Celebrate the spirit of the holidays with the Grammy Award-winning Brooklyn Youth Chorus performing live in The Greene Space at WQXR. The program features Benjamin Britten's timeless Ceremony of Carols and more seasonal works by Daniel Brewbaker and others. The archive of the video webcast will be available soon after the live event is over.
Program details:
Brooklyn Youth Chorus Concert Ensemble
Dianne Berkun Menaker, conductor
Brooklyn Youth Chorus Men’s Ensemble
Kristopher Burke conductor
Rachel DeVore Fogarty, piano
Sivan Magen, harp
Simeone/Onorati/Grossman/Fraser (arr. Rachel DeVore Fogarty): The Little Drummer Boy/Peace on Earth
Spiritual (arr. Rachel DeVore Fogarty): Rise Up Shepherd and Follow
Daniel Brewbaker: Little Tree
Benjamin Britten: A Ceremony of Carols
Audience Sing-along: Silent Night and Winter Wonderland
Celebrating its 25th anniversary, the Brooklyn Youth Chorus serves as WQXR’s 2016-17 Artist-in-Residence. Throughout the season, the chorus will appear in The Greene Space at WQXR, perform at venues around New York City in concerts webcast live on Q2 Music and will be featured in associated on-air and online programming at wqxr.org.