Auditorium Theatre 2021-2022, Issue 2, Too Hot to Handel

AUDITORIUM THEATRE :: 2021–22 SEASON | 11 PART I Sinfony Comfort Ye Every Valley And the Glory of the Lord Thus Said the Lord But Who May Abide And He Shall Purify Behold, A Virgin Shall Conceive O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings to Zion For Behold, Darkness Shall Cover the Earth The People That Walked in Darkness For Unto Us a Child is Born There Were Shepherds Abiding in the Field And Suddenly There was the Angel Glory to God INTERMISSION PART II Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter of Zion Then Shall the Eyes of the Blind Be Opened He Shall Feed His Flock His Yoke is Easy Behold, the Lamb of God Surely He Hath Borne Our Griefs (with David Vaughn, bass baritone) All We Like Sheep Behold, I Tell You a Mystery The Trumpet Shall Sound The Lord Gave the Word Why Do the Nations So Furiously Rage Hallelujah! Rodrick Dixon Tenor Alfreda Burke Soprano Karen Marie Richardson Alto Conductor: Suzanne Mallare Acton Too Hot Choir Director: Bill Fraher Musical Contractor: Sylvia de la Cerna Rehearsal Pianist: Chris Mahieu Soloist Understudies: Gregory Ashe & Kisma Jordan Concept: Marin Alsop Co-Arrangers and Orchestrators: Bob Christianson & Gary Anderson PRODUCTION Stage Manager: Ellen Peck Production Coordinator: Kim Grose Lighting Designer: Matt Miller Video Director: John Petrosky Producer: Marisa C. Santiago “Everybody has the blues. Everybody longs for meaning. Everybody needs to love and be loved. Everybody needs to clap hands and be happy. Everybody longs for faith. In music, especially this broad category called jazz, there is a stepping stone towards all of these.” Program Artists — Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., program notes for the 1964 Berlin Jazz Festival