New Jersey Choral Society : An Austrian Affair , 2013–14 season finale !
The 2013–14 season finale promises to be a glorious evening of music,
presented in the classical NJCS style.
In just under two weeks, the New Jersey Choral Society will wrap up its 2013-2014 season with an amazing performance of the greats – Mozart, Bruckner, Mahler, Haydn, Schubert, and Beethoven. Join us for this concert at the incomparable West Side Presbyterian Church in beautiful Ridgewood, NJ. Make a night of it! Diner and a show. Nothing would be better for the last day of May.
Don’t have your tickets yet??? Visit www.njcs.org for all the details of what is shaping up to be a performance no one will soon forget.
Saturday, May 31, 2014 at 8pm
West Side Presbyterian Church
6 South Monroe Street, Ridgewood, NJ
click here for directions
Eric Dale Knapp, conductor
Linda Sweetman-Waters, organ
Megan Knapp, soprano
Teresa Buchholz, mezzo-soprano
Wesley Morgan, tenor
Mathew Edwardsen, tenor
Keith Harris, baritone
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New Jersey Choral Society presents stunning finale “An Austrian Affair”
New Jersey Choral Society presents stunning finale “An Austrian Affair”
Bergen County – Join the New Jersey Choral Society as they present their stunning 2013-14 season finale, “An Austrian Affair,” featuring works by 18th and 19th century composers who worked in Vienna, on Saturday, May 31 at 8:00 pm at the West Side Presbyterian Church, 6 South Monroe St., Ridgewood.
The inspirational program of sacred and secular music features Mozart’s “Laudate Dominum” from Solemn Vespers, Haydn’s powerful “The Heavens Are Telling” from The Creation, “Hallelujah” from Beethoven’s oratorio The Mount of Olives, and Schubert’s stirring final composition “Mass No. 6 in E-flat major” The concert will conclude with Gustav Mahler’s uplifting “Finale to Symphony No. 2” (Resurrection). Guest soloists Megan Knapp (soprano), Teresa Buchholz (mezzo-soprano), Wesley Morgan (tenor), Mathew Edwardsen (tenor) and Keith Harris (baritone) will be featured with NJCS.
Established in 1980, the New Jersey Choral Society is one of the state’s most prestigious choral groups well-known for presenting outstanding and unique programs. Under the direction of Eric Dale Knapp, NJCS performs three major concerts annually in Bergen and Essex counties. They have performed in Austria, the Czech Republic, Germany, China, Australia and England. In July 2014, they will perform in France as part of the Normandy Festival commemorating the 70th Anniversary of the Normandy invasion. The chorus will be accompanied by pianist/organist Linda Sweetman-Waters.