2024 Epiphany Festival | Gustav Holst: Beyond the Planets

The Georgetown Epiphany Festival is excited to bring you two incredible programs, featuring music you would otherwise be unable to hear this concert season.

This year, our festival is dedicated to exploring the legacy of Gustav Holst. Though he is most famous for his orchestral suite The Planets, Holst’s legacy as a composer, an educator, and a parent goes far beyond his most famous work. Explore the world of Holst through his lesser-known masterpieces, and works by his contemporaries and students, including his daughter Imogen, Elizabeth Maconchy, and George Butterworth.

Concert #1: Saturday, January 20th at 7:30 p.m.

An Evening of Song with Laura Choi Stuart and Collin Power

Sopranos Laura Choi Stuart, Amanda Densmoor, and baritone Collin Power join artistic director Andrew Jonathan Welch for an evening of song, including Gustav Holst’s Twelve Songs of Humbert Wolfe and Vedic Hymns and a song cycle by Reena Esmail.

Concert #2: Sunday, January 21st, 3:00 p.m.

The Cloud Messenger and Imogen Holst’s Three Psalms

Gustav Holst’s choral masterwork The Cloud Messenger is presented in a version for chamber orchestra by Joseph Fort. It will be heard alongside the US premiere of his daughter Imogen Holst’s Three Psalms. Mezzo-soprano Gabriela Estephanie Solis joins the Epiphany Festival orchestra and chorus.

All performances take place at Westmoreland UCC
1 Westmoreland Circle
Bethesda, MD 20816