The traditional summer concert of the Choral Society of the Hamptons is more often than not a comparatively lighthearted event.
But this year, conductor Mark Mangini and his local minions joined with the Greenwich Village singers and the South Fork Chamber Orchestra to present an extravaganza last Saturday consisting of the music of Lukas Foss and Johannes Brahms, bookended by a fund-raising pre-concert dinner and post-concert reception.
The giant, overflow crowd that responded to all of this taxed the capabilities of the Old Whalers’ Church air conditioning system, but the offsetting rewards were mighty and many. The massed choruses, wrapped around the audience in the balconies and behind the orchestra, were gorgeous and thrilling. The two soloists, soprano Darryn Zimmer and baritone Ross Benoliel, sang gloriously. The South Fork Chamber Orchestra, a... more
But this year, conductor Mark Mangini and his local minions joined with the Greenwich Village singers and the South Fork Chamber Orchestra to present an extravaganza last Saturday consisting of the music of Lukas Foss and Johannes Brahms, bookended by a fund-raising pre-concert dinner and post-concert reception.
The giant, overflow crowd that responded to all of this taxed the capabilities of the Old Whalers’ Church air conditioning system, but the offsetting rewards were mighty and many. The massed choruses, wrapped around the audience in the balconies and behind the orchestra, were gorgeous and thrilling. The two soloists, soprano Darryn Zimmer and baritone Ross Benoliel, sang gloriously. The South Fork Chamber Orchestra, a... more
