McCarter Celebrates the Holidays with the Return of Bach's Brandenburgs and Handel's Messiah

Music lovers will be celebrating early this year, as two of McCarter's most popular events return to Princeton for the holiday season.

BACH'S BRANDENBURGS
ALL SIX BRANDENBURGS CONCERTI
WITH THE CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY OF LINCOLN CENTER
MONDAY, DEC. 14 - 7:30 p.m. - Richardson Auditorium
Tickets: $25.00 - $64.00

This Princeton holiday tradition brings together the 20-plus resident members of The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center plus guest artists in an all-star lineup performing one of music's most enduring masterpieces all in one evening, held in the historic Richardson Auditorium.

HANDEL'S MESSIAH
THE NEW JERSEY SYMPHONY CHAMBER ORCHESTRA - JACQUES LACOMBE, CONDUCTOR FRIDAY, DEC. 18 - 7:30 p.m. Richardson Auditorium
Tickets $25.00 - $80.00

featuring: Celena Shafer, soprano Adriana Zabala, mezzo-soprano William Burden, tenor Dashon Burton, bass Montclair State University Singers, Heather J. Buchanan, conductor

Messiah joins the American Repertory Ballet's Nutcracker and McCarter's production of Dickens' A Christmas Carol to constitute an unofficial "Holiday Season Troika" at McCarter. For the second consecutive year, McCarter join forces with the New Jersey Symphony to offer Handel's masterpiece at Richardson Auditorium on the Princeton University campus. This performance is a joint presentation of McCarter Theatre and the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra. Don't miss one of the final appearances of Jacques LaCombe with the NJSO.