We talk with the Houston Symphony's next choir conductor about his plans. HouSymphony
The Houston Symphony's 2022-23 season welcomes a new music director and and exciting lineup of programs.Just like watching the Queen pass , we all have a special place in our hearts for watching one figurehead pass the baton to the next. In the case of the Houston Symphony, that means making room for the new director of the Houston Symphony Chorus, Allen Hightower.
“First, I should say, I’ve known Betsy since the 1980s. I have admired her work, especially her work at University of Houston. I even knew her when she was a high school director back at Memorial High when I was a college student. Over the years, we've become good friends,” Hightower said. “I've had several conversations with her about the position, the work and the organization.
As the Houston Symphony describes the performance, “Verdi’s Messa da Requiem is universally considered the most dramatic and operatic of settings of the Catholic Requiem mass. Scored for four soloists, double choir, and orchestra, Verdi wrote it in memory of the Italian poet Lorenzo Manzoni, whom Verdi greatly admired.
“It's not a soft beginning at all. There are lots of other choral orchestral works that would have been an easier beginning. Most people think of this Verdi work as an opera. It's a huge thing for the choir,” Hightower said. “The audience can expect that this is a work of tremendous, dramatic impact because Verdi was primarily an opera composer. We have an enormous orchestra, a large chorus and a quartet of soloists.
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