WHO:
Carnegie Mellon University Philharmonic
Andrés Cárdenes, Music Director
Carnegie Mellon University Chorus
Thomas W. Douglas, Director of Choral Studies
WITH:
Andrés Cárdenes, conductor
Thomas W. Douglas, conductor
Daniel Nesta Curtis, conductor
SOLOIST:
Rachel Doehring, soprano (Poulenc Gloria)
COST:
$10 Regular Admission
$5 Senior Citizen (65+) Admission
All students, along with CMU/Pitt faculty and staff, are free w/ valid ID.
DETAILS:
Under the direction of Andrés Cárdenes, the CMU Chorus will join the Philharmonic on Poulenc's Gloria. Debussy's Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun and Maurice Ravel's Pavane for a Dead Princess will be conducted by Resident Conductor, Daniel Nesta Curtis. Under the direction of Thomas W. Douglas, the Choirs will perform Holst's In the Bleak Midwinter (arr. Thomas W. Douglas) and Joy Joy Joy (arr. Robert Page). Also on the program will be Gershwin's An American in Paris and the premiere of Mike Garson's Christmas is Here.
REPERTOIRE:
Poulenc Gloria
Holst In The Bleak Midwinter
Ravel Pavane for a Dead Princess
Debussy Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
Traditional Joy Joy Joy
Gershwin An American in Paris
Garson Christmas is Here