Harvard Baroque Chamber Orchestra with Ferris Choral Fellows

These talented musicians will perform “Acis and Galatea”, a pastoral opera written by German composer George Frideric Händel telling the tale of love between the Nymph Galatea, shepherd Acis, and the jealous giant Polyphemus. Acis and Galatea was the most performed opera during the composer’s lifetime.

The Harvard Baroque Orchestra, winner of the prestigious Erwin Bodky Award for excellence in early music is a small chamber orchestra directed by Phoebe Carrai, and dedicated to bringing back to life the vivid rhetoric and dancing rhythms of baroque music. It was founded by Robert Mealy ‘85, now the director of the Juilliard School’s Historical Performance Program, and Dr. Murray Somerville (Gund University Organist and Choirmaster, 1990-2003).

The Ferris Choral Fellows, named in honor of John Raymond Ferris (Harvard University Organist and Choirmaster, 1958–1990) and directed by Ed Jones, are a sixteen-voice chamber choir comprising undergraduate and graduate students at Harvard University.