DCINY PRESENTS REFLECTIONS OF PEACE
AT CARNEGIE HALL ON JANUARY 16, 2017 FEATURING THE NEW YORK CITY PREMIERE OF KIM ANDRE ARNESEN’S REQUIEM
Guest conductor Catherine Sailer conducts Haydn’s Lord Nelson Mass featuring Distinguished Concerts Orchestra and Distinguished Concerts Singers International
Flutopia Wind Ensemble, in its 16th season, will perform a selection of works including Tchaikovsky, Debussy, and Reed.
For immediate release – New York, NY – On January 16 at 7PM, Distinguished Concerts International New York (DCINY) will present Reflections of Peace, a night of concert music featuring the NYC Premiere of Kim André Arnesen’s Requiem, Haydn’s Lord Nelson Mass as well as selected works performed by Virginia-based wind ensemble Flutopia.
Kim André Arnesen is one of the most frequently performed classical composers from Norway today and is known for his extensive body of choral works. He is also an elected member of the Norwegian Society of Composers. Arnesen’s Requiem was Commissioned by The Nidaros Cathedral Boys´ Choir and conductor Bjørn Moe, Trondheim, Norway, and premiered in Nidaros Cathedral on April 6, 2014.
About his work, Arnesen has stated “My Requiem is not dedicated to any particular person or group. I wanted to write a requiem that could provide solace to people who are in pain and grieving, or to assist in a moment of remembrance and honoring.” Instead of utilizing the complete text of the original requiem Mass, Arnesen decided to include text from foreign sources such as Emily Dickinson’s poem Not In Vain. DCINY Associate Artistic Director James Meaders will lead this NYC Premiere.
Flutopia Wind Ensemble, in its 16th season, performs in venues across Northern, VA, and offer workshops that are distinctly unique to them, such as the “District Band Workshop” and “Flutopia Fest.” They have been invited by DCINY to perform at Carnegie Hall as part of their own ‘destination concert’ series.
LISTING INFO
Monday, January 16, 2017
7:00PM
Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage, Carnegie Hall
James Meaders, DCINY Associate Artistic Director and Conductor
Kim André Arnesen: Requiem (NY premiere)
Featuring Distinguished Concerts Orchestra and Distinguished Concerts Singers International
Catherine Sailer, Guest Conductor
Joseph Haydn: Missa in Angustiis (Lord Nelson Mass)
Featuring Distinguished Concerts Orchestra and Distinguished Concerts Singers International
Flutopia
Jennifer Lapple, Director
More information about the concert: http://www.dciny.org/concerts/256116-2/
Tickets for the concert are now on sale from $20: https://www.carnegiehall.org/Calendar/2017/1/16/0700/PM/Distinguished-Concerts-Orchestra-and-Distinguished-Concerts-Singers-International/
PARTICIPATING ENSEMBLES
A Cappellissimo
Bothell High School Choir
Chamber Singers of Southeast Iowa
Church by the Sea Chancel Choir
Coro Filarmonico di Brescia
Maynooth & St Muredach’s Schola
The Opus Chorale of West Virginia
Pascagoula High School Bravura and Amabile
Eaton High School Troubadours
The Festival Singers of Atlanta
Rheinland Pfalz International Choir
St. Francis of Assisi Roman Catholic Church Choir, Castle Rock, CO
The Rockridge Chorale (Oakland California)
The Highland Park Community Chorus
About Distinguished Concerts International New York (DCINY)
Founded in 2007 by Iris Derke and Jonathan Griffith, with its first public concert presented on January of 2008, DCINY is a leading producer of dynamically-charged musical entertainment in renowned venues. With its unforgettable, world-class concert experiences, empowering educational programs, and global community of artists and audiences, DCINY changes lives through the power of performance. Commemorating their 10th Anniversary season in 2018, DCINY is proud to have presented life-changing performances for over 40,000 performers and 170,000 audience members since its inception.
In addition to being selected three times to the Inc. 5000 listing, DCINY also recently received national recognition with the 2014 and 2015 American Prize in conducting – professional orchestra division to DCINY Artistic Director Jonathan Griffith and the Distinguished Concerts Orchestra, and the 2015 American Prize in Arts Marketing to DCINY General Director Iris Derke and the DCINY Team.
