This winter the Seattle Choral Company will present a special “Italian Baroque Christmas” featuring choral masterworks from Italy.
Founded in 1982 by Artistic Director Freddie Coleman, the Seattle Choral Company has become one of Seattle’s most accomplished and respected choral organizations. The SCC provides diverse music experiences that build and enrich the city and has become more and more influential through its accomplished recordings and performances, valued partnership with other performing arts organizations such as Pacific Northwest Ballet and Seattle Symphony Orchestra, and its excellent advocate for contemporary choral music.
For this coming Christmas during their 2023-2024 season, Seattle Choral Company will kick off the stage with a holiday concert devoted to Baroque choral masterworks from Italy. Italy, long regarded as the birthplace of Baroque music, led the way during the 17th century with a style of music that was known for its grandiose, dramatic, and energetic spirit.
Three Italian cities will be represented, beginning with Naples, where Francesco Durante (1684-1755) premiered his “Magnificat in B Flat Major.” In Rome, a young George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) composed his brilliant cantata, “Nisi Dominus.” Finally, in Venice, Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) produced an astonishing range and quantity of music, including his choral masterpiece, “Gloria in D Major.”
The SCC will be joined by a talented quintet of Northwest regional soloists: Jocelyn Claire Thomas and Jennifer Bromagen, sopranos; Sarah Mattox, mezzo-soprano; Zach Finkelstein, tenor; and Zachary Lenox, baritone. The concert is on Saturday, December 9th, 2023 at 8 pm in the Seattle’s Saint Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral.
To purchase series or single tickets to the Seattle Choral Company concerts, please visit www.seattlechoralcompany.org or call (206) 363-1100.
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Organization: Seattle Choral Company
Contact Person: Freddie Coleman
Website: https://www.seattlechoralcompany.org/
Email: scc@seattlechoralcompany.org
Address: 302 N 78th Street
City: Seattle
State: Washington
Country: United States
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