ASO Presents Handel’s Messiah & Bach’s Magnificat 2017-Dec-15 (Birmingham)

I got the ASO to send me the press release for its upcoming Messiah/Magnificat performance with its chorus. Click here for the event page. Even though it's a drive from here, I highlighted it as my top pick for December week 2. -PMc

(Birmingham, AL – November 13, 2017) – Celebrate the holiday season as the Alabama Symphony Orchestra presents Handel’s Messiah and Bach’s Magnificat at UAB’s Alys Stephens Center on December 15, 2017 at 7:30pm!

The ASO is thrilled to have Maestro Carlos Izcaray and the 100+ voices of the ASO Chorus performing in this annual holiday concert! Handel’s joyous Messiah and Bach’s extraordinary Magnificat will fill the halls of the Alys Stephens Center. The Symphony will be joined by talented soloists Amy Little, Kathryne Overturf, Magdalena Wor, Roderick George, and Won Cho.

This program is a special event of the Alabama Symphony Orchestra’s 2017-2018 Season. Tickets start at $39, with student prices available. To purchase tickets, visit us online at alabamasymphony.org, in person at 1200 10th Ave. South, Birmingham, or call 205.975.2787.

About the Alabama Symphony OrchestraSince its founding in 1921, the Alabama Symphony Orchestra has grown to become the state’s premier performing arts organization and only full-time professional orchestra. The ASO inspires, entertains, and provides vital programming to the residents of the state, serving nearly 100,000 people yearly throughout Alabama through concert series, youth programs, and educational and community engagement efforts to fulfill our mission of changing lives through music. The ASO works to produce creative, dynamic programming and to be recognized as an artistically innovative leader in the field.

About Carlos IzcarayCarlos Izcaray is Music Director of the Alabama Symphony Orchestra and as of the 2016-2017 Season Music Director of the American Youth Symphony. Praised by the international press, he won top prizes at the 2007 Aspen Music Festival and later at the 2008 Toscanini International Conducting Competition. Since then he has appeared with numerous ensembles across five continents and is now firmly established as one of the leading conductors of his generation. Throughout his career Izcaray has shown special interest and prowess in tackling some of the most complex scores in the symphonic repertoire, while also championing the historically informed approach to works from past eras.