Maestro Eric Dale Knapp, ORCHESTRANEXUS and the NEXUS CHORAL ARTISTS featuring soloists soprano Catherine Spitzer, mezzo-soprano Teresa Buchholz, tenor Taylor Comstock and bass-baritone John Robert Green.

ODE TO JOY honors the 200th anniversary of the world premiere of perhaps THE most famous piece of orchestral music ever written: Beethoven’s towering Ninth Symphony the first symphony ever to feature vocalists and a chorus. The sung text is taken from the German poet Schiller’s “Ode to Joy,” a paean to what used to be referred to as the “Brotherhood of Man”, but which is now better understood as the vast interconnectedness of the entire human species, combining lofty ideas and unforgettable music. 

This is a FREE CONCERT and open to the public with a $25 per person suggested charitable donation at the door in support of: THE LITTLE PANTRY AT TRINITY CHURCH, Trinity Episcopal Church 36 Main Street, Newtown CT 06470

Greenwich Choral Society, Christine Howlett, conductor

Teresa will be the mezzo soloist for Haydn’s triumphant “Lord Nelson Mass” and Ralph Vaughan Williams’ transcendent “Serenade to Music”.

Tulsa Symphony, James Bagwell, conductor

Teresa will be the mezzo-soprano soloist for Mozart’s “Requiem’, which was left incomplete at the time of his death, making it literally his “swan song” written with the passion and pathos of one facing his own end.

Bard College Community Orchestra, Erica Kiesewetter, conductor

Not a song cycle per se, for Mahler’s “Rückert Lieder”, he chose a selection of songs by one of his favorite poets that all spoke to him for various reasons, and set them with a wide range of colors and sounds from intimate to expansive in this beautifully orchestrated piece. Teresa is thrilled to be collaborating with Bard students and faculty member Erica Kiesewetter for this performance.

New England Symphonic Ensemble, Adam Leubke, conductor

Conductors Joel Tranquilla, Adam Luebke, and Daniel Jackson lead the New England Symphonic Ensemble and choirs from the US and Canada in an evening of choral works by Vivaldi, Vaughan Williams, Martini, and more.

Berkshire Bach Society, James Bagwell, conductor

Premiered in 1712, Vivaldi sets the scene of Mary’s pain and sorrow at the sight of her son on the cross in stark and tenderly expressive terms. Perhaps less well-known than Pergolesi’s setting of the same text, it is heartbreaking in it’s portrayal of a mother’s grief.

With DCINY, Kenney Potter, conductor

Teresa will be the mezzo soloist for Mozart’s eternal Requiem, which could have been written by the composer for his own funeral in his last days. It evokes the drama of Mozart’s operas while infusing this religious work with humanity.

American Symphony Orchestra, Leon Botstein, conductor

The ASO spotlights Richard Strauss’s seldom heard pastoral opera Daphne. With its lush orchestral palette, endlessly shifting harmonic motion, sumptuous melodies, combined with a diaphanous serenity typical of Strauss’s later style, Daphne reveals to us a composer arguably at the peak of his powers, supremely confident in his abilities as both composer and dramatist.

Berkshire Bach Society, James Bagwell, conductor

Teresa will be the mezzo soloist for Vivaldi’s Gloria, and a member of this small choral ensemble for Bach’s Cantata BWV 140.

Gateway Chamber Orchestra, Gregory Wolynec, conductor

Teresa will be the mezzo soloist for Mahler’s Resurrection Symphony. Gateway Chamber Orchestra’s spring programming ends with one of the grandest works ever written. From the opening funeral march to the closing strains of triumph, Mahler’s portrait of everlasting renewal is the perfect reflection on the times we have endured and the future we envision. Massive orchestral and choral forces are gathered for this once-in-a-lifetime event.

Gateway Chamber Orchestra, Gregory Wolynec, conductor

Teresa will be the mezzo soloist for Mahler’s Resurrection Symphony. Gateway Chamber Orchestra’s spring programming ends with one of the grandest works ever written. From the opening funeral march to the closing strains of triumph, Mahler’s portrait of everlasting renewal is the perfect reflection on the times we have endured and the future we envision. Massive orchestral and choral forces are gathered for this once-in-a-lifetime event.

Portland Symphony Orchestra, Eckart Preu, conductor

Portland Symphony Orchestra, Eckart Preu, conductor

Long Beach Symphony is proud to present Songs and Stories of Hope, a chamber concert commemorating and featuring a unique collection of instruments played by Jewish musicians during the Holocaust – many of them in concentration camps, and this program focuses specifically on music composed and performed in the Theresienstadt camp from 1941 to 1945. Saved and painstakingly restored by Israeli luthier Amnon Weinstein and his son, Avshi, these instruments represent the love and tragedy of many musicians and listeners; the destiny of millions of people; and the power of music to transcend the darkest hours of humanity.

Featuring;

Avshalom (Avshi) Weinstein, Founder

Dr. James A. Grymes, Author Violins of Hope

Teresa Buchholz, Mezzo

Niv Ashkenazi, Violin