Schedule

Nov
11
Sun
The Dessoff Choirs: Requiem for Whitman @ The Basilica of St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral
Nov 11 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm

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)

Nov
17
Sat
Carnegie Hall Music Educators Workshop @ Carnegie Hall
Nov 17 @ 10:00 am – 2:00 pm

Malcolm J. Merriweather, clinician

Dec
7
Fri
The Dessoff Choirs: Welcome Yule! @ Saint Peter’s Church
Dec 7 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm

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)

Dec
12
Wed
Voices of Haiti with Andrea Bocelli
Dec 12 all-day
Dec
13
Thu
Voices of Haiti with Andrea Bocelli
Dec 13 all-day
Dec
15
Sat
Handel’s Messiah Masterworks Chorus and Orchestra @ Dorothy Young Performing Arts Center
Dec 15 @ 8:00 pm – 10:30 pm
Dec
20
Thu
Handel’s Messiah Masterworks Chorus and Orchestra @ Carnegie Hall
Dec 20 @ 7:30 pm – 10:30 pm
Dec
31
Mon
New Year’s Eve Concert for Peace @ Cathedral of St. John the Divine
Dec 31 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Great Music in a Great Space
Kent Tritle, conductor

Robert Convery, I have a dream
Malcolm J. Merriweather, baritone soloist

 

Feb
1
Fri
Grace Chorale of Brooklyn @ St. Ann and the Holy Trinity Church
Feb 1 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

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.

Feb
8
Fri
Virginia District IX Middle School Chorus
Feb 8 all-day

Malcolm J. Merriweather, conductor