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Cornerstone Chorale: Handel’s Messiah / El Mesías

Date:  December 7, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Location:  Holyrood Church/Iglesia Santa Cruz,
715 West 179th Street (at Fort Washington Avenue),
New York City
 This performance by Cornerstone Chorale features a version created by Mexican musician and librettist Mario Montenegro, which combines Handel’s original music with words in the Spanish language, for a new twist!  The Chorale will perform the entire Christmas section plus other favorite parts, in Spanish.  The performance will be performed with orchestra, and will feature soloists Maria Brea, soprano, Melisa Bonetti, mezzo-soprano, Cristóbal Arias, tenor, and Gilberto Gómez, baritone.  Music Director Richard Stout conducts.

CORNERSTONE CHORALE: Winter Concert

The CORNERSTONE CHORALE will perform its Winter Concert, presenting  choral works of Eric Whitacre, Ben Allaway, Norman Luboff, and the Christmas Oratorio of Camille Saint-Saëns (for chorus, soloists, and ensemble). Soloists are Jane Thorngren, soprano; Jessica Vadney, mezzo; Cristóbal Arias, tenor; and Blake Austin Brooks, bass. The concert will be conducted by Music Director Richard Stout.