Hello all,
On
the second Sunday in December, the eleventh, the Morgan State
University Choir performed our annual Christmas Concert at the Murphy
Fine Arts Center on campus. Every year, we have seen our audience
continually grow and grow. We believed that there were over fifteen
hundred persons in attendance this year. We always perform our
semester-ending concerts with an orchestra which makes it even more
special.
The first half featured Handel’s Messiah. It had been several years since we programmed the Handel. I always like to program Messiah because 1)
the piece is such a part of the fabric of the season and 2) it is an
excellent opportunity to showcase the many great soloists on the choir.
The instrumentation was true to the original performances - with
harpsichord and all!
The
second half featured elaborate arrangements of carols for orchestra and
chorus, various Christmas-themed music for the larger choir, and
beautiful, intricate arrangements of a cappella music for the Morgan
Singers. We closed out the concert with several Christmas Gospel
selections!
Although
we had a great turn-out, many still were not able to attend. Please
see attached a PDF of the program and links to Youtube links of the
Concert. Enjoy!
Eric
1st half:
2nd half:
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