Melodia Women’s Choir of NYC presents Global Echoes

Melodia Women’s Choir presents

Global Echoes

Sunday, April 26 at 4pm
Holy Apostles
296 Ninth Avenue, b/t W27 & W28 Streets, Chelsea, NYC

Note, this concert is a Sunday matinee performance

Global Echoes weaves together intimate, reflective pieces such as Du bist die Ruh, Dirait-on, and Molitva with rhythmic and playful selections including Over Hill, Over Dale, Happy Land, and Flight, while drawing on multiple languages and traditions—from art song and modern choral writing to folk music of the British Isles, Japan, and Indonesia through works like Sakura, Dago Inang Sarge, and The Parting Glass. Sacred pillars such as Canticle to the Spirit and the Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis balance secular storytelling.

Cynthia Powell, Artistic Director and Conductor
with Janet Sora Chung, piano and organ
Frances Duffy, harp; Kasey Blezinger, percussion
Laura Albers and Yezu Wu, violins; Cameren Anai Williams, viola;
Clara Kennedy, cello; and Eleonore Oppenheim, bass.

Program:

Three Spring Songs
Umirzaya (Snowdrop), Milyausha Khairullina, sung in Tatar
Akcharlaklar (Seagulls), Elmir Nizamov, sung in Tatar
Molitva (Prayer), Elmir Nizamov

Three World Folk Songs
Dago Inang Sarge (Indonesia), arr. Mark O’Leary
Ancient City, Paul Jarman
Sakura (Japan), arr. Michael Neaum

Three Songs of the British Isles
Skye Boat song, arr. Michael McGlynn       
An Oiche (The Night), Michael McGlynn
The Parting Glass, arr. Michael McGlynn

Du Bist die Ruh, Schubert arr. Peter A. Eklund
The Bluebird, Stanford arr. Faye Timmer
Over Hill, Over Dale, Andrea Ramsey 
Hark, Hark the Lark, Alan Bullard
Flight, Craig Carnelia arr. Ryan Murphy
Canticle to the Spirit, Eleanor Daley
Dirait-on, Morton Lauridsen
Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis, Jessica French

Tickets and information: https://melodiawomenschoirnyc.org/melodia-womens-choir-in-concert.

Virtual concert free online: Saturday, June 6, 7pm Eastern time (reservation required).

 

Holy Apostles
296 Ninth Avenue
Chelsea
New york city, New York 10001