. Beverley Street, Staunton

Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/requiem-aeternam-staunton-tickets-928642102527

Alto soloist for BWV 79 "Gott der Herr ist Sonn und Schild"

The Performers
Pascale Beaudin, soprano
Daniel Moody, alto
Robert Getchell, tenor
Douglas Williams, bass
Oliver Brault & Chloe Fedor, violin
Kristen Linfante, viola
Loretta O’Sullivan, cello
Scott Pauley, lute
Andrew Appel, harpsichord

The Program
Byrd: Mass of 4 parts: Kyrie & Agnus Dei
Purcell: Scenes, suites, & arias
Handel: Arias

Eminent American composer John Adams returns to the Met after a decade-long hiatus for the company premiere of his acclaimed opera-oratorio, which incorporates sacred and secular texts in English, Spanish, and Latin, from biblical times to the present day, in an extraordinarily dramatic retelling of the Nativity.

El Niño brings together three of contemporary opera’s fiercest champions, all of whom make highly anticipated company debuts: Marin Alsop, one of the great conductors of our time, who has led more than 200 new-music premieres; soprano Julia Bullock, a leading voice on and off stage; and pathbreaking bass-baritone Davóne Tines.

Radiant mezzo-sopranos J’Nai Bridges and Daniela Mack take turns completing the principal trio. The moving, fully-staged new production also marks the Met debut of Lileana Blain-Cruz, resident director at Lincoln Center Theater, who received universal acclaim for her Tony-nominated 2022 production of The Skin of Our Teeth.

The trio of countertenors who make up the voice of the narrator/angels and wise men are sung by Key’mon Murrah, Siman Chung and Eric Jurenas.

Daniel Moody is covering each of these performances along with Cody Bowers and Jake Ingbar.

Tuesday, Apr 23 2024 |  8:00PM | El Niño

Saturday, Apr 27 2024 |  8:00PM | El Niño

Wednesday, May  1 2024 |  7:30PM | El Niño

Saturday, May  4 2024 |  1:00PM | El Niño

Wednesday, May  8 2024 |  7:30PM | El Niño

Saturday, May 11 2024 |  8:00PM | El Niño

Friday, May 17 2024 |  7:30PM | El Niño

More info and tickets follow link below.

Divine Pathways exhibit at Saint John the Divine: Soprano, Nola Richardson and countertenor, Daniel Moody sing one of the baroque period’s greatest duets.

Commissioned by The Santa Fe Opera for premiere in summer 2024, composer Gregory Spears and former U.S. Poet Laureate and Pulitzer Prize–winner Tracy K. Smith discuss their newest collaboration, which explores the intersection between religious faith and political power. Highlights are performed culminating an opera workshop.

HANDEL’s Orlando

Doors open at 6:30 | Lecture at 6:45

Daniel Moody, Orlando
Peter Walker, Zoroastre
Molly Netter, Angelica
Sheila Dietrich, Dorinda
Angela Young Smucker, Medoro
Timothy Nelson, stage director
Carsten Schmidt, conductor

The 2023 Summer Festival opens with one of Handel's most fantastical Italian operas, Orlando. This new staged production developed by Timothy Nelson features vocal soloists and the SMF Baroque Orchestra. Sung in Italian with English supertitles.

Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra 
Richard Egarr, conductor 

Nicholas Mulroy, tenor (Acis)  
Hera Hyesang Park, soprano (Galatea) 
Isaiah Bell, tenor (Damon) 
Dashon Burton, bass-baritone (Polyphemus) 
Daniel Moody, countertenor (ensemble)
 
Aria Umezawa, director 

3:00pm / Join us for a lecture with MIT professor emeritus and Handel scholar Ellen T. Harris. 

We’ve all been there … you (Galatea) are madly in love (with that hottie, Acis), when a jealous monster destroys your relationship with one smash of a boulder. Rather than mope about it, you use your magic powers to transform your (now deceased) lover into a beautiful fountain that flows eternally! This pastoral opera premiered in 1718 and remains one of Handel’s most popular dramatic works. Join Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra — recognized as “America’s leading historically informed ensemble” (The New York Times) — and some of opera’s most revered voices in this fully costumed presentation, surrounded by Caramoor’s serene gardens.

Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra 
Richard Egarr, conductor 

Nicholas Mulroy, tenor (Acis)  
Hera Hyesang Park, soprano (Galatea) 
Isaiah Bell, tenor (Damon) 
Dashon Burton, bass-baritone (Polyphemus) 
Daniel Moody, countertenor (ensemble)
 
Aria Umezawa, director 

3:00pm / Join us for a lecture with MIT professor emeritus and Handel scholar Ellen T. Harris. 

