Classics for Christmas
Experience the magic of the season with Musica Sacra at Carnegie Hall. Acclaimed soprano Kathryn Lewek joins for the “Glory to God” sequence and “Rejoice greatly” from Messiah, and sings Adolphe Adam’s beloved Cantique de Noël. Metropolitan Opera harpist Mariko Anraku is featured in a performance of Handel’s Concerto for Harp in B-flat Major.
This festive evening includes glorious choral selections from Bach’s Mass in B Minor and Rachmaninoff’s Vespers, plus beautiful choral and orchestral works by Corelli, Poulenc, Helena Paish, and Randall Thompson.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Carnegie Hall
Kent Tritle, conductor
Michael Sheetz, conductor*
Kathryn Lewek, soprano
Mariko Anraku, harp
J.S. BACH “Gloria in excelsis” from Mass in B Minor
RANDALL THOMPSON Alleluia
ALESSANDRO CORELLI Concerto Grosso No. 8 in G Minor
G.F. HANDEL Excerpts from Messiah:
Pastoral Symphony
“Glory to God”
“Rejoice greatly”
FRANCIS POULENC O Magnum Mysterium
HELENA PAISH “While Mary Slept”
G.F. HANDEL Concerto for Harp in B-flat Major, Op. 4, No. 6
ADOLPHE ADAM Cantique de Noël*
SERGEI RACHMANINOFF “Bogoroditse Dyevo” from Vespers
G.F. HANDEL “Worthy is the Lamb” from Messiah
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Tickets $41-$131
Programming, dates and guest artists subject to change.