Never Forget: 9/11 Memorial Concert

On Sunday, September 10th, 2023, Schiller Institute NYC Chorus in concert with Asiana Sinfonia and the Bergen Symphony Orchestra, presented a concert in memory of the victims of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the U.S., held at St Paul & St Andrew Church, 263 W 86th St, New York City.

 

Excerpts below. More to come . . . 

CONCERT PROGRAM 

Greetings
                        Jennifer Pearl, Chair of Schiller Institute NYC Chorus                                  

Opening remarks
                        Dennis Speed, International Schiller Institute
Invocation and remarks
                        Msgr. Jamie Gigantiello, FDNY
                        Moment of silence

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Allegretto from Symphony No. 7
                        Bergen Symphony Orchestra, Woomyung Choe, conductor
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847)
Two Spirituals for Tenor and Bass Voices, Opus 115 
                        Megan Dobrodt, conductor
African American Spirituals
Fix Me by Francis Hall Johnson (1932-2021)
Hold On! by Eugene Thamon Simpson (1932-2021)
                        Diane Sare, conductor
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Vesperae solennes de confessore, K. 339
                        Bergen Symphony Orchestra, Megan Dobrodt, conductor
Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Psalm 23 for Soprano/Alto voices
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
Violin Concerto in E minor, Opus 64
                        Bergen Symphony Orchestra
                        Jungwon Yoon, violin; Woomyung Choe, conductor
-Reception-

Excerpts:

Opening dedication of the concert

Diane Sare conducting African-American Spirituals

Mozart: W. A. Mozart: Vesperae solennes de confessore, K. 339

Schubert: Psalm 23, D. 706

Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor

  • John Scialdone
    published this page in Past Events 2023-09-13 06:40:08 -0400

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