upcoming EVENTS

 

Vista Philharmonic, featuring:

Christopher Humbert,

bass-baritone

Conducted by Bruce Hangen

October 7, 2023 @ 7:30pm

Groton Hill Music Center

122 Old Ayer Rd.

Groton, MA 01450

Join the Vista Philharmonic for a night of exciting repertoire with guest artist, Christopher Humbert. Selections will include:

VERDI – Overture to La forza del destino

  • MARQUEZ – Danzon No. 9

  • ALBERGA – The Soul’s Expression

  • RAVEL – Don Quichotte à Dulcinée

  • MUSSORGSKY-RAVEL – Pictures at an Exhibition

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messiah,

george frideric händel

Conducted by Thomas Brooks

Saturday, December 9, 2023 @ 3pm

First Presbyterian Church of the Covenant

250 W 7th Street

From the awe-inspiring Hallelujah chorus to the many thrilling and intimate arias, Handel’s landmark oratorio is an unforgettable Erie Philharmonic and Erie Philharmonic Chorus holiday tradition presented in the stunning First Presbyterian Church of the Covenant.

Composed nearly 300 years ago, Handel’s career-defining oratorio remains one of the most popular pieces in the classical canon, and an unequaled tribute to the holidays that sets the audience’s pulses racing each year. Experience the magic for yourself this December with this full-scale concert from the Erie Philharmonic, featuring four amazing guest vocalists and the stunning talents of the Erie Philharmonic Chorus.

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REPERTOIRE

Opera

  • Abrams and Giddens

    • Omar

      • Abdul

      • Abe

      • Olufemi

  • Bellini

    • Capellio, I Capuleti e i Montecchi

  • Bizet

    • Carmen

      • Escamillo

      • Zuniga

  • Donizetti

    • Dottore Dulcamara, L’elisir d’amore

    • Caporal, La fille du régiment

  • Floyd

    • Reverend Olin Blitch, Susannah

  • Gilbert and Sullivan

    • Pooh-Bah, The Mikado

    • Captain Corcoran, HMS Pinafore

  • Händel

    • Pallante, Agrippina

  • Lehàr

    • The Merry Widow

      • Baron Zeta

      • Njegus

  • Menotti

    • The Consul

      • Mr. Koffner

      • Secret Police Agent

  • Mozart

    • Die Zauberflöte

      • First Priest/Second Armored Guard

      • Sarastro

      • Speaker

    • Don Giovanni

      • Il Commendatore

    • Le Nozze di Figaro

      • Figaro

  • Puccini

    • Bonze, Madama Butterfly

    • Colline, La Bohème

    • Il Notaio di Nicolai, Gianni Schicchi

  • Purcell

    • Aeneas, Dido and Aeneas

  • Rossini

    • Alidoro, La Cenerentola

  • Tchaikovsky

    • Sourin, The Queen of Spades

  • Verdi

    • Il Re, Aida

CONCERT/ORATORIO

  • Alberga

    • The Soul’s Expression

  • Bach

    • Johannes-Passion

  • Brahms

    • Liebesliederwalzer

  • Händel

    • Messiah

  • Mozart

    • Requiem

  • Ravel

    • Don Quichotte à Dulcinée

  • Schütz

    • Matthäus-Passion

  • Vaughan Williams

    • Dona Nobis Pacem

    • Five Mystical Songs

MUSICAL THEATRE

  • Cole Porter

    • Fred Graham, Kiss Me, Kate

  • Flaherty and Ahrens

    • Ragtime

      • Booker T. Washington

      • Coalhouse Walker Jr.

  • Rodgers and Hammerstein

    • Judd Fry, Oklahoma

  • Sondheim

    • Count Carl-Magnus Malcolm, A Little Night Music

    • Narrator, Into the Woods

    • Sweeney Todd, Sweeney Todd

  • Tesori

    • Shrek, Shrek the Musical

NEW WORKS

  • Richard Danielpour

    • The Unhealed Wound, poetry by Rita Dove

  • Evan Mack and Josh McGuire

    • Vladimir/ensemble, Yeltsin in Texas

  • Kamala Sankaram

    • Judge, Thumbprint

  • Sharon and David Ohrenstein

    • Octavian, Patra