New Amsterdam Singers: Threads of Joy (Online Stream)

Description

We close out the season with a selection of a cappella classics, including lushly Romantic works by Johannes Brahms and Benjamin Britten’s Hymn to St. Cecilia, an exuberant ode to the patron saint of music based on a poem by W.H. Auden. This program explores many facets of joy. With her 2018 setting of a poem by Laura Foley, Threads of Joy, composer Dale Trumbore reveals the duality of pain and happiness. In A Drinking Song, Matthew Harris provides a lively and ebullient setting of a poem by W.B. Yeats. And composer Jake Runestad calls his Alleluia from 2014 “a rhythmic declaration of joy.”

Watch the livestream from the comfort of home on Sunday, May 19th at 4pm. Stream will be active for two weeks following the concert for viewing through June 2nd at 11pm.

Repertoire to be performed:

O Heiland Reiss: Johannes Brahms

Im Herbst: Johannes Brahms

Threads of Joy: Dale Trumbore

Hymn to St. Cecilia: Benjamin Britten

Waldesnacht: Johannes Brahms

Der Abend: Johannes Brahms

Lieder und Romanzen: Johannes Brahms

An Irish Airman Foresees his Death: Byron Adams

Drinking Song: Matthew Harris

Alleluia: Jake Runested

Date & Time

May 19, 2024 4:00 PM - Jun 2, 2024 11:00 PM

Venue Details

Online Stream

New Amsterdam Singers