New World Chorale joins the Lexington Symphony, under the direction of Jonathan McPhee, in a concert titled “The Fight For Freedom.” The featured work is Ralph Vaughan Williams’s A Sea Symphony, with full chorus and soloists Michelle Trainor, soprano, and Aaron Engebreth, baritone. Also on the program is the Mathis der Maler Symphony by Paul Hindemith.

In this concert, titled “German Glow,” New World Chorale joins the Bach, Beethoven, and Brahms Society, under the direction of Steven Lipsitt, and soprano soloist Sonja Dutoit Tengblad, in a performance of Psalm 42 by Felix Mendelssohn. Mendelssohn’s setting of Psalm 42 was described by him as “my best sacred piece; the best thing I have composed in this manner. I hold it in greater regard than most of my other compositions.”

The concert also features Overture in D minor by Emilie Mayer and Serenade No. 1 in D major by Johannes Brahms.

NWC isn’t the only organization celebrating 25 years this season: Claflin Hill Symphony Orchestra is also celebrating its 25th anniversary year! This performance of Carmina Burana, under the direction of CHSO founder Paul Surapine, reprises CHSO’s very first concert.

In NWC’s first collaboration with the Carlisle Chamber Orchestra, we help them celebrate their 10th season with a performance of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9. The concert will be followed by a birthday party.