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SUMMARY:NYC Master Chorale: Lift Every Voice and Sing\, at Merkin Hall
DESCRIPTION:NYCMC uses a sliding scale ticket model. “Pay it forward” tickets are $35\, standard priced tickets are $25\, and discounted tickets are $10. This ticket model is designed so that everyone can attend our concerts regardless of financial circumstances. The $25 and $10 tickets are accessible using the codes NYCMC-25 and NYCMC-10. \nThe New York City Master Chorale presents Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing\, a celebration of the literary achievement of James Weldon Johnson. An exuberant setting of The Creation by jazz pianist and composer Pete Malinverni will feature student and alumni instrumentalists from the jazz program of the Conservatory of Music at Purchase College\, State University of New York. Malinverni’s haunting and heartfelt setting of Johnson’s A Gift to Sing and other poems will feature soprano Lydia Brown. Other works on the program include A Quiet Place as arranged by Mervyn Warren for Take 6’s 1988 self-titled debut album\, and George Shearing’s Songs and Sonnets\, including the rapturous “Who Is Silvia?” \nNew York City Master Chorale\nDavid J. Recca\, conductor\nAizhan Soltanova\, conducting fellow\nLydia Brown\, soprano\nAndrea Lodge\, piano\nPete Malinverni\, piano\nAlumni instrumentalists from the Jazz Program of the Conservatory of Music at Purchase Collage\, State University of New York \nJ. ROSAMOND JOHNSON – Lift Every Voice and Sing (arr. Pete Malinverni)\nGEORGE SHEARING – Songs and Sonnets:\nWhen daffodils begin to peer\nIt was a lover and his lass\nWho is Silvia?\nFie on sinful fantasy\nBOB CHILCOTT – Learned poets (from Little Jazz Madrigals)\nCLAUDE DEBUSSY – L’ombre des arbres (from Ariettes oubliées\, L. 60)\nRALPH CARMICHAEL – A Quiet Place ( arr. Mervyn Warren)\nPETE MALINVERNI – Sonnets (2023):\nSonnet\nDeep In the Quiet Wood\nThe Gift to Sing\nLife (The Blues)\nThe Awakening\nPETE MALINVERNI – The Creation
URL:https://www.pianyc.net/event/nyc-master-chorale-lift-every-voice-and-sing-at-merkin-hall/
LOCATION:Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Music Center\, 129 W 67th St\, New York\, NY\, 10036\, United States
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