New York Choral Society Announces its 2011-12 Season, Begins 9/11

Music Director John Daly Goodwin has announced New York Choral Society's (NYCS) 53rd concert season. The season opens September 11 with a performance at St. Patrick's Cathedral, under the auspices of the September Concert Foundation, in commemoration of those affected by the 9/11 tragedy. On November 6, NYCS will appear as guest performers for the 18th time at the Richard Tucker Music Foundation Gala at Avery Fisher Hall. For the holiday season the choral society returns to Carnegie Hall on December 14 with a delightful program entitled "A Joyful Noise," and the following month will perform Wagner's Rienzi at Avery Fisher Hall on January 29 with the Opera Orchestra of New York. The season concludes on April 20 at Avery Fisher Hall with "American Reflections", a program featuring the works of American composers.

2011-12 also marks John Daly Goodwin's final season as Music Director. After thirty-one years with the NYCS, the last twenty-five of them as Music Director, Maestro Goodwin has decided to step down in order to pursue new musical opportunities. The search for a new Music Director is currently underway.

2011-12 SCHEDULE

September 11, 2011, 7:00 PM
9/11 Special Remembrance Concert
St. Patrick's Cathedral
New York Choral Society will participate in a 9/11 remembrance concert at St. Patrick's Cathedral, sponsored by the September Concert Foundation, commemorating the tenth anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. They will perform excerpts from Dvo?ák's Stabat Mater and Harry Belafonte's Turn the World Around.

November 6, 2011, 6:00 PM
Richard Tucker Music Foundation Gala
Avery Fisher Hall
NYCS singers will join some of the opera world's brightest stars as guest artists for the eighteenth consecutive year in the Richard Tucker Music Foundation Gala. Details to be announced.

December 14, 2011, 8:00pm
"A Joyful Noise"
Carnegie Hall
NYCS and the Brooklyn Philharmonic will perform a spirited program comprising Haydn's Te Deum, Poulenc's Gloria, Verdi's Te Deum, and Puccini's Messa di Gloria.

January 29, 2012, 3:00pm
WAGNER:Rienzi
Avery Fisher Hall
NYCS will appear with the Opera Orchestra of New York (OONY) in a concert performance of Wagner's Rienzi, conducted by OONY's founder and music director, Eve Queler.

April 20, 2012, 7:30pm
"American Reflections"
Carnegie Hall
The 2011-2012 season comes to a close with a program of American choral music. The Brooklyn Philharmonic joins the chorus for a program of five works that have figured prominently in the history of NYCS: Steven Paulus's Whitman's New York, Morten Lauridsen's Lux Aeterna, Morton Gould's Quotations, Robert De Cormier's Legacy, and Charles Ives' Psalm 90. The concert will be John Daly Goodwin's final concert as Music Director.

ABOUT NEW YORK CHORAL SOCIETY
The New York Choral Society (NYCS), founded in 1958, has become known by audiences and critics for the quality of its performances and the diversity of its repertoire, which encompasses well-known choral masterworks as well as many compositions rarely heard in concert halls. The NYCS has presented eleven world premieres and has commissioned works by Paul Alan Levi, Morton Gould, Stephen Paulus, and Robert De Cormier.

TICKET INFORMATION:

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