A Concert of Commemoration Honoring the 10th Anniversary of 9/11

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1 Sunday Afternoon, September 11, 2011, at 2:00 Distinguished Concerts International New York (DCINY) Iris Derke, Co-Founder and General Director Jonathan Griffith, Co-Founder and Artistic Director Presents A Concert of Commemoration Honoring the 10th Anniversary of 9/11 Distinguished Concerts Orchestra International Distinguished Concerts Singers International RENÉ CLAUSEN, Guest Conductor SAMUEL BARBER Adagio for Strings (8:00) RENÉ CLAUSEN Memorial (25:00) BRADLEY ELLINGBOE, Bass-Baritone September Morning The Attack Prayers Petitions Intermission Distinguished Concerts Orchestra International The Really Big Chorus, Jonathan Griffith, Rehearsal Conductor KARL JENKINS, Guest Conductor KARL JENKINS For the Fallen: In Memoriam Alfryn Jenkins (U.S. Premiere) (4:00) KARL JENKINS The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace (63:00) ERIKA GRACE POWELL, Soprano CHARLOTTE DAW PAULSEN, Mezzo-Soprano BRIAN CHENEY, Tenor BRADLEY ELLINGBOE, Bass-Baritone 1. The Armed Man 2. A Call to Prayer 3. Kyrie 4. Save Me from Bloody Men 5. Sanctus 6. Hymn Before Action 7. Charge! 8. Angry Flames 9. Torches 10. Agnus Dei 11. Now the Guns Have Stopped 12. Benedictus 13. Better is Peace Please hold all applause until the end of the last movement. Avery Fisher Hall Please make certain your cellular phone, pager, or watch alarm is switched off.

2 T H E C I T Y O F N E W Y O R K O F F I C E O F T H E M A Y O R N E W Y O R K, N Y September 11, 2011 Dear Friends: It is an honor to welcome everyone to Avery Fisher Hall for today s September 11 Concert of Commemoration, presented by Distinguished Concerts International New York. The attacks of September 11, 2001 changed our world forever. This year, as we mark the 10th anniversary of the attacks, New Yorkers can be proud that the National September 11 Memorial is opening, and that Lower Manhattan is more alive than ever. The 9/11 Memorial will provide a powerful and lasting place of reflection and remembrance, and it will help ensure that future generations know the story of New York s grief, our resilience, and our shared hope for a more peaceful world. In the days and weeks after the attacks, we vowed we would never forget, and that we would work together to build a brighter future. We will continue to keep that solemn commitment to those who perished, to their families, and to the courageous men and women who helped us recover. As you pay tribute to those we lost, I join you in honoring their lives, and in finding inspiration in their memories and in our City s enduring and indomitable spirit. Sincerely, Michael R. Bloomberg Michael R. Bloomberg Mayor

3 Notes on the Program SAMUEL BARBER Adagio for Strings Born March 9, 1910, West Chester, Pennsylvania; Died January 23, 1981, New York, New York Samuel Barber s Adagio for Strings has become associated with times of national mourning. Upon such occasions as the deaths of presidents Roosevelt and Kennedy as well as other notable figures, the Adagio for Strings was heard on radio stations as well as concert halls across the country. Its emotion-laden expressivity, elegiac motion, and sheer tonal beauty create a musical expression which appears to embody and give voice to our collective grief. As we commemorate yet another national tragedy, the events of 9/11/01, it is fitting that once again we experience this powerfully expressive composition. RENÉ CLAUSEN Memorial Born April 17, 1953, Faribault, Minnesota Memorial is a composition for mixed chorus, orchestra and baritone solo. Though presented as one continuous movement, the composition follows a program that comprises four sub-sections September Morning, The Attack, Prayers, and Petitions. The first two sections reflect the actual chain of events leading to and including the attacks upon the World Trade Center towers. The music of destruction, however, is kept to a minimum in favor of musical emphasis upon a possible spiritual response to these events. Healing, cleansing and hope are the main themes of the work. September Morning paints the picture of a beautiful, sunlit morning in New York City. In this opening section the chorus is used as a section of the orchestra, intoning wordless vocalizes in a Debussy-like texture. Premonition of the attack is then heard in the orchestra as the music moves into The Attack sequence. As might be expected, the attack on the World Trade Center towers inspires music that is highly dramatic, rhythmically intense, and colorful, making use of extended percussion and the entire range of both instrumental and choral forces. The third and fourth sections, subtitled Prayers and Petitions, respectively, move away from programmatic description of physical world events to musical evocation of spiritual responses to these events. The final section, Petitions, is an elegiac and introspective musical prayer for mercy, mutual understanding, and hope for the future. The primary text is presented, first sequentially and then simultaneously, in English, Latin, Hebrew, and Arabic. In juxtaposing these languages, some of which are the languages of the cultures at war with one another, it is the hope of the composer that in so doing we may find a common ground of higher being, and be called away from darkness into light. The piece ends with a quiet Kyrie a plea for God s mercy on this world. Notes by René Clausen

