The Taylor Festival Choir presents its third concert of the 2018-2019 season, “Music for Royal Occasions” at 3:00pm on Sunday, January 27 at Circular Congregational Church, 150 Meeting Street. World-renowned conductor Dr. Joseph Flummerfelt, best known in Charleston for his work with Spoleto Festival USA and Westminster Choir College, shares the podium with TFC’s Founding Director Dr. Robert Taylor.

The concert program is inspired by and incorporates musical selections from British Royal Occasions ranging from the recent weddings of Prince Harry/Meghan Markle and Prince William/Kate Middleton, to coronations of Queen Elizabeth I and II and King George II. Repertoire will include Handel coronation anthems Zadok the Priest and Let Thy Hand be Strengthened, “Credo” from Vaughan Williams’ Mass in G, “Laudate Dominum” from Solemn Vespers, Behold our Great Defender by Howell, and “Halellujah” from Beethoven’s Mount of Olives.

Tickets for the Charleston concert are $25 general seating and $35 preferred seating. Immediately following the Charleston concert, a special reception with Dr. Flummerfelt will be held at the Anglin Smith Fine Art Gallery at 9 Queen Street. Reception tickets are $25 and include light appetizers and wine. Concert and reception tickets can be purchased at www.tmgcharleston.com. The Music for Royal Occasions concert will also travel to First Presbyterian Church in Orangeburg, SC on Saturday, January 26 at 7:30pm. Tickets for the Orangeburg concert are $15 and can also be purchased at www.tmgcharleston.com.