On February 11 and 12 Key Chorale will present its Masterwork Concert A.D. 387. Full orchestra and world-class soloists join Sarasota’s Symphonic Choir for a program of festive and sublime music from Handel, Haydn, Charpentier, Bruckner and Dvorak. According to ancient legend, in A.D. 387 the Te Deum was spontaneously composed and sung alternately by St. Ambrose and St. Augustine on the night St. Ambrose baptized St. Augustine in Milan. Experience this ancient text from its origins of Gregorian chant, to trumpets and timpani of the Baroque, to the soaring melodies and rich harmony of the Romanic period. Anton Bruckner called his Te Deum, “the pride of his life.” After conducting this monumental composition, Gustav Mahler crossed out the words “for choir, soloists and orchestra” and inscribed the page “for the tongues of angels, heaven-blest, chastened hearts, and souls purified in the fire!” Soloists joining Key Chorale for this concert include Suzanne Karpov, one of the country’s leading young sopranos, who recently made her Carnegie Hall debut and was praised for her angelic voice” by the New York Concert Review; tenor Blake Friedman, an emerging artist who returns for a third engagement with the Chorale; audience favorite, baritone Jamal Sarikoki; and local mezzo soprano powerhouse Amy Connours. The performances take place: Friday, February 11, 7:30 PM at Church of the Palms; Saturday, February 12, 4:00 PM at Church of the Palms. Tickets are $40-$50.

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