4 Text of Memorial Adonai! My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? -Mark 15:34 May I be peaceful. May you be peaceful. May we be peaceful. May we live with ease of heart. May we live in joy. -Traditional Buddhist meditation Gracious and loving God, pour forth your mercy upon us all. For those who have fallen, and are lost in the oblivion of rubble, Blanket them with your eternal light. Gracious and loving God, pour forth your mercy upon us all. For those whose souls have turned cold and empty, Grant them a large measure of your mercy, and a nutritious kernel of your kindness Grant them peace. Gracious and loving God, pour forth your mercy upon us all. For those whose dreams are haunted by images of horror; Enfold them in your loving embrace. Fill our hearts with your healing love. Gracious and loving God, pour forth your mercy upon us all. We pray for our enemies, all those who hate us; we condemn them to your mercy, O God. Gracious and loving God, pour forth your mercy upon us all. If there be any grain of hatred in us, wash us clean and cleanse us. Move us to the common ground of Your Being, O God. Roy Hammerling, Concordia College Religion Department Hebrew Adonai, vehaer panecha, venivashea. Arabic (transliteration) Ya Rab Naw war Alaina. Latin Domine Deus, ostende lucem tuam, Et salvi erimus. Kyrie eleison, Christe eleison, Kyrie eleison. KARL JENKINS For the Fallen: In Memoriam Alfryn Jenkins Born February 17, 1944, Neath, Wales, U.K. Laurence Binyon s iconic poem is recited across the world every Remembrance Day; this setting, which incorporates the Last Post (played by trumpets) in the orchestration, is dedicated to the memory of my uncle, a violist, Pilot Officer Alfryn Jenkins, Text of For the Fallen Laurence Binyon With proud thanksgiving, a mother for her children, England mourns for her dead across the sea. Flesh of her flesh they were, spirit of her spirit, Fallen in the cause of the free. Solemn the drums thrill; Death august and royal Sings sorrow up into immortal spheres. There is music in the midst of desolation And a glory that shines upon our tears. O God, shine your light on us, and we shall be saved. O God shine your light on us. O God, shine your light on us, and we shall be saved. Lord have mercy, Christ have mercy, Lord have mercy. captain of a Lancaster bomber which was lost in action, together with his all-welsh crew, during a raid over Berlin in We met in 1944, although I don t remember it of course. I d just been born and he was on his last leave before his fateful mission. As an homage to him, it opens with a viola solo. The first performance took place at the Royal Albert Hall, London, on November 13, Note by Karl Jenkins They went with songs to the battle, they were young, Straight of limb, true of eye, steady and aglow. They were staunch to the end against odds uncounted; They fell with their faces to the foe. They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old, Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them.

