On May 16, 2021, Musica Viva NY will conclude its 20-21 virtual season with “Eine Schubertiade,” a concert of lieder by Schubert featuring the company’s soloists. The concert will be opened by the Music Viva NY Choir singing the “Kyrie” from “Mass in G Major” and “Ave Maria” arranged for solo voice, choir, and organ. The program includes works such {…}
Musica Viva NY is set to present the online concert “Bachmaninoff: Spirituality and Beauty in Bach and Rachmaninoff” on Sunday, Nov. 15, 2020. The program will features songs for voice and piano by Rachmaninoff including “Vocalise,” “As Fair as Day in Blaze of Noon,” “Oh, Stay my love, forsake me not!,” “The Lilacs,” and “When Silent Night Doth Hold Me.” {…}
Musica Viva NY will present works by composers from three phases of German Romanticism: early (Mendelssohn), middle (Rheinberger), and late (Mahler) in a concert entitled “Great Romantic Composers.” The Musica Viva NY choir will perform Rheinberger’s mass for double choir, interspersed by the movements of Mendelssohn’s last string quartet. The program will also feature Mahler’s “Rückert Lieder,” in a special {…}
Musica Viva NY has announced its 2019-20 season. The performance series kicks off at the St. Vincent Ferrer Chruch in NYC with a concert exploring works in honor of Mary and St. Cecilia. To that effect, there will be music by Britten, Biebl, Pärt, Sandström, Parson, Wadsworth, Macmillan, and Hildegard von Bingen. Performance Date: Nov. 3, 2019 Second is a {…}
Musica Viva NY will conclude its 2018-19 season with “Homage to Peace,” led by Artistic Director Alejandro Hernandez-Valdez. The Musica Viva NY Choir will be featured in a program of Maurice Duruflé’s “Ubi Caritas” and “Requiem,” Op. 9, Francis Poulenc’s Concerto for Organ, Timpani and Strings, Op. 36 (featuring acclaimed organist Renée Anne Louprette), and Arvo Pärt’s “Da Pacem Domine” for Mixed {…}
Musica Viva NY will showcase a special concert on Nov. 11, 2018, to honor the 100th anniversary of Armistice Day. The concert, entitled “End of the War to End All Wars,” will take place at the All Souls Church and is set to feature mezzo-soprano Barbara Dever in a program that includes music by Ravel, Holst, and Joseph Turrin. Turrin’s {…}
Musica Viva NY kicks off its 2018-19 season with Songs of Love, an evening of lieder by Johannes Brahms, Robert Schumann, and P.D.Q. Bach. The recital on Sunday, Sept. 23, 2018 will feature soprano Devony Smith, mezzo-soprano Michèle Eaton, tenor Nathan Siler, and baritone Brian Mextorf, accompanied by Artistic Director Alejandro Hernandez-Valdez and Trent Johnson. The concert will also include {…}
Musica Viva NY, a chamber choir, under the artistic direction of Dr. Alejandro Hernandez-Valdez, has announced its 2018-19 season. The season will include music from Joseph Turrin, Leonard Bernstein to Poulenc and Duruflé. Season Information The season kicks off with a benefit concert on Sept. 23, at All Souls Church entitled “Songs of Love,” featuring songs by Brahms, Schumann, and P.D.Q. Bach, performed {…}
