Led by preeminent conductor Kent Tritle, Malcolm returns to Carnegie Hall to sing the baritone solos in the world premiere of Paul Moravec’s Sanctuary Road, an oratorio about the Underground Railroad, commissioned by the Society.
Kent Tritle, conductor
John Luther Adams, In the name of the Earth
West Chorus, Malcolm J. Merriweather, conductor
Voices of Haiti on Tour
Performances: Porto Venere, Arena di Verona, Firenze, and the Vatican
Malcolm J. Merriweather, clinician
Hollywood Film Orchestra
Brooklyn College Symphonic Choir, Malcolm J. Merriweather, conductor
Hollywood Film Orchestra
Brooklyn College Symphonic Choir, Malcolm J. Merriweather, conductor
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)