Soloists and members of the chorus warmed up before Sunday's Choral Society of the Hamptons concert in Sag Harbor.
Photos by Kyril Bromley
Photos by Kyril Bromley
Joyful. Exuberant. Heroic. The Choral Society of the Hamptons concert last Sunday afternoon at the Old Whalers’ Church in Sag Harbor was all three, and also deserving of any number of encomiums bestowed by audience members, “amazing” and “thrilling” prominent among them.
Led by music director and conductor Mark Mangini, the chorus was joined by the South Fork String Ensemble and soloists Audrey DuBois, soprano; Cherry Duke, mezzo-soprano; and Ryan Allen, bass. Jin Ho Hwang, tenor, replaced Hansu Kim, absent due to a recent death in his family.
To feature a “Stabat Mater” in a concert titled “The Joys of Opera” may seem incongruous. But the major work on this program was written by Gioachino Rossini, who had composed 30 operas by the time he was 37 years old. Though his “Stabat... more
Led by music director and conductor Mark Mangini, the chorus was joined by the South Fork String Ensemble and soloists Audrey DuBois, soprano; Cherry Duke, mezzo-soprano; and Ryan Allen, bass. Jin Ho Hwang, tenor, replaced Hansu Kim, absent due to a recent death in his family.
To feature a “Stabat Mater” in a concert titled “The Joys of Opera” may seem incongruous. But the major work on this program was written by Gioachino Rossini, who had composed 30 operas by the time he was 37 years old. Though his “Stabat... more
