2006-2007 82nd Anniversary Season

NHK Symphony OrchestraSaturday, October 21 & Monday, October 23, 2006, 8:00 pm
NHK Symphony Orchestra

NHK Symphony Orchestra •  Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor •  Hélène Grimaud, piano •  The Dessoff Symphonic Choir •  James Bagwell, music director

Join Dessoff and Japan's leading orchestra in one of Ravel's most challenging choral works, Daphnis et Chloé. The Saturday performance will be held at the Performing Arts Center at SUNY Purchase, followed by Monday's concert at Carnegie Hall, part of Carnegie's International Festival of Orchestras.   [More info...]


Johannes BrahmsSaturday, December 9, 2006, 8:00 pm
Spiritual Romanticism: Sacred Works of Brahms and Reger

The Dessoff Choirs •  James Bagwell, conductor

Dessoff presents rarely-heard choral music from late 19th-century Germany, including the dark Fest und Gedenksprüche and Schaffe in mir, Gott by Brahms, alongside Reger's haunting O Tod, wie bitter bist du. Come experience the lush splendor of this rich Romantic music.   [More info...]


Rock of Ages from SOUTHERN HARMONYSaturday, March 10, 2007, 8:00 pm
Musicians Wrestle Everywhere: 20th & 21st-Century Choral Music

The Dessoff Choirs • James Bagwell, conductor

Works by Elliott Carter, Phillip Rhodes, William Duckworth, and a world premiere by Kyle Gann are showcased as Dessoff performs some of the best American choral music composed in the last 50 years.  [More info...]


Der Neue Landgericht in Berlin, 1905Thursday, May 10, 2007, 8:00 pm
Weill • Hindemith • Bartók

The Dessoff Choirs• James Bagwell, conductor

This evening features Kurt Weill's daring Das Berliner Requiem with libretto by Bertolt Brecht, a piece originally written for radio in 1928, and Paul Hindemith's boisterous Apparebit Repentina Dies from 1947. Works for women's voices by Bartók round out this unique event for chorus and orchestra.   [More info...]


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