Sunday, October 11, 2026 4 pm and 5;45 pm
Jerwood Hall
David Önaç, Atlantic Requiem (world premiere)
Malcolm J. Merriweather, conductor
Brittany Renee, soprano
J’Nai Bridges, mezzo-soprano
Orson Van Gay II, tenor
BBC Singers
London Symphony Orchestra
November 1 & 4:00pm
Symphony in Motion: Gregg Smith, Igor Stravinsky, & Margaret Bonds
The Dessoff Choirs
Footprints Dance Company
Freddie Moore, choreographer
November 13 & 15, 2026 7:30pm and 2:00pm
Carnegie Hall
Tosca
New York Philharmonic
Gustavo Dudamel, Music and Artistic Director
Marina Rebeka, Tosca
Jonas Kaufmann, Cavaradossi
Ludovic Tézier, Scarpia
Andrew Moore, Angelotti
Ben Brady, Sacristan
Ben Reisinger, Spoletta
Benjamin Taylor, Sciarrone
Christopher Humbert Jr., Jailer
New York Philharmonic Chorus
Malcolm J. Merriweather, Director
Brooklyn Youth Chorus
Dianne Berkun Menaker, Director
December 6, 2026 4:00pm
Rosary Cathedral, 2535 Collingwood Blvd, Toledo, OH
RICHARD SCHNIPKE, chorus director
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.
Malcolm J. Merriweather, conductor
Malcolm J. Merriweather, conductor
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.