We’ve all been there … you (Galatea) are madly in love (with that hottie, Acis), when a jealous monster destroys your relationship with one smash of a boulder. Rather than mope about it, you use your magic powers to transform your (now deceased) lover into a beautiful fountain that flows eternally! This pastoral opera premiered in 1718 and remains one of Handel’s most popular dramatic works. Join Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra — recognized as “America’s leading historically informed ensemble” (The New York Times) — and some of opera’s most revered voices in this fully costumed presentation, surrounded by Caramoor’s serene gardens.

Brooklyn Art Song Society presents New Voices Festival: Worldliness I

Worldliness I explores song through the prism of the European Avant Garde, including modern classics by Birtwistle, Reimann, and Saariaho alongside brilliant works from the next generation of European composers.

Benjamin Attahir De l’ineffable
Harrison Birtwistle Songs from the Same Earth
Hannah Kendall Incident
Aribert Reimann Sinnig zwischen beyden Welten (American Premiere)
Kaija Saariaho Luonnon kasvot
Anna Thorvaldsdottir Hvolf

Maggie Finnegan soprano
Andrew Fuchs tenor
Daniel Moody countertenor
Michael Brofman, Renate Rohlfing, Joel Harder piano
Chieh-Fan Yiu viola

Artists
Daniel Moody, countertenor
Carlos Ahrens, tenor
Elliot Madore, bass
May Festival Chamber Choir, Robert Porco, director
May Festival Youth Chorus, Matthew Swanson, director
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

Program
GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL: Dettingen Te Deum
OLIVIA BENNETT: Ethereal Fields*
*May Festival Commission; World Premiere

Baroque Lenten Vespers

Two solo cantatas -- Buxtehude's "Herzlich tut mich verlangen" (BuxWV 42) for soprano, and Bach's "Widerstehe doch der Sünde" (BWV 54) for counter-tenor, reflect upon the believer's suffering, temptation, and ultimate triumph over sin. 

The program features two contemporary works by renowned performers of sacred music -- the doleful exilic Psalm 137, "By the waters of Babylon," set stirringly by McNeil Robinson; and a short, celestial setting of "Jesu, meine Seelen Wonne" for voice and strings by the Bach Institute's Rudolph Lutz. 

No tickets required; seating is first-come, first-served. Arrive a few minutes early to hear the string prelude.

Performers:

Dr. Janet Sora Chung, Organ, Co-artistic Director
Carmen Johnson Pajaro, Violin
Amelia Sie, Violin
Maren Rothfritz, Viola
Adam Young, Violoncello

Audrey Fernandez-Fraser, Soprano, Co-artistic Director
Daniel Moody, Counter-tenor
Andrew Yeargin, Tenor
William Hawley, Bass

Thomas Crawford leads the American Classical Orchestra in a program of much-loved Bach cantatas. 

Program:
Cantata No. 42  Am Abend aber desselbigen Sabbats
Cantata No. 18  Gleichwie der Regen und Schnee vom Himmel fällt
Cantata No. 36  Schwingt freudig euch empor

Corrine Byrne, soprano
Sherezade Panthaki, soprano
Sylvia Leith, mezzo-soprano
Daniel Moody, countertenor
Brian Giebler, tenor
Lawrence Jones, tenor
Edmund Milly, bass-baritone
Joseph Parrish, bass-baritone
Marc Schachman, oboe and oboe d’amore

Bach’s church cantatas (Bachkantaten) comprise a body of over 200 surviving works, the first dating from 1707, the year Bach moved to Mühlhausen. Most date from his early years in Leipzig, where, at the age of thirty-eight, he became the director of music at Thomaskirche. There, and later at other Leipzig churches, Bach was tasked with conducting the orchestra, choir, and soloists in cantatas for Sunday services and on holy days. Over the years, he regularly composed a cantata a week—each quoting a reading prescribed by the Lutheran liturgical calendar. It is believed that he composed his final cantata in 1745, five years before his death.

Am Abend aber desselbigen Sabbats BWV 42 (On the evening, however, of the same Sabbath). Part of his second annual cycle—composed in Leipzig for the first Sunday after Easter, 8 April 1725. It is the only cantata in this cycle that does not use a chorale. 