5 KARL JENKINS The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace is the result of a special millennial commission from the Royal Armouries and the latest in a six century-old tradition of Armed Man masses that take the15th-century French song L Homme Armé as their starting point. The Mass begins with the beat of drums, the orchestra gradually building to the choir s entrance, singing the 15th century theme tune The Armed Man. After the scene is set, the style and pace change, and we are prepared for reflection by first the Muslim Call to Prayers (Adhaan) and then the Kyrie. Next, to a plainsong setting, we hear words from the Psalms asking for God s help against our enemies. The Sanctus that follows is full of menace, and has a primeval, tribal character that adds to its power. The menace grows in the next movement as Kipling s Hymn Before Action builds to its final devastating line, Lord grant us strength to die. War is now inevitable. Charge! opens with a seductive paean to martial glory which is followed by the inevitable consequence war in all its uncontrolled cacophony of destruction, then the eerie silence of the battlefield after the battle and, finally, the burial of the dead. Surely nothing can be worse than this? But think again. At the very center of the work is Angry Flames, an excerpt from a poem about the horrors of the atom bomb attack on Hiroshima. The Agnus Dei, with its lyrical chorale theme, reminds us of Christ s ultimate sacrifice. The Benedictus heals those wounds in its slow and stately affirmation of faith and leads us to the final, positive climax of the work. This begins back where we started in the 15th century with Lancelot and Guinevere s declaration, born of bitter experience, that peace is better than war. Note by Guy Wilson, Master of The Armouries, Britain s oldest national museum Text of The Armed Man 1. The Armed Man L Homme Armé, written L homme armé doit on douter? On a fait partout crier, Que chacun se viegne armer d un haubregon de fer. The armed man must be feared. Everywhere it has been decreed That every man should arm himself With an iron coat of mail. 2. The Call to Prayers (Adhaan) Traditional. Sung in Arabic. Allah is the greatest. I bear Witness that there is no god but Allah I bear Witness that Muhammad is the messenger of Allah Come fast to prayer. Come fast to the success. Allah is the greatest. There is no god but Allah. 3. Kyrie Sung in Greek. Kyrie eleison. Christe eleison. Kyrie eleison. Lord, have mercy. Christ, have mercy. Lord, have mercy.

6 4. Save Me from Bloody Men Be merciful unto me, O God: For man would swallow me up He fighting daily oppresseth me Mine enemies would daily swallow me up, For they be many that fight against me. O thou most high. Defend me from them that rise up against me. Deliver me from the workers of iniquity And save me from bloody men. The Bible, Psalm Sanctus Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus, Dominus Deus Sabaoth. Pleni sunt coeli et terra gloria tua. Hosana in excelsis. 6. Hymn Before Action Rudyard Kipling The earth is full of anger, The seas are dark with wrath, The Nations in their harness Go up against our path; Ere yet we loose the legions Ere yet we draw the blade, Jehovah of the Thunders, Lord God of Battles, aid! High lust and froward bear Proud heart, rebellious brow Dead ear and soul uncaring, We seek thy mercy now! The sinner that forswore Thee, The fool that passed Thee by, Our times are known before Thee Lord grant us strength to die! 7. Charge The trumpet s loud clangor Excites us to Arms With shrill notes of Anger And mortal Alarms Song for Saint Cecilia s Day by John Dryden How blest is he who for his country dies To the Earl of Oxford after Horace by Jonathan Swift The double beat Of the thundering drum Cries, Hark the Foes come; Charge, Charge, tis too late to retreat Dryden How blest is he who for his country dies Swift Charge, charge Dryden Holy, Holy Holy Holy Lord God of Hosts Heaven and earth are full of Thy glory Hosanna in the highest 8. Angry Flames Togi Sankichi. Trans. by Richard H. Minnear. Pushing up through smoke From a world half darkened By overhanging cloud The shroud that mushroomed out And struck the dome of the sky Black, Red, Blue Dance in the air, Merge, Scatter glittering sparks, Already tower Over the whole city Quivering like seaweed, the mass of flames spurts forward. Popping up in the dense smoke, Crawling out Wreathed in fire: Countless human beings On all fours. In a heap of embers that erupt and subside, Hair rent, Rigid in death, There smoulders a curse 9. Torches The Mahàbharàta. The animals scattered in all directions, screaming terrible screams. Many were burning, others were burnt. All were shattered and scattered mindlessly, their eyes bulging. Some hugged their sons, others their fathers and mothers, Unable to let them go, and so they died. Others leapt up in their thousands, faces disfigured And were consumed by the Fire. Everywhere were bodies Squirming on the ground, wings eyes and paws all burning. They breathed their last as living torches.

