This year's knockout holiday line-up features: 

 

Renaissance Noel by Vox Renaissance Consort in period costume, Handel's Messiah, a perennial favorite, and Baroque Christmas featuring Camerata Ama Deus. 

 

Join us and lets make this a holiday season to remember!

 

  These are just some of this season's gifted performances, for a full calendar listing of venues, concerts and season or series events, please see the Vox Ama Deus website or contact the office at 610-688-2800 for group rates!

Romanian born Valentin Radu, conductor and pianist of Vox Ama Deus and Russian born Tatyana Rashkovsky, soloist with Vox, performed for Mikhail Gorbachev during his recent visit to Philadelphia at the Consulate General of Romania, hosted by George Sfedu, Consul General.

The former soviet leader and Nobel Prize winner was in town to receive the 2008 Liberty Medal for his role in ending the cold war and bringing hope to those living behind the iron curtain.

This was not the first time Ms. Rashkovsky has sung in the presence of the great leader. 

In October of 1985 she performed in the chorus of the Moscow Radio Symphony at an event for a factory opening in Siberia Mr. Gorbachev presided over!

 Among the pieces performed at the Friday morning luncheon was the famous Russian song "Moscow Nights" and Gershwin's "Summertime" both requested by Gorbachev.

At the piano, Radu was moved when Gorbachev joined Ms. Rashkovsky to sing the popular Russian folk song, "The Moon is Shining Brightly".  In his tenor voice, the former soviet leader held a high C at the end.  Breaking the silence of the room with his own applause, Gorbachev had once again brought some harmony to the world!

Composed in Austria from 1819-1823, around the same time as his great Ninth Symphony, Ludwig Van Beethoven's Missa Solemnis is undoubtedly among his greatest works and together with Bach's B Minor Mass is one of western civilizations most famous setting of the Latin mass. It was intended for the ceremony of the installation of his patron and pupil, Archduke Rudolph as Archbishop. 
 
In attempt to meet his deadline Beethoven stopped working on his Ninth Symphony.  Yet despite his efforts the growing scope of the work as well as personal problems prevented Beethoven from completing it on time.   
 
Missa Solemnis premiered on March 22, 1824 at Vienna's famous Theater an der Wien in the same concert with Symphony 9.  Three years before his death Beethoven attended a performance of Missa Solemnis.  The great composer, completely deaf at the time, could neither hear the work he considered his greatest achievement nor the thunderous applause. 
 

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Vox Renaissance Consort perfoms in period costume. Continuing our Christmas tradition with motets and songs celebrating the birth of Christ.

 

The program features gems from Old Europe by Palestrina, Monteverdi, Pachelbel, Victoria and Gabrielli for single and double chorus, solo voices and instruments- including the popular Carol sing-along. Come and be merry!

 

 

 

The Ama Deus Ensemble performs Philadelphia's only 1749 Convent Garden version. Performed on original Baroque instruments, a spectacular panorama of sound, poetry and emotion, Handel's Messiah celebrates the Story of the Season.

 

Bright trumpets, grand voices of choristers and dazzling soloists stir, awaken, excite and uplift. From Haunting shepherd melodies to the great "Hallelujah Chorus", this is Christmas at its best. Sparkling, entertaining and joyous!