The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Concert Artists of Baltimore Symphonic Chorale, and internationally acclaimed soloists usher in the Eastern Shore’s Christmas musical season with a complete traditional performance of Handel’s Messiah in the Todd Performing Arts Center at Chesapeake College on Saturday, December 5 at 7:30PM.
Edward Polochick is the conductor of the ensemble. He is also the artistic director of the Concert Artists of Baltimore. Mr. Polochick is now in his 18th season as music director of the Lincoln, Nebraska Symphony Orchestra. He was also director of the Baltimore Symphony Chorus, and since 1979 has been director of choral ensembles and opera conductor at the Peabody Conservatory. Mr. Polochick is an accomplished pianist and harpsichordist and has appeared with the Philadelphia Orchestra and Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra.
The soloists are American soprano and Peabody Conservatory graduate Jennifer O’Loughlin, who has performed with major orchestras and opera companies throughout Europe. Bass Soloman Howard recently graduated from the Washington National Opera’s Domingo-Cafritz Young Artist Program and has garnered high praise for his performances with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Washington National Opera, Santa Fe Opera and l’Opera national de Bordeaux. Tenor Sean Panikkar appears this season at Michigan Opera Theater as Rodolfo in La boheme , Kurt Weil’s Lost in the Stars, and the world premiere of JFK at the Fort Worth Opera. In 2013 he was seen by millions singing with an operatic group on NBC’s America’s Got Talent. Mezzo –soprano Nancy Maultsby has developed a repertoire in demand by opera companies ranging from Monteverdi and Handel to recent works by John Adams. This season she’ll be singing with the San Antonio Symphony in performances of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, and later she’ll be at Lyric Opera of Kansas City in Dvorak’s Rusalka.
George Frideric Handel’s Messiah was originally an Easter offering, but it has become a fixture of the Christmas season. Here on the Shore numerous amateur community performances can be found around the holiday. But none will offer the grandeur of this performance featuring a 70 voice chorale, internationally acclaimed soloists all backed up by the renowned Baltimore Symphony Orchestra.
The Mid-Shore Symphony Society is now in its 45th season of presenting the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra in partnership with Chesapeake College to Eastern Shore audiences. This season the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra celebrates its 100th anniversary.
These concerts are supported in part by ticket sales, the Maryland Arts Council, Queen Anne’s Arts County Council, Kent County Arts Council, Talbot County Arts Council, and generous contributions by friends of the Baltimore Symphony.
Tickets are $40, students $10, and are available at the door, or call 410 827 5867.
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