Malcolm J. Merriweather, conductor
Pre-concert talk – 3:15 pm
Poetry of Walt Whitman
Dr. Karen Karbiener
Prelude for Voices William Schuman (1910-1992)
Carols of Death William Schuman (1910-1992)
Fürchte dich nicht, BWV 228 J.S. Bach (1685-1750)
WHITMAN COMMISSION Douglas Geers (b. 1968)
Messa di Requiem Ildebrando Pizzetti (1880-1968)
Malcolm J. Merriweather, clinician
Malcolm J. Merriweather, conductor
Pre-concert talk – 6:45 pm
Margaret Bonds and the Ballad of the Brown King
Dr. Ashley Jackson
Adam lay-y-bounden Howard Skempton (b. 1947)
Carol: O come all ye faithful John Francis Wade (1711-1786)
Arr. David Willcocks (b. 1919-2015)
Lux Arumque Eric Whitacre (b. 1970)
Ave Maria Anton Bruckner (1824-1896)
Spaseniye sodelal Pavel Chesnokov (1877-1944)
WHITMAN COMMISSION Tania León (b. 1943)
Carol: Hark the herald angels sing Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
arr. Daniel Fortune and Malcolm J. Merriweather
The Ballad of the Brown King Margaret Bonds (1913-1972)
Carol: Silent night Franz Xaver Gruber (1787-1863)
Hallelujah from Messiah George Friderick Handel (1685-1759)
Great Music in a Great Space
Kent Tritle, conductor
Robert Convery, I have a dream
Malcolm J. Merriweather, baritone soloist
Merriweather guest conducts The Grace Chorale of Brooklyn in And They Lynched Him On A Tree William Grant Still (1895-1978). The Chorale is joined by the Brooklyn College Symphonic Choir and Conservatory Singers.
