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The voices rang out with resplendent confidence, and the sopranos had no apparent difficulty reaching the cruel and challenging high B's in the piece. The chorus's performance was the best part of the concert….the thunderous power of this unique masterpiece never fails to stir the blood, and the ovation was loud, long and well deserved.
-- On Beethoven's Ninth with the Baltimore Symphony 2012
The Washington Post
The Baltimore Choral Arts Society, prepared by director Tom Hall, rose to the occasion impressively…the chorus sustained a smooth, full-bodied sound and articulated with admirable clarity.
-- On Beethoven's Ninth with the Baltimore Symphony 2012
-The Baltimore Sun
The Baltimore Choral Arts Society has always sounded good here, but this performance was riveting. When the chorus can match the accuracy and intensity of the vocal soloists in Beethoven's cruel writing, phrase for phrase, you are hearing something extraordinary.
-- (Beethoven's Ninth with Baltimore Symphony 2009)
The Washington Post
The Baltimore Choral Arts Society responded to the conductor with vibrant singing.
-- On Mozart's Requiem with the Baltimore Symphony
The Baltimore Sun (March 2009)
The chorus as a whole responded impressively. And when Hall drove his forces along in the most dramatic, propulsive passages, the results were truly stirring.
The Baltimore Sun (April 2009)
The choristers were attentive to matters of blend and tonal nuance and sang with considerable expressiveness.
-- On the East Coast premiere of Tina Davidson's "Hymn of the Universe"
The Baltimore Sun (March 2009)
The women of the Baltimore Choral Arts Society, singing through open doors on an upper level of the hall, spun out the final wordless song exquisitely.
-- On Holst's The Planets with Baltimore Symphony
The Baltimore Sun (November 2008)
The audience's enjoyment of the work was enhanced by the chorus' beautiful diction and the perfect balance between instruments and voices.
-- On Carmina Burana with Reading Symphony
The Reading Eagle (May 2009)
Thunderous applause greeted the beautiful presentation of Mozart's Requiem by the Baltimore Choral Arts Society.
-- On the 2007 tour of France
La Tribune (France)
The choral writing is as richly textured as the baritone solos are directly communicative; the orchestration is masterful… The chorus offered clarity, sensitivity and power…Conductor Tom Hall effectively molded the enriching music.
-- On Bloch: Sacred Service
The Baltimore Sun (April 2006)
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Upcoming
Bach B Minor Mass
Sunday, 27 October 2013
3:00 PM • Kraushaar Auditorium
Tom Hall leads the Chorus, Orchestra, and vocal soloists in one of Bach's last and most enduring masterpieces. Vocal soloists include sopranos Hyunah Yu and Nola Richardson, alto Marietta Simpson, tenor John Wesley Wright, and baritone Kevin Deas. Tom Hall will lead a Choral Conversation beginning at 2 pm.
The chorus as a whole responded impressively. And when Hall drove his forces along in the most dramatic, propulsive passages, the results were truly stirring.
The Baltimore Sun (April 2009)
