Venus Ascending!

John V. Sinclair, conductor • Bach Festival Choir and Orchestra
Clara Rottsolk, soprano
Melissa Attebury, mezzo-soprano
Tom Cooley, tenor
Brandon Hendrickson, baritone

Celebrating centuries of impactful music by women composers, this thoughtfully curated program features music of Lili Boulanger, who was a Grand Prix de Rome winner; Marianna Martines, who often played duets with Mozart; Amy Beach, America’s first successful woman composer; and Valerie Coleman, who was named by Performance Today as a 2020 Artist of the Year. Venus, the Roman goddess of beauty, love, and victory, is a fitting emblem for these super-women whose music will delight and inspire. Hear our Bach Festival Choir and Orchestra elevate these and other works to the status they so justly deserve.