Upcoming Performances

Choruses Too Hot to Handel

April 5 2025, 7:30PM

University Auditorium

Gainesville, FL

The Gainesville Master Chorale & Orchestra under the baton of Will Kesling will present Eliane Hagenberg’s Illuminare on texts by some of the most noted early Christian minds. Saint Ambrose, Hildegard von Bingen, Saint Gregory, and others. The work is simple, beautiful, and sumptuous with tender melodies.

In stark contrast, we will also present Choruses Too Hot to Handel. Hear choruses rarely heard from some of Handel’s famous oratorios like “How Excellent Thy Name” from Saul, “Awake the Trumpet’s Lofty Sound” from Samson, “Alleluia” from Joseph and His Brethren, “Hallelujah” from Occasional Oratorio, and more.

This free concert is April 5, 2025 in the University Auditorium at 7:20PM

Past Performances

Sounds of the Season 2024

Songs of Hope and Joy, The annual holiday special by the Gainesville Master Chorale was filmed and produced by WUFT.

Antonín Dvořák's Requiem in B♭ minor, Op. 89

The powerful Mass for the Dead performed by the Gainesville Master Chorale, along with the University of Florida's Concert Choir and Symphony Orchestra.

Sounds of the Season 2023

The annual holiday special by the Gainesville Master Chorale was filmed and produced by WUFT.

Going Baroque 2023

A collection of baroque pieces for choir and orchestra featuring works by Handel, Bach, and Zelenka.

Sounds of the Season 2022

The annual holiday special by the Gainesville Master Chorale was filmed and produced by WUFT.

Sounds of the Season 2021

Our return to in-person performances, the holiday special by the Gainesville Master Chorale was filmed and produced by WUFT.

A Concert without an Audience

Recorded with masks and social distancing

Sounds of the Season 2020

Fighting COVID with a Carol. Special performance by the Gainesville Master Chorale filmed and produced by WUFT.

Sounds of the Season 2019

Titled "A World of Joy", the Master Chorale joined with the University of Florida School of Music to celebrate multiple seasonal holidays in seven languages, including Chinese, Hebrew, and Swahili. The concert ended with all performers on stage for the traditional "Hallelujah" chorus from Handel's "Messiah".

This Finely Woven Earth

October 2019

A celebration of the birth of Alexander von Humboldt, featuring music encompassing and tying together themes involving earth, air, fire, water, and wildlife. In collaboration with the Florida Museum of Natural History, we celebrated the foremost scientist of his time and his global perspective on conservation and ecology, and how all aspects of life are intricately woven together.

Music in the Time of Leonardo

Under the direction of Dr. Cory Alexander, we explored the music that Leonardo da Vinci would have heard during his life in northern Italy. Marking the 500th year since Leonardo’s death, we performed music by Leonardo’s contemporaries and compared it with music by composers of our own time.

LUX: THE DAWN FROM ON HIGH

LUX: The Dawn From On High by Dan Forrest is a five-movement work that explores various facets of LUX (Latin for “light”), in texts ranging from ancient liturgical chant to Scripture to modern secular love poetry.

concert recordings

A Concert without an Audience

Recorded with masks and social distancing

April 10, 2021

Concert Link

2019 Sounds of the Season

A Concert without an Audience

"A World of Joy"

with music sung in seven languages reflecting holidays around the world

Concert Link

This Finely Woven Earth

2018 Sounds of the Season

Concert for the

250th Birthday of

Alexander von Humboldt

Concert Link

2018 Sounds of the Season

Celebration of the

100th anniversary of

"Silent Night"

Concert Link

Upcoming Performances

Choruses Too Hot to Handel

Past Performances

Sounds of the Season 2024

Antonín Dvořák's Requiem in B♭ minor, Op. 89

Sounds of the Season 2023

Going Baroque 2023

Sounds of the Season 2022

Sounds of the Season 2021

A Concert without an Audience

Sounds of the Season 2020

Sounds of the Season 2019

This Finely Woven Earth

Music in the Time of Leonardo

LUX: THE DAWN FROM ON HIGH

concert recordings

A Concert without an Audience

A Concert without an Audience

A Concert without an Audience

2019 Sounds of the Season

A Concert without an Audience

A Concert without an Audience

This Finely Woven Earth

2018 Sounds of the Season

2018 Sounds of the Season

2018 Sounds of the Season

2018 Sounds of the Season

2018 Sounds of the Season

Past Performances

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