Join Boston’s award-winning LGBTQ+ and allied classical chorus for a transcendent concert celebrating the resilience of the human spirit.
Coro Allegro, Boston's award-winning LGBTQ+ and allied classical chorus, invites you to join us in celebrating the resilience of the human spirit. The performance is part of Coro Allegro's centennial celebration of legendary Boston gay composer Daniel Pinkham and our own 30 years of singing with pride with Artistic Director David Hodgkins.
The concert opens with Pinkham's cantata The White Raven, a Coro Allegro commission, a soaring tribute to the wondrous diversity of creation, based on Jubilate Agno, by the brilliant 18th century neurodivergent poet Christopher Smart. The program also features Haydn's Missa in Angustiis or "Nelson Mass," a work showcasing the power of the human voice to transcend adversity. Haydn's Mass for troubled times is paired with Dr. Diane White-Clayton's Many Mansions, a moving reimagining of the African-American Spiritual "In Bright Mansions Above," that reflects on the struggles of our troubled times, with Black lives and pandemic losses in mind. Coro Allegro was honored to premiere this work, commissioned by the Boston Landmarks Orchestra, in the summer of 2022. Guest soloists include soprano Dana Varga, mezzo-soprano Clare McNamara, tenor Omar Najmi, and baritone Wayne Arthur.
Tickets:
A $65, B $40, C $25
Seniors/Students 20% off
Student Special C: $15
MCC Card to Culture Holders: $5, limit 4 per card
Phone: (617) 236-4011
Email: info@coroallegro.org
Additional time info:
Followed by a 30th Anniversary Gala celebrating 30 years of singing with pride with Artistic Director David Hodgkins at the Cambridge Multicultural Center, 6-9pm.
2023/05/07 - 2023/05/07
Sanders Theatre
45 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
There is no parking at Sanders Theatre itself. Patrons may be dropped off in the circle driveway on the Kirkland Street side of Sanders Theatre near the accessible north entrance, at 6 Kirkland Street. Free accessible parking is provided on the first floor of the Broadway Garage, 6 Felton St, Cambridge, MA. There are curb cuts at all crosswalks between the garage and the Theatre.
(Note: A limited number of accessible parking spaces may be available in a nearby location by advance arrangement only, 2 business days prior to the concert. To request please contact University Disability Resources via email at disabilityresources@harvard.edu, via phone at 617-495-1859 or via TTY at 617-496-0466.)