During his early years in Weimar (likely 1711), Bach composed Gleichwie der Regen und Schnee vom Himmel fällt, BWV 18 (Just as the rain and snow fall from heaven) for the second Sunday before Lent. Written in five movements, this cantata is unusual for its use of violas but no violin. Among its texts: the Parable of the Sower from the Gospel of Isaiah and a litany of Martin Luther.

Schwingt freudig euch empor, BWV 36 (Soar joyfully upwards) —composed in Leipzig for the first Sunday of Advent, 1731, For this, the composer borrowed material from an earlier congratulatory cantata, composed to a libretto by the Leipzig poet Picander. In this work, Bach turns secular into sacred—not a stretch for him, as faith permeated all aspects of his life. This cantata is unique in its structure, combining arias and chorale without recitatives.

Tickets, priced at $75, $55, and $35, are available to purchase now online or by calling ACO at 212.362.2727, ext. 4.

Come enjoy an evening of magic filled with the ethereal beauty of Britten’s atmospheric score and Shakespeare’s fantastical story. Based on the famous play, A Midsummer Night's Dream follows a myriad of hilarious characters in a whimsical whirlwind of magic potions, love triangles and mistaken identities. Vancouver audiences will be thrilled to welcome back Jacques Lacombe as conductor in this company premiere.

Come enjoy an evening of magic filled with the ethereal beauty of Britten’s atmospheric score and Shakespeare’s fantastical story. Based on the famous play, A Midsummer Night's Dream follows a myriad of hilarious characters in a whimsical whirlwind of magic potions, love triangles and mistaken identities. Vancouver audiences will be thrilled to welcome back Jacques Lacombe as conductor in this company premiere.

Come enjoy an evening of magic filled with the ethereal beauty of Britten’s atmospheric score and Shakespeare’s fantastical story. Based on the famous play, A Midsummer Night's Dream follows a myriad of hilarious characters in a whimsical whirlwind of magic potions, love triangles and mistaken identities. Vancouver audiences will be thrilled to welcome back Jacques Lacombe as conductor in this company premiere.

Bach’s Christmas Oratorio

Saturday, December 16, 2022
Part I (Cantatas 1-3)
Saturday, December 17, 2022
Part II (Cantatas 4-6)

Ring in the Christmas season as Trinity Music & Portland Baroque Orchestra present J.S. Bach’s spectacular Christmas Oratorio! Over two nights, conductor Malcolm Archer will lead PBO, the Trinity Cathedral Choir & Choristers, and soloists from across the country to present this monumental work. After each concert, celebrate the season with your fellow concertgoers at a festive Wassail Party!

Tickets: https://app.arts-people.com/index.php?ticketing=csdtc

Evelyn Johnson Zamudio, soprano

Daniel Moody, countertenor

Nils Neubert, tenor

Daniel Pickens-Jones, bass

Malcolm Archer, guest conductor

Bach’s Christmas Oratorio

Saturday, December 16, 2022
Part I (Cantatas 1-3)
Saturday, December 17, 2022
Part II (Cantatas 4-6)

Ring in the Christmas season as Trinity Music & Portland Baroque Orchestra present J.S. Bach’s spectacular Christmas Oratorio! Over two nights, conductor Malcolm Archer will lead PBO, the Trinity Cathedral Choir & Choristers, and soloists from across the country to present this monumental work. After each concert, celebrate the season with your fellow concertgoers at a festive Wassail Party!

Tickets: https://app.arts-people.com/index.php?ticketing=csdtc

Evelyn Johnson Zamudio, soprano

Daniel Moody, countertenor

Nils Neubert, tenor

Daniel Pickens-Jones, bass

Malcolm Archer, guest conductor

ARKHIPOV - WORLD PREMIERE
60th Anniversary of the nuclear crisis aboard a B-59 Soviet submarine.
Presented in partnership with the Wende Museum of the Cold War.

Peter Knell , composer with libretto by Stephanie Fleischmann
Cast/Characters
Edward Parks III, Vasili Arkhipov
David Leigh, Vitali Savitsky
Katherine Goeldner, Olga Arkhipova
Daniel Moody, Special Weapons Officer
with
David Castillo (Ivan Brisilov), Domenic Delzompo (Arkady Druganin), Michael Dunlap (Daniil Antipov), Carlos Santelli (Ilya Gurkovsky), Todd Strange (Vadim Orlov) and Max Zander (Fima Votov)
Elkhanah Pulitzer, Director; Cori Ellison, Dramaturg; Cath Brittan, producer
Jacaranda Chamber Ensemble
Daniella Candillari, conductor