By MIKE CHAIKEN EDITIONS EDITOR When the Hartford Symphony Orchestra presents “Joyful Voices with the Hartford Chorale” starting next Thursday, there will be a longtime fan of the ensemble standing on stage with them. Matt Worth, who is originally from West Hartford, will be the guest baritone as the HSO takes on Fauré’s Requiem, and excerpts from Handel’s Messiah. The symphony also will be performing Higdon’s “blue cathedral.” In a phone interview, Worth – who is a graduate of Juilliard School of Music and who has performed with the Minnesota Opera, the Festival Opera, Washington National Opera, and the Pittsburgh Opera—was asked what he liked about Handel’s Messiah? “It’s something we know… and adore. And there’s a reason why it’s been around for three centuries… It’s (due to its) complex nature. Every time I listen to it, I find something new and exciting about it.” “Also,” Worth said, he likes, “the enduring melodies, the feelings, the emotions it still manages to draw out of us.” As a performer of piece, Worth explained, “My biggest thing is there are a number of pieces in it where there are these coloratura runs— a lot of fast notes happening over a short period […]
By MIKE CHAIKEN EDITIONS EDITOR When the Hartford Symphony Orchestra presents “Joyful Voices with the Hartford Chorale” starting next Thursday, there will be a longtime fan of the ensemble standing on stage with them. Matt Worth, who is originally from West Hartford, will be the guest baritone as the HSO takes on Fauré’s Requiem, and excerpts from Handel’s Messiah. The symphony also will be performing Higdon’s “blue cathedral.” In a phone interview, Worth – who is a graduate of Juilliard School of Music and who has performed with the Minnesota Opera, the Festival Opera, Washington National Opera, and the Pittsburgh Opera—was asked what he liked about Handel’s Messiah? “It’s something we know… and adore. And there’s a reason why it’s been around for three centuries… It’s (due to its) complex nature. Every time I listen to it, I find something new and exciting about it.” “Also,” Worth said, he likes, “the enduring melodies, the feelings, the emotions it still manages to draw out of us.” As a performer of piece, Worth explained, “My biggest thing is there are a number of pieces in it where there are these coloratura runs— a lot of fast notes happening over a short period […]