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Carnegie Hall Presents

Choral Classics

Discover choral masterworks that shine a light on vocal artistry on an international scale. Robert Spano captures the American spirit in a program that includes works by Bernstein and Copland; Gustavo Dudamel conducts a program of 20th- and 21st-century works by Latin American composers; and Osvaldo Golijov’s spirited La Pasión según San Marcos is interpreted by members of Schola Cantorum de Venezuela and New York City high school choristers.

Series Events

Saturday, Oct 27, 2012 | 7:30 PM
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage

Performers

  • Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
    Robert Spano, Music Director and Conductor
  • John Holiday, Countertenor
  • Brett Polegato, Baritone
  • Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus
    Norman Mackenzie, Director

Program

  • COPLAND Appalachian Spring
  • BERNSTEIN Chichester Psalms
  • WALTON Belshazzar's Feast
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Copland’s stirring tribute to rural America and the bullish spirit of its settlers kicks off the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra’s only New York appearance this season. Two powerful works for chorus and soloists follow: Bernstein’s tuneful Chichester Psalms, which echo the rhythmic freshness of West Side Story, and Walton’s oratorio about the fall of a Babylonian king. There’s no one better to lead all this than Robert Spano, who captures the drama in everything he conducts.
Copland's Appalachian Spring
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra | Robert Spano, Conductor
Telarc
Tuesday, Dec 11, 2012 | 8 PM
Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage

Performers

  • Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela
  • Gustavo Dudamel, Music Director and Conductor
  • Aquiles Machado, Tenor
  • Gaspar Colón, Baritone
  • Westminster Symphonic Choir
    Joe Miller, Conductor

Program

  • ESTEBAN BENZECRY Chaac (Maya Water God) from Rituales Amerindios
  • VILLA-LOBOS Chôros No.10
  • ÉSTEVEZ Cantata criolla
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The charismatic Gustavo Dudamel and the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela thrill audiences worldwide with their ecstatic energy and contagious enthusiasm. On this concert, they dive into the deep wells of Latin America’s classical music tradition with such works as Villa-Lobos’s Chôros No. 10—a monumental piece of Brazilian musical nationalism that was a huge hit at its 1926 premiere in Rio de Janeiro—and Estevez’s Cantata criolla, a portrait of the Venezuelan spirit.
Villa-Lobos's Chôros No. 10
Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela | Eduardo Mata, Conductor
Dorian Recordings
Sunday, Mar 10, 2013 | 3 PM
La Pasión Según San Marcos: A Creative Learning Project
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage

Performers

  • Orquesta La Pasión
  • Robert Spano, Conductor
  • Jessica Rivera, Soprano
  • Luciana Souza, Jazz Vocalist
  • Members of Schola Cantorum de Venezuela
  • Maria Guinand, Chorus Director
  • David Rosenmeyer, Music Supervisor

    High School choirs from New York City

Program

  • OSVALDO GOLIJOV La Pasión según San Marcos
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At the heart of Osvaldo Golijov’s residency as Carnegie Hall’s Richard and Barbara Debs Composer’s Chair is this performance of his La Pasión según San Marcos, featuring members of the Venezuelan chorus to which the piece is dedicated, together with high school singers from throughout New York City. Drawing on the sounds of Latin America with texts in Spanish, Latin, and Aramaic, the piece is evocative, wildly inventive, and entirely characteristic of Golijov’s personal aesthetic.
Osvaldo Golijov's La Pasión según San Marcos (Parade to Golgotha—Dance of the Holy Purple Robe)
Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela | Schola Cantorum de Caracas | Maria Guinand, Conductor
Deutsche Grammophon

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