Edmund Milly

Edmund Milly is a bass-baritone scheduled to appear as a vocal soloist with the American Classical Orchestra in New York. The program pairs Haydn's Mass in D minor with Beethoven's First Symphony, giving listeners a chance to hear his voice in a choral-orchestral setting alongside a full chorus and organ.

On this program, listeners can expect to hear Milly's voice as one of four soloists in Haydn's Mass in D minor, a work known as the "Nelson Mass," in which soloists trade short, urgent phrases with the chorus over a driving orchestral accompaniment. The mass moves between stormy minor-key drama and moments of solemn calm, with the bass-baritone part often anchoring the vocal texture from below. The Haydn is paired with Beethoven's First Symphony, a compact, high-spirited work that opens with a harmonic joke before settling into Classical-era clarity. Together the two pieces offer a listener a sense of the transition from Haydn's late choral style into the young Beethoven's symphonic voice.