Presented by Manhattan Concert Productions
Masterwork Festival Chorus
Sunday, April 29, 2018
8:30 PM
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage
Manhattan Concert Productions presents Schubert’s Mass No. 2 in G Major performed by the Masterwork Festival Chorus and soloists with New York City Chamber Orchestra and conductor Jefferson Johnson. The concert will also feature the National Festival Chorus, led by conductors Tim Peter and Sandra Peter, performing an array of choral classics including Brahms’s “Der Gang Zum Liebchen” (The Trysting Song), Joan Szymko’s “Here,” and more. Also featured will be Arlington High School Wind Ensemble directed by Richard F. Guillen.
Performers
Masterwork Festival Chorus
Jefferson Johnson, Conductor
Arlington High School Wind Ensemble
Richard F. Guillen, Director
National Festival Chorus
Tim Peter and Sandra Peter, Conductors
Program
SCHUBERT Mass No. 2
COPLAND "Zion's Walls" (arr. Glenn Koponen)
BRAHMS "Der Gang zum Liebchen," Op. 48, No. 1 (arr. Miriam Raub)
JOAN SZYMKO Here
STEPHEN FLAHERTY / LYNN AHRENS "Wheels of a Dream" (arr. Joan Leavitt)
KIM ANDRÉ ARNESEN Flight Song
TRADITIONAL "Saints Bound for Heaven" (arr. Harold Helvey)