TOTAL EMBRACE: Leonard Bernstein at 100
Bernstein – Songfest
Mahler – Des Knaben Wunderhorn, arr. Klaus Simon
NOVUS NY featuring soloists from The Choir of Trinity Wall Street: : Heather Buck, Melissa Attebury, Luthien Brackett, Steven Caldicott Wilson, Edmund Milly and Paul An; Daniela Candillari, guest conductor
Free and open to all.
Trinity celebrates the centennial of Leonard Bernstein’s birth with a wide-ranging selection of the iconic composer-conductor’s music, as well as works by other notable New York City composer-conductors including Bernstein’s lifelong friend Lukas Foss, as well as Gustav Mahler, Pierre Boulez, Aaron Copland, and Julian Wachner. With a special emphasis on lesser-known and vocal compositions, the concerts will feature resident contemporary music orchestra NOVUS NY and a roster of North America’s leading instrumental and vocal soloists, all under Wachner’s direction.