Deborah's 2025-2026 Season

2025

Washington Master Chorale:  THINE OWN SWEET LIGHT
Friday, December 19, 2025 | 7:30 pm 
St. Ann's Catholic Church
Washington, DC

Sunday, December 21, 2025 | 5:00 pm
Church of the Epiphany
Washington, DC

The full Master Chorale returns in December to present Thine Own Sweet Light, an entirely a cappella concert featuring the rich sounds of the 50 voice chorus performing lush, seasonal choral music inspired by the theme of light. Highlights include Edvard Grieg's Ave Maris Stella, Eric Whitacre's Lux Aurumque, and British composer Kenneth Leighton's sumptuous and rarely performed work A Hymn of the Nativity. The program will also present a new work by Barcelona composer Josep Ollé i Sabaté, along with charming holiday folk songs and seasonal favorites. 

2026

The Washington Chorus: SONGS OF DESTINY & FATE
   Gianandrea Noseda conducts the National Symphony Orchestra.
January 22-24, 2026  
The Kennedy Center Concert Hall
Washington, DC
The Washington Chorus joins the NSO for three choral masterpieces by Brahms. Schicksalslied (Song of Destiny) and Gesang der Parzen (Song of the Fates) grapple with fate’s inescapable hand—one offering celestial consolation, the other a foreboding omen. Nänie, named for the Roman goddess, is a powerful requiem set to the poem by Friedrich von Schiller.

The Washington Chorus: FAITH, HOPE, AND LIGHT
   Gianandrea Noseda conducting the National Symphony Orchestra.
Saturday, March 14, 2026 | 7:30 pm 
National Presbyterian Church
Washington, DC

Program:

  • Everything is Made of Light, Timothy Takach

  • Nunc Dimittis, Gustav Holst

  • Plain-Chant for America, William Grant Still

  • Ella’s Song, Bernice Johnson Regon

  • Spiritual, Ysaÿe Barnwell

  • Mass in D major, Antonín Dvořák
      soloists Deborah Sternberg, soprano, Melissa Cregger, mezzo, 
      David Miranda, tenor, and Andrew Smith, baritone

The Washington Chorus: Puccini's Il trittico in concert 
  Gianandrea Noseda conducting the National Symphony Orchestra.
April 29, May 1, 2026 
The Kennedy Center Concert Hall
Washington, DC

May 3, 2026
Carnegie Hall
New York, NY
 
Il tabarro unveils a shadowy tale of love and betrayal along the Seine. Suor Angelica plunges into the depths of sacrifice behind convent walls. Gianni Schicchi turns deception into delight in a sharp-witted comedy of intrigue. Three stories, three distinct worlds—one unforgettable evening of Opera in Concert.