FROM ADVERSITY TO TRIUMPH: PRESTINI, BASSI & HAYDN

This Wednesday, November 9, 2022 @ 7:30 pm
One Night Only!
Church of the Ascension
W 10th St, 5th Ave
New York, NY 10011

Voices of Ascension
Dennis Keene, Artistic Director

The Young People’s Chorus of NYC
Francisco Nuñez, Artistic Director

Kevork Mourad, Visual Artist

Liz Lang, Soprano
Barbara Rearick, Mezzo-soprano
Brandon Hynum, Tenor
Enrico Lagasca, Bass-Baritone

Program:
Paola Prestini | The Glass Box
James Bassi | Protect
Franz Joseph Haydn | “Lord Nelson” Mass.
Works by David Lang, Chen Yi, Richard Rodgers, Luis Kalaff, and Bienvenido Brens

Rescheduled from January 2022, Voices of Ascension and the extraordinary Young People’s Chorus of New York City perform The Glass Box, Paola Prestini’s gripping oratorio from 2018 about young refugees in Sweden. Voices will also give the world premiere of our own James Bassi’s Protect, a reflection on humanity’s collective struggles during the COVID-19 pandemic. The evening culminates in brilliance and victory with Haydn’s magnificent “Lord Nelson” Mass.

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