Jan
6
7:00 PM19:00

Twelfth Night: Duo Seraphim

Our annual Twelfth Night concert this year features joyous baroque duets by Monteverdi and Vivaldi along with a selection of everyone’s favorite traditional carols in the historic candlelit ballroom of the Hammond-Harwood House.  Elissa will be joined by soprano Laura Choi Stuart, Wade Davis, cellist, and Thomas Sheehan, harpsichordist.

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Gershwin in the Garden at the Hammond-Harwood House Museum
Oct
15
4:30 PM16:30

Gershwin in the Garden at the Hammond-Harwood House Museum

Gershwin In The Garden.

Join us for an evening of jazz in the museum gardens for an unforgettable celebration of George Gershwin. Experience some of the most beloved jazz standards of all time: “Someone to Watch Over Me,” “Embraceable You,” “I Got Rhythm,” and more! Elissa Edwards, soprano, is joined by the Miles O’Malley Trio for a heartwarming tribute to Gershwin and highlights from the Great American Songbook.

https://hammondharwoodhouse.org/event/jazz-in-the-garden/

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Oct
9
11:00 AM11:00

J.S. Bach: Motet Singet dem Herrn ein neues lied BWV 225

Sunday, October 9, the St. John’s Choir offers J.S. Bach’s motet Singet dem Herrn ein neues lied (Sing to the Lord a new song).

Among the most ambitious of Bach’s motets, Singet dem Herrn is written for double choir in three movements. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was reportedly so deeply moved upon hearing the work on a visit to Leipzig in 1789 that he requested permission to see the music and proceeded to copy out the parts to take back to Vienna.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-g4Z-nefKo

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Oct
2
4:00 PM16:00

Bach in Baltimore: Bach's Cantata 3 Ach Gott, wie manches Herzeleid

Bach’s Cantata 3 Ach Gott, wie manches Herzeleid (Oh God, how much heartache)

FEATURED SOLOISTS:

Elissa Edwards, soprano*
Kristen Dubenion-Smith, alto
Edmund Milly, bass

Join us for the first concert of our 35th Anniversary season!

Sunday, October 2 at 4 p.m.

The Maryland State Boychoir Center for the Arts

3400 Norman Avenue, Baltimore

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Sunday Afternoon Music at Opus 40 Sculpture Gardens & Museum
Jul
31
2:30 PM14:30

Sunday Afternoon Music at Opus 40 Sculpture Gardens & Museum

Sunday Afternoon Music at Opus 40: Elissa Edwards, soprano & Richard Kolb, lute

Sun Jul 31, 2022 2:30 PM - 6:00 PM EDT

The Canzonetta Duo performs songs and cantatas from Barbara Strozzi’s Op. 3 and 6 which will be featured in their new album. This concert features some of Strozzi’s most tuneful songs and playful display of her compositional techniques.

Tickets can be purchased online at: https://opus40.org/events/sunday-afternoon-music/

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Mar
6
4:00 PM16:00

Mendelssohn's Elijah - Bach in Baltimore

Under the direction of T. Herbert Dimmock, four talented soloists–Elissa Edwards, Soprano; Kristen Dubenion-Smith, Alto; Ben Ellerin, Tenor; and Carl DuPont, Bass–the full Bach in Baltimore Choir & Orchestra bring the Hebrew Biblical story of the prophet Elijah to life. 

Elijah, Mendelssohn’s most famous oratorio, was heavily inspired by the cantatas of J.S. Bach. Mendelssohn’s keen musicological recovery and revival efforts throughout the nineteenth century resurrected the music of J.S. Bach back into the public psyche. After Bach’s death, his music fell out of style and was relegated to music students and practice studios rather than in concert halls for public enjoyment. Mendelssohn famously brought Bach back into fashion with his knockout performance of the St. Matthew Passion.

 Mendelssohn’s Elijah is a thrilling, soaring work whose structure calls to mind the sacred music of Bach that so enthused and inspired him. Acclaimed from its first premiere in 1846, this Elijah alone has cemented Mendelssohn’s place in history as one of the greatest composers of sacred music. 

To learn more specifically about Mendelssohn’s piece, join Maestro Dimmock in Bach in Baltimore’s Musical Notes with Maestro.


FULL PROGRAM:
Mendelssohn’s Elijah

FEATURED SOLOISTS

Elissa Edwards, Soprano

Kristen Dubenion-Smith, Alto*
Ben Ellerin, Tenor
Carl DuPont, Bass**

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Jan
8
8:00 PM20:00

Twelfth Night by Candlelight at the Hammond-Harwood House Museum

Celebrate this year’s Twelfth Night by candlelight in the historic ballroom of the Hammond-Harwood House. Join us for an evening of music, poetry and merrymaking at our annual tradition! This year will feature cantatas and arias by Italian composers Claudio Monteverdi, Alessandro Scarlatti and Claudio Merulo, along with traditional carols of the season. Critically acclaimed soprano, Elissa Edwards, is joined by Dr. Joyce Chen on harpsichord and dramatic poetic recitations by Katrina Atsinger.

Edwards is artist-in-residence at the museum and is hailed for her 'pliant, seductive, free-ranging voice’ (Gramophone) and her 'glistening tone' (Early Music America). The close of the Christmas season on the 6th of January was known in the past as Old Twelfth Night and it was a moment given over to mischief and merrymaking.

This is our most popular event of the year and due to COVID restrictions, we have limited seating for live audience and we encourage early booking.

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