Performance Sunday, September 11th at 2pm, Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center
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The
world’s most popular living composer Karl Jenkins brings iconic music of
war and peace to Avery Fisher Hall on 9/11. England’s renowned
Really Big Chorus with conductor/composer René Clausen and the Distinguished
Concerts Orchestra International and Distinguished Concerts Singers
International will perform. This performance is presented by Distinguished
Concerts International New York DCINY, whose mission is to showcase
heart-stopping, innovative choral music at prestigious venues around the world.
The
program includes two works by Jenkins: “The Armed Man: A Mass for
Peace” and “For the Fallen: In Memoriam Alfryn
Jenkins.” Commissioned jointly by The Royal Armouries and Classic
FM, “The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace” was initially inspired by the
Kosovan conflict, but the clear message of hope resounds even stronger years
later on this anniversary of 9/11.
“The
Armed Man” reflects on war and peace in the global world. It
incorporates songs and sacred texts of a traditional Western mass along with
influences, text, instrumentation and inspiration from Muslim, Hindu and
Japanese sources
In
a rapturous performance, by turns visceral and ethereal, the Mass was a
firebomb of orchestral and human voices. –The Times
Karl
Jenkins wrote “For the Fallen” in memory of his Welsh uncle, Alfryn
Jenkins, his uncle & viola player, who was captain of a Lancaster bomber
that was lost, with an all Welsh crew, over Berlin in 1944 while the composer
was an infant. It is set to the iconic poem by Laurence Binyon, which
incorporates the Last Post bugle call, a soprano solo and narration. The piece
debuted last year at the Festival of Remembrance at Royal Albert Hall.
This will be the US premiere of “For the Fallen.”
As
a composer, he recognises no boundaries - musical, commercial, geographical or
cultural. His is a way of thinking and composing that is perfectly in tune with
the spirit of the times.–Classic FM Magazine
Karl
Jenkins is
the most performed living composer in the world with seventeen gold and
platinum disc awards. Born in Wales, Karl Jenkins studied the oboe and
graduated from Cardiff University, followed by post-graduate studies at
London’s Royal College of Music. A passion for jazz – he was a
member of the bands Nucleus and Soft Machine – led him to composition.
“The Armed Man” has been performed nearly 1,000 times in 20
different countries. Recent recordings include Gloria, Stella Natalis and Joy
to the World, Kiri Sings Karl with Dame Kiri Te Kanawa who received the
prestigious Lifetime Achievement in Music Award at the Classical BRIT Awards;
Requiem and Stabat Mater. Among his numerous awards, Jenkins was
awarded an OBE, by Her Majesty The Queen, in the 2005 New Year’s Honours
List and a CBE in the 2010 Birthday Honours List “for services to
music”.
Established
in 1974, the Really Big Chorus is Britain’s largest
choral society, made up of singers from hundreds of different choirs all over
the country as well as thousands of individuals. Drawing from a talented
pool of thousands of individuals, 400 singers will perform at this 9/11
memorial concert.
René
Clausen is
a celebrated American composer and the conductor of The Concordia Choir, and
associate professor of music at Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota.
Karl Jenkins
Links:
2010 Performance
at Royal Albert Hall
Interview on
WNYC’s Soundcheck
Boosey &
Hawkes documentary
Karl
Jenkins’ website
The Really Big
Chorus
The Really Big
Chorus’ Website
René Clausen
website
René Clausen
video
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by Iris Derke (General Director) and Jonathan Griffith (Artistic Director and
Principal Conductor) Distinguished Concerts International is driven by passion,
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