"The Best of The Best" - The Worcester Chorus, Christopher Shepard, Artistic Director
with Ian Watson on the Mechanics Hall Great Hook Organ
Friday, October 23, 2009
Mechanics Hall - 8 PM Performance
Overview
The Worcester Chorus celebrates 150 spectacular years of performing "The Best of the Best" for The Worcester Music Festival, and welcomes Maestro Christopher Shepard for his inaugural season as Artistic Director of the Worcester Chorus. This concert is a look back at some of the most beloved choral music of the earliest years...featuring works of Bach, Handel, Haydn, Brahms, Faure, Mendelssohn, and concluding with "The Ode to Joy" from Beethoven's 9th Symphony. The chorus will be accompanied in the grand 19th century style by world-renowned organist Ian Watson on the magnificent Hook organ in Mechanics Hall, the chorus' home of over a century and a half.
TICKETS: $33, $30, STUDENTS WITH ID $20
The Worcester Chorus proved to be genuine masters of the choral art as they presented a sensational concert. - Telegram & Gazette
Program
Brahms, Bach, Handel, Haydn, Faure, Mendelssohn, Beethoven
Ian Watson, world-renowned organist Christopher Shepard, Artistic Director
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