We'll Be Together Again...
on September 30, 7pm ET
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Join us for Opening Night of our new digital series
NYFOS@Home
with a LIVE Q&A session to follow the concert
Wednesday, September 30, 7pm ET
WE’LL BE TOGETHER AGAIN
To alleviate the stress of our long self-quarantine, songs about sweet reunions with loved ones. Music by Richard Strauss, John Jacob Niles, Copland, Schubert, Guastavino, and others. Featuring soprano and pianist Erin Morley, mezzo-sopranos Amelie Aldner, Amanda Lynn Bottoms, and Sasha Cooke, tenor Lawrence Brownlee, baritones Efraín Solís and Samuel Kidd, pianists Steven Blier, Daniel Gerzenberg, Myra Huang, and Joseph Li.
Available to watch from September 30, 7pm until October 31.
Live Q&A session, featuring Erin Morley and Joseph Li with Steven Blier as host, will immediately follow the concert. Leave your questions in the comments section next to the video to be included. Questions can also be submitted in advance by emailing info@nyfos.org.
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How To Watch
We aim to make enjoying the NYFOS@Home series as simple real-life concert attendance. For the duration of the fall 2020 season, we will only ask for your email to access the individual events.
Registration is free, although we hope that you will consider supporting the series so that we can continue to bring more performances to you.
Patrons who donate to the series -- perhaps in the amount of our usual Mainstage subscriptions of $150 or $240 per seat -- will be automatically registered for each concert through the end of calendar year.
You can give online or by sending a check to NYFOS at One Penn Plaza, #6108, New York, NY 10119. Please give by Sept 25 to ensure we can include you in the registration for the first program, premiering on Sept 30.
Thank you to everyone who has already signed on as a NYFOS digital series 'subscriber'! If you've sent in a donation, you should have received a confirmation email with more details. Please email us at info@nyfos.org if you have any questions about your registration.
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Additional NYFOS@Home Concerts
Each program will be available to view for at least two weeks after the listed premiere date.
Wednesday, October 21
“BLACK MARKET” and OTHER SONGS FOR SURVIVAL
Co-curated by baritone Theo Hoffman and NYFOS’s Steven Blier, Black Market features songs that gave Americans courage during times of crisis. Music by Kurt Weill, Frederick Hollander, Bessie Smith, and Harry T. Burleigh, as well as the world premiere of a newly commissioned song by Matthew Aucoin. Including sopranos Janai Brugger-Orman and Julia Bullock, mezzo-sopranos Kate Lindsey and Lucia Bradford, baritones Leroy Davis and Theo Hoffman, and bass-baritone Davóne Tines, with pianists Steven Blier, Adam Neilsen, Christian Reif, and Christopher Reynolds.
Wednesday, November 18
MYTHS TO LIVE BY
Created by soprano Julia Bullock and NYFOS’s Steven Blier, Myths To Live By delves into the archetypes, fables, and legends that drive history. Music by Kurt Weill, Billy Strayhorn, Hall Johnson, and others. Featuring soprano Julia Bullock, mezzo-soprano Sasha Cooke, tenor Aaron Crouch, and others, with pianist Steven Blier.
Wednesday, December 2
SONGS OF FAITH AND BELIEF
An exploration of the palpable, unseen forces that sustain us. Songs by Vaughan Williams, J.S. Bach, Michael John LaChiusa, and American spirituals set by Harry T. Burleigh and Hall Johnson, alongside brief discussions with the artists about the spiritual role of music in their lives. With mezzo-soprano Amanda Lynn Bottoms, tenor Miles Mykkanen, baritone Justin Austin, violist Cynthia Phelps, and pianist Michael Barrett.
Monday, December 14
A GOYISHE CHRISTMAS TO YOU!
Ten years after its joyous conception, NYFOS’s annual holiday program comes to your home. Gather ‘round the tree (or menorah) and celebrate the season with Yuletide songs written by Jewish composers. Featuring Donna and Joshua Breitzer, Joshua Jeremiah, Rebecca Jo Loeb, Alex Mansoori, Lauren Worsham, with Alan Kay on clarinet and Steven Blier on piano.
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For the latest info on the digital series, including behind the scenes glimpses at the rehearsal process, video messages from the artists, program notes, bios and more, please follow NYFOS on social media (links below).
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From our friends at the London Handel Festival |
Take part in a unique performance of Handel's Messiah from his own church!
Each December LHF presents a sold-out performance of Handel’s Messiah in the composer’s own church, St. George’s Hanover Square in London’s Mayfair. This year, because of Covid-19, it will be different; the movements for orchestra and soloists will be performed live in the church, but the choruses will be pre-recorded by partner choirs from around the country, including a special ‘Sing at Home’ all-comers amateur choir. The whole event will be live-streamed and promises to be ground-breaking and historic, with the aim of involving several hundred singers and an online audience of thousands.
This is your chance to be part of the event -- we welcome more singers for our 'Sing at Home' chorus, especially tenors and basses, and participants from abroad.
Act fast as the deadline for submissions is October 4! More info
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Programs and Artists subject to change.
All NYFOS programming is funded, in part, by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. NYFOS Mainstage is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.
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New York Festival of Song | 646.230.8380 | info@nyfos.org | nyfos.org |
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