Performances

Event Information

• Sat

  07

  Dec

  2024

  Cecilia Chorus Bach and Bernstein

  8:00 pm

  Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage
  Carnegie Hall
  57th Street & 7th Avenue, Manhattan

  https://ceciliachorusny.org/back-and-bernstein

  BACH AND BERNSTEIN
  Chichester Psalms by Leonard Bernstein
  Mass (Concert excerpts) by Leonard Bernstein
  Christmas Cantata BWV 63 by J.S. Bach

  “Awake, psaltery and harp! I will rouse the dawn!” The Cecilia Chorus of New York celebrates the season with music by Leonard Bernstein and J.S. Bach. A famous advocate for world peace, Bernstein crafted a musical plea for unity in divided times with his by turns rousing and serene Chichester Psalms. His Mass (with additional lyrics by Tony Award-winner Stephen Schwartz) pulls classical, rock, and pop idioms into exhilarating musical synthesis. Rounding out the evening is Bach’s only Christmas cantata to use four trumpets, in its first-ever Carnegie Hall performance.

  With Every Voice Children’s Chorus, Nicole Becker, Director; All-City Chorus, Kristy Jung, Director; Singers’ Workshops at Teachers College, Columbia University, Jeanne Goffi-Fynn, Director.

  December 7, 2024
  Saturday, 8pm

  Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage
  Carnegie Hall
  57th Street & 7th Avenue, Manhattan