2023–2024 Season: Prophecy
This season, Harmonia presents musical works based on prophetic themes, bringing to life the stories of oracles, sorcerers and seers. Some of these works feature mythological and historical figures, such as Moses, Cassandra and the Sibylline prophet. Others represent music by those who seemed to possess the gift of prophecy themselves, such as Robert Schumann, Antonín Dvořák and George Gershwin.
From the Renaissance to the Romantics, from the Jazz Age to the present day, this is a season of exploration and discovery. We predict that you’ll love it!
William White, Harmonia music director
Glory!
Saturday, October 7, 2023 • 7:30 p.m. • First Free Methodist Church
Serena Eduljee, soprano
Shostakovich Festive Overture
Poulenc Gloria
Mussorgsky/orch. Ravel Pictures at an Exhibition
The Seasons
Saturday, November 11, 2023 • 7:30 p.m. • First Free Methodist Church
Natalie Ingrisano, soprano • Zach Finkelstein, tenor • Charles Robert Stephens, baritone
Haydn The Seasons
Messiah
Saturday, December 16, 2023 • 2:30 p.m. • First Free Methodist Church (Seattle)
Sunday, December 17, 2023 • 2:30 p.m. • Bastyr Chapel (Kenmore)
Jocelyn Claire Thomas, soprano • Soon Cho, mezzo-soprano
Namarea Randolph-Yosea, tenor • Zachary Lenox, baritone
Handel Messiah
• more information • Seattle tickets • Kenmore tickets
New Paths
Saturday, February 3, 2024 • 7:30 p.m. • Shorewood Performing Arts Center
Stephen Provine, violin
Brahms Hungarian Dance No. 5
R. Schumann Manfred Overture
C. Schumann/orch. White Three Romances, Op. 22
Brahms Symphony No. 2
• more information • single tickets
Oracles
Saturday, March 9, 2024 • 7:30 p.m. • First Free Methodist Church
J.S. Bach Der Geist hilft unsrer Schwachheit auf, BWV 226
de Lassus Prophetiae sibyllarum
Bristow Winter Solstice [world premiere]
French Hear My Voice
Kreek Psalm 137
Rossi Al Naharot Bavel
• more information • single tickets
Rhapsody
Saturday, April 6, 2024 • 7:30 p.m. • location TBA
Joseph Vaz, piano
Ellaina Lewis, soprano • Melissa Plagemann, mezzo-soprano
Brendan Tuohy, tenor • Zachary Lenox, baritone
L. Bernstein Candide Overture
Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue
White Cassandra [world premiere]
• more information • single tickets
The Ordering of Moses
Saturday, May 4, 2024 • 7:30 p.m. • First Free Methodist Church
Marques L.A. Garrett, conductor • Kimberly Jones, soprano • Cheryse McLeod Lewis, mezzo-soprano
Namarea Randolph-Yosea, tenor • Nicholas Davis, baritone • The Sound of the Northwest
Coleridge-Taylor La caprice de Nannette
Dvořák Largo from Symphony No. 9
Dett The Ordering of Moses [Northwest premiere]