The Reading Eagle reviewed last week’s performance of Mozart’s Requiem with the Reading Choral Society. Choral society in top form for program of sacred works The soloists, who were featured throughout the concert, were impressive…Soprano Jennifer Michalik (who sings with the Wheatland Chorale) has a crystalline timbre, and alto Maren Montalbano Brehm is equally clear […]
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Solo: Mozart Solemn Vespers and Requiem
Ms. Montalbano will be performing the alto solo in Mozart’s Requiem and Vesperae Solennes de Confessore with the Reading Choral Society. Reading Choral Society Peter Hopkins, conductor Jennifer Michalik, soprano Maren Montalbano, mezzo-soprano Steve McMahon, tenor Jackson Williams, bass Where Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church 701 Franklin Street West Reading, PA 19611 When Sunday, April 10, […]
Solo: Abraham and Isaac
Ms. Montalbano will be performing the role of Isaac in Benjamin Britten’s Abraham and Isaac. This piece will be one of three of Britten’s Five Canticles that will be performed with Choral Arts of Philadelphia, directed by Matthew Glandorf. Written in 1952, Britten adapted text from medieval language of the Chester Miracle Plays rather than […]
Ensemble Solo: Clocks and Clouds
Ms. Montalbano will be one of 12 women singing with the New York Philharmonic, performing Ligeti’s Clocks and Clouds (1973), under the direction of Esa-Pekka Salonen. The title of Ligeti’s Clocks and Clouds refers to an essay by the Anglo-Austrian philosopher Karl Raimund Popper, “On Clocks and Clouds.” Popper’s essay describes two different kinds of […]
Solo: Elijah (Mendelssohn)
Ms. Montalbano will be performing the alto solo (the roles of the Angel and the Queen) in Mendelssohn’s epic oratorio, Elijah with the Philadelphia Biblical University Symphony and Chorus in Langhorne, PA. When: February 25, 2011 at 8:00 p.m. Where: William Chatlos Memorial Chapel Philadelphia Biblical University Langhorne, PA Joseph Caminiti, conductor Steven Condy, baritone […]
Reviews: Verdi Requiem
Below are reviews of this Friday’s performance of Verdi’s Requiem with the Lancaster Symphony Orchestra. Verdi concert is a powerful show – Intelligencer Journal, November 12, 2010 The four soloists — soprano Julie-Ann Whitely Green, mezzo-soprano Maren Montalbano, tenor Jeffrey Halili and baritone Zeffin Quinn Hollis — were capable interpreters of their parts. These parts […]
Solo: Verdi’s Requiem
Ms. Montalbano will be performing the mezzo-soprano solo of Verdi’s Requiem with the Lancaster Symphony Orchestra in Lancaster, PA. When: November 12, 13 and 14, 2010 Opening Night Friday at 8 pm Saturday at 3 and 8 pm Sunday at 7:30 pm Where: At the historic Fulton Opera House 12 N. Prince St., Downtown Lancaster […]
Webcast: Heroes, Lovers, and Dreamers
For those of you who missed Ms. Montalbano’s recital on March 20, there will be another chance to hear Jeremy Gill‘s Helian and Benjamin C.S. Boyle‘s Le passage des rêves on the New Music Philadelphia Webcast this Wednesday, May 12, 2010. Both composers will be discussing their works immediately before the webcast, so tune in! […]
Demo Recording: Numinous City
Ms. Montalbano recorded some demos of a new opera project by London composer Pete Wyer for the Royal Opera House in London earlier in March, and the recordings are up on his MySpace page. Tracks featuring Maren: Green Tara Mantra Walking Towards Freedom Ga Sho (May You Be Loved) Tsenjol (Exile) Pete writes about this […]
Buxtehude Consort Performance: Membra Jesu Nostri
Ms. Montalbano will join budding early music ensemble, The Buxtehude Consort, in its third concert program. This concert will feature Membra Jesu Nostri, Dietrich Buxtehude’s monumental cycle of seven cantatas devoted to the body of Christ. Performance dates are April 9 and 10, 2010. April 9, 2010 at 8:00 p.m. Church of the Resurrection 620 […]