The Collegiate Chorale Presents Alto Rhapsody and A German Requiem 10/13

The Collegiate Chorale presents Johannes Brahms' Alto Rhapsody and A German Requiem on Wednesday, October 13, 2010 at 7pm at Carnegie Hall, 881 Seventh Avenue, NYC. The performance features Stephanie Blythe, Erin Morley, Eric Owens and the American Symphony Orchestra, conducted by James Bagwell. Single tickets start at $25 and are available online at www.carnegiehall.org, by phone through Carnegie Charge at (212) 247-7800 or in person at the Carnegie Hall Box Office.

International artist and Musical America's 2009 Vocalist of the Year mezzo-soprano Stephanie Blythe performs with The Collegiate Chorale in Brahms' lush, rarely-seen Alto Rhapsody. Metropolitan Opera baritone Eric Owens and soprano Erin Morley will join The Chorale to perform Brahms' transcendent masterpiece A German Requiem. The Chorale's Annual Gala follows the concert. Proceeds from the Gala will support The Chorale's artistic and education programs. Gala tickets are available by phone at 646-435-9052.
The Collegiate Chorale's 69th season continues with Kurt Weill's Knickerbocker Holiday on January 25 and 26, 2011 at 8pm at Alice Tully Hall; and two special events: We Remember Them: Choral Music from the Camps and the Ghettos on March 10, 2011 at 7pm at Central Synagogue, and Something Wonderful - A Night of Broadway with Deborah Voigt, conducted by Ted Sperling, on May 19, 2011 at 7pm at Carnegie Hall. Deborah Voigt will be joined by featured guest artist Paulo Szot.

Subscription tickets can be purchased by contacting The Chorale office at (646) 435-9052 or via the website: www.collegiatechorale.org. Single tickets for all concerts can be obtained by calling The Collegiate Chorale at (646) 202-9623, and for the Alice Tully Hall or Central Synagogue concert by visiting www.collegiatechorale.org.

For Press Tickets, contact: Michelle Tabnick at (646) 765-4773 or michelle@michelletabnickcommunications.com.

The mission of The Collegiate Chorale, led by Music Director James Bagwell, is to enrich its audiences through innovative programming and exceptional performances of a broad range of vocal music featuring a premier choral ensemble. Founded in 1941 by the legendary conductor Robert Shaw, The Chorale has established a preeminent reputation for its interpretations of the traditional choral repertoire, vocal works by American composers, and rarely heard operas-in-concert, as well as commissions and premieres of new works by today's most exciting creative artists. Among the many guest artists with whom The Chorale has performed in recent years include: Thomas Hampson, Bryn Terfel, Nathan Gunn,Victoria Clark,Stephanie Blythe, Renee Fleming, Hei-Kyung Hong, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Salvatore Licitra, Ewa Podles, and Deborah Voigt. Last season's highlights include A Jubilant Song, the inaugural concert for new Music Director, James Bagwell in works of Beethoven, Bernstein, Verdi and Dello Joio and the world premiere two-act concert version of Ricky Ian Gordon's opera The Grapes of Wrath at Carnegie Hall. In addition to The Chorale's presentations, the chorus is honored to be performing in five programs in the American Symphony Orchestra's 2010-11 season, will return to Verbier in the summer of 2011, and will perform with the Israel Philharmonic in Israel and Salzburg in July 2012.

Music Director James Bagwell maintains an active schedule throughout the United States as a conductor of choral, operatic, and orchestral music. He has recently been named Principal Guest Conductor of the American Symphony Orchestra in New York and is Director of the Music Program at Bard College. At Bard SummerScape he has led numerous theatrical works, most notably Copland's The Tender Land, which received unanimous praise from The New York Times, The New Yorker, and Opera News. He frequently appears as guest conductor for orchestras around the country and abroad, including the Jerusalem Symphony, Tulsa Symphony, and the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra. He has also prepared The Concert Chorale of New York for performances with the American Symphony Orchestra, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and the Mostly Mozart Festival (broadcast nationally in 2006 on Live from Lincoln Center), all in Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. He has trained choruses for a number of major American and international orchestras and worked with noted conductors such as Lorin Maazel, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Michael Tilson Thomas, Louis Langrée, Leon Botstein, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Raymond Leppard, James Conlon, Jesús López-Cobos, Erich Kunzel, Leon Fleischer, and Robert Shaw.

For more information, visit www.collegiatechorale.org.

 

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