First Sunday Series
CHRISTMAS CLASSICS
This concert is sponsored in part by
Eddie’s of Roland Park.
Rejoice in the season with selected works from Handel’s Messiah, Bach’s Christmas Oratorio & beloved Christmas Carols.
Sunday, December 5 at 4 p.m. & 6 p.m.
First Evangelical Lutheran Church, 3604 Chatham Rd., Ellicott City
FULL PROGRAM:
“Comfort Ye” from Handel’s Messiah
“Prepare thyself” from Bach’s Christmas Oratorio
“Slumber softly” from Bach’s Christmas Oratorio
O Holy Night
In the bleak midwinter
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
Auf, Glaübige, singet (Rise, ye of faith, sing!) from Bach’s Cantata 134
Bach’s Uns ist ein Kind geboren (Unto us a child is born), BWV 142
Opening chorus from Bach’s Christmas Oratorio
“Großer Herr, o starker König” (Great Lord, O Powerful King) from Bach’s Christmas Oratorio
We Wish You a Merry Christmas
FEATURED SOLOISTS:
Gloria Park, Alto*
Dr. Min Jin, Tenor
Timothy Mix, Baritone
* The alto soloist for this concert is endowed in memory of Rev. John and Margaret Lovejoy. Learn more about our Permanent Endowment Fund HERE
Join us in celebrating the splendor of the holiday season with a concert of much-loved Christmas Classics by Bach, Handel, and more. Bring the whole family to rejoice in the season with “Prepare Thyself,” Slumber softly,” and “Great Lord, O Powerful King” from Bach’s Christmas Oratorio and Bach’s Uns ist ein Kind geboren (Unto us a child is born). Additionally, enjoy a selection of treasured Christmas Carols, including “Comfort Ye” from Handel’s Messiah, O Holy Night, In the bleak midwinter, Hark! The Herald Angels Sing, and We Wish You a Merry Christmas.
Dr. Min Jin, tenor
Tenor Dr. Min Jin has a versatile and wide-ranging career as a leading operatic tenor, recitalist, conductor, and voice professor. Praised for his easy lyricism, emotional intensity, and extraordinary top notes, Dr. Jin has delighted audiences throughout the world. He has appeared at Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center as a recitalist, opera performer, and oratorio soloist with choral societies. His past opera performances include leading roles in La Boheme, Lucia di Lammermoor, Romeo et Juliette, Carmen, L’elisir d’amore, The Magic Flute, La Rondine, La Traviata, Tosca, Manon, Werther, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and La Vera Costanza. He has performed with the New Jersey State Opera, Ann Arbor Opera, Aspen Opera, Rochester Mercury Opera, Dicapo Opera, Academic Opera, Mannes Opera, Eastman Opera, Grand Valley State University, Kwang Ju City Opera, and Po Hang City Opera.
As an oratorio and chamber music soloist, he has been featured in Carmina Burana and Britten’s Serenade for Tenor, Horn, and Strings with the Finger Lake Music Festival and the Grand Valley State University. Other featured solo engagements have included Haydn’s Creation and The Seasons, Handel’s Messiah, Mozart’s Coronation Mass and Requiem, Dubois’ The Seven Last Word of Christ, Mendelssohn’s St. Paul and Elijah, Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis, Mass in C Major and Symphony No. 9, Frank’s Mass in A Op. 12, and Schubert’s Mass No. 2 in G and Mass in A flat with orchestras in the U.S. and around the world.
He was a first prize winner of the Artist International Music Competition, Korean Music Association Competition, and a winner of the Heida Hermann International Voice Competition, the Oratorio Society Voice Competition, and a finalist in the Caruso International Voice Competition.
Dr. Jin holds a D.Mus.A. degree in vocal performance from the Eastman School of Music. He served as a principal conductor for the Tedeum Choir in Chicago and as the orchestra conductor at the Central Wesleyan Church in Holland. As a studio voice teacher, many of Dr. Jin’s students are awarded at voice competitions, festivals, and young artist programs at the national and international levels. He currently works as an assistant professor of voice at Towson University.
Timothy Mix, baritone
Timothy Mix has performed all across the United States, appearing regularly with such companies as the San Francisco Opera, the Santa Fe Opera, and Opera Theatre of Saint Louis. He has sung Ping in Turandot with the LA Philharmonic under the baton of Gustavo Dudamel and returned for Sibelius’ The Tempest, conducted by Susanna Mälkki. With the Florida Orchestra he performed the Verdi Requiem, conducted by Michael Francis. The Oregon Symphony brought him to Portland for Carmina Burana. He has also performed the Faure Requeim, the Brahms Requiem, and Beethoven’s 9th symphony with various orchestras. More locally, he performed with the Baltimore Symphony under Yuri Temirkanov and is a regular guest of the Baltimore Concert Opera and the Russian Chamber Art Society in Washington DC. With the Washington National Opera he has sung both Ford in Falstaff and Renato in Un Ballo in Maschera. Recently he appeared as Scarpia in Tosca with the Annapolis Opera and Elder Thompson in Glory Denied with Urban Arias in DC. Also with Urban Arias, he took part in the world premiere of The Last American Hammer as Milcom Negley, a role which he reprised with the Pittsburgh Opera. A regular performer with Opera Delaware, Tim has sung Claudio in Amleto, Joseph De Rocher in Dead Man Walking, and recently Dr. Malatesta in Don Pasquale. In the near future he will be performing in a tour of a new adaptation of Beethoven’s Fidelio with Heartbeat Opera and will reprise the role of Joseph De Rocher with Opera Idaho.
Gloria Park, mezzo-soprano
Gloria Park, mezzo-soprano, has become known not only for her versatility as a singer, but also for her strong stage presence and vivid portrayal of characters in opera, oratorio and on the concert stage. The New York Times quoted her as “a scene stealer” for her performance as Cherubino in Le Nozze di Figaro. Ms. Park has performed at numerous concerts which include: New American Opera Previews by WQXR, The Orion String Quartet Concert as the main guest singer, Trinity Wall Street Schumann Festival as a soloist, and VOX ’06 and ’07 under New York City Opera. Her past significant operatic performances include: Hansel and Gretel (Hansel), The Tragedy of Carmen (Carmen), Le Nozze di Figaro (Cherubino), Cosi fan tutte (Dorabella), The Turn of the Screw (Miss Jessel), The Theory of Everything (Bertie), My Mother’s Mother (Mother), and Four Nights of Dream (Voice, Woman). Since her debut as a Messiah soloist at the Lincoln Center, she has been a frequent performer in repertoire of various oratorios and had her New Zealand Debut as a Messiah Soloist. Ms. Park was a winner of David Adams Art Song Competition and was the recipient of Michael Sisca Opera Award. In 2015, Ms. Park received her Doctoral degree from Stony Brook University, and recently she had her solo recital in great success at the Lefrak Center, New York. Present Gloria lives in NY and actively performs in United States., Canada, New Zealand, Japan, and South Korea.
Bach in Baltimore invites you to become a music insider with this fascinating “Musical Notes with Maestro T. Herbert Dimmock” presented by Bach in Baltimore. In this video, Dimmock shares insights into Handel’s Messiah, arguably the greatest choral work ever created.
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