Saturday, March 6, 2010 8pm, 7:30 pre-concert talk

GANN • FOSS • FARBERMAN

James Bagwell, conductor
Megan Taylor, soprano
Jeffrey Hill, tenor
The Dessoff Choirs

Don’t miss James Bagwell’s final trip to the podium as Dessoff’s music director, as we celebrate the new with thrilling works by three contemporary American composers. Both Kyle Gann’s Transcendental Sonnets (New York Premiere) and Lukas Foss’s Psalms call for two pianos and chorus, and Harold Farberman’s Talk (World Premiere) is for piano, chorus, and percussion.

7:30 pre-concert talk with Music Director James Bagwell, and composers Harold Farberman and Kyle Gann, moderated by Miriam Lewin

Read the program notes!

Merkin Concert Hall
129 West 67th Street
Manhattan

Tickets: $35 Preferred Seating, $25 General Admission
$15 Senior/Student, 12 & Under (Free)

Available at the Merkin Hall box office!

Featured on WQXR

Dessoff was featured on the February 21 noon broadcast of "Choral Fixation" on WQXR, 105.9 FM in New York, NY (and streaming on the web at http://www.wqxr.org). Dessoff's 1999 recording of Robert Convery's To The One of Fictive Music, led by Kent Tritle, was played.

Dessoff and Ray Davies on NPR

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An insider's look, from our own Jeff Lunden, at the November performances of The Dessoff Chamber Choir with Ray Davies (of The Kinks) was featured on the December 22 edition of "All Things Considered" on NPR. For the full archived story, click here.

As part of the multimedia breakout for the story, our full set of 15 songs with Ray is available as streaming audio or podcast at All Songs Considered.