2008-2009 Season
Celebrating 135 years with vibrant new works for
chorus, orchestra, and dance.
Upcoming Concert:
BATTLE HYMNS
World Premier
by David Lang
Saturday, June 13, 4 & 6 pm
Saturday, June 20, 4 & 6 pm
The Armory of the First Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry
22 S. 23rd Street, Philadelphia
The Armory of the oldest military troop in the U.S. is the inspiration for a new work by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer David Lang, performed by Mendelssohn Club with site-specific choreography for chorus and dancers by Leah Stein. This third collaboration between Leah Stein and Alan Harler involves more than 90 performers, intersecting voice, movement and history.
These performances are part of Hidden City, a festival that brings some of Philadelphia’s best unknown historical landmarks to life through original works of art. Read more about Battle Hymns
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Completed Concerts:
Philadelphia Live Arts Festival
September 6 & 13, 2008, 2:00 pm & 4:00 pm, The Rotunda, University City
Urban ECHO: Circle Told
A site-specific landscape of dancers and singers in motion, created with choreographer Leah Stein, the Leah Stein Dance Company, and revered spontaneous composer Pauline Oliveros.
From Heaven on High
Christmas music for chorus, organ and brass.
Saturday, December 13, 2008, 4:00 pm & 8:00 pm
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 22 E. Chestnut Hill Avenue, Philadelphia
Annual holiday concerts in Chestnut Hill, featuring Mendelssohn cantata Vom Himmel Hoch, selections from Bach’s Christmas Oratorio, a world premiere by Anthony Mosakowski, and familiar carols joined by the audience. With the Mendelssohn Brass and organist Michael Stairs.
Verdi Requiem + Higdon Premiere
Sunday, March 29, 2009 at 7:30 pm
Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
Broad & Spruce Streets, Philadelphia
Mendelssohn Club celebrates its 135th anniversary and 20 years of Alan Harler’s artistic direction with a concert of Verdi’s Requiem paired with a world premiere by Jennifer Higdon. Guest artists are vocal soloists (pictured) and the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, joining the 150-voice Mendelssohn Club chorus, conducted by Alan Harler.
Read more about the concert
Voices of Equality –
at Equality Forum 2009
Friday, May 1, 2009 at 8:00 pm
The Church of the Holy Trinity,
Rittenhouse Square
Mendelssohn Club, the Philadelphia Gay Men’s Chorus and Anna Crusis Women’s Choir present three commissioned works on the theme of diversity and equality by local composers Cynthia Folio, Peter Hilliard, and Robert Maggio. Read more
Accolades for
Recent Performances
The Mendelssohn Club's annual visit to St. Paul's in Chestnut Hill was a thrilling triumph...A choir of exemplary power and peerless delicacy...under Harler's golden touch."
-- Chestnut Hill Local
Mendelssohn Club accomplished what is, for many, the impossible: its Sunday concert at the Kimmel Center gave you reason to respect Carl Orff's annoyingly popular Carmina Burana.
-Philadelphia Inquirer
The Mendelssohn Club sang Beethoven Sympothy No. 9 better than ever, and with a clarity that often evades large choral ensembles.
-The Saratogian