Excelsior Vocal Ensemble to Perform “Love Song” to German Choral Music

SARATOGA SPRINGS — On Sunday, Oct. 26 at 3 p.m., the Excelsior Vocal Ensemble will perform a collection of German choral music at the Bethesda Episcopal Church at 26 Washington Street.

The performance will include:

• Johannes Brahms’ “Liebeslieder Op. 52” and “Neue Liebeslieder Op. 65”;

• Choral transcriptions from Gustav Mahler’s “Des Knaben Wunderhorn”;

• Benjamin Britten’s gem for male chorus, “The Ballad of Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard”;

• Selections from Max Reger’s “Sacred Songs Op. 138.”

Excelsior called the show a “romantic afternoon of Romanticism’s finest, exploring love’s depth through music, from desire to devotion, luck to loss, joy to pain, and more.”

Tickets are available at: excelsiorvocalensemble.org/home/tickets-donate/.