Musica Sacra is set to present “Classics for Christmas,” a concert of festive delights, for its annual holiday concert.

The evening will be performed at Carnegie Hall on Dec. 17, 2025 and will feature excerpts from Handel’s Messiah along with a Handel harp concerto, choral selections from Bach’s Mass in B Minor and Rachmaninoff’s “Vespers, ” and choral and orchestral works by Corelli, Poulenc, Helena Paish, and Randall Thompson.

Kathryn Lewek and Metropolitan Opera harpist Mariko Anraku will perform as soloists. Kent Tritle will conduct.

This season, Lewek makes her debut in the title role of “Alcina” in concert performances in Paris, Barcelona, and Montpellier, and also takes on the role of Elettra in “Idomeno.” She also sings the title role of “Salome” at the Cincinnati Opera.

Meanwhile, Anraku has performed with the Toronto Symphony and is the Associate Principal Harpist of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra.

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