7 10. Agnus Dei Agnus Dei, qui tolis peccata mundi, miserere nobis. Agnus Dei, qui tolis peccata mundi, dona nobis pacem. O Lamb of God, that takest away the sin of the world, have mercy on us. O Lamb of God, that takest away the sins of the world, grant us Thy peace. 11. Now The Guns Have Stopped Guy Wilson Silent, So silent, now, Now the guns have stopped. I have survived all, I, who knew I would not. But now you are not here. I shall go home, alone; And must try to live life as before, And hide my grief For you, my dearest friend, Who should be with me now, Not cold, too soon, And in your grave, Alone. 12. Benedictus Benedictus qui venit in nomine Domini. Hosanna in excelsis. Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord Hosanna in the Highest 13. Better is Peace Lancelot Better is peace than always war Guinevere And better is peace than evermore war Words: Le Morte d Arthur by Sir Thomas Malory L homme armé doit on douter. On a fait partout crier, Que chacun se viegne armer d un haubregon de fer. The Armed Man must be feared. Everywhere it has been decreed That every man should arm himself With an Iron Coat of mail. Ring out the thousand wars of old, Ring in the thousand years of peace. Ring out the old, ring in the new. Ring, happy bells, across the snow: The year is going, let him go; Ring out the false, ring in the true. Ring out old shapes and foul disease; Ring out the narrowing lust of gold; Ring out the thousand wars of old. Ring in the thousands years of peace. Ring in the valiant man and free The larger heart, the kindlier hand; Ring out the darkness of the land; Ring in the Christ that is to be. In Memoriam by Alfred Lord Tennyson God shall wipe away all tears And there shall be no more death Neither sorrow nor crying Neither shall there be any more pain. Praise the Lord. The Bible, Revelations 21.4

8 Meet the Artists René Clausen René Clausen is associate professor of music at Concordia College, Moorhead, MN, and has served as conductor of The Concordia Choir since Additionally, he is the artistic director of the award-winning Concordia Christmas Concerts, which are frequently featured by PBS stations throughout the nation. Clausen is a renowned composer and arranger, having written dozens of commissioned compositions including Memorial and Crying for a Dream for the American Choral Directors Association. He is also a frequent guest conductor, composer-inresidence, clinician and lecturer. Clausen has conducted such works as Mozart s Requiem, Beethoven s 9th Symphony, Brahms Requiem, Britten s War Requiem and several of his own works including Gloria in three movements performed at Carnegie Hall in New York, where he also recently conducted Handel s Messiah. Clausen graduated from St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN, and received a Master of Music Performance and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. In 1996, Clausen was named the Paul J. and Eleanor Christiansen Chair in Choral Music at Concordia. In 1998, he created the René Clausen Choral School, an intensive five-day program for choral conductors, and is the founder of the René Clausen Music Company. Bradley Ellingboe Bradley Ellingboe has been on the faculty of the University of New Mexico since 1985, where he is Professor of Music and Regents Lecturer. From Ellingboe was head of Vocal Studies. In the fall of 2005 he assumed the title of Director of Choral Activities. Ellingboe is a graduate of Saint Olaf College and the Eastman School of Music and has done further study at the Aspen Music Festival, the Bach Aria Festival, the University of Oslo and the Vatican. As a bass-baritone soloist, Ellingboe has sung across the United States and in Japan, Korea, Norway, England and Mexico. He has appeared under such distinguished conductors as Robert Shaw, Helmuth Rilling and Sir David Willcocks. Karl Jenkins Karl Jenkins, educated at Gowerton Grammar School, Cardiff University and the Royal Academy of Music, London, is one of the most prolific, popular and performed composers in the world today. The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace alone has been performed more than 700 times in 20 different countries since the CD was released, while his recorded output has resulted in seventeen gold and platinum disc awards.

9 His style and integrity has transcended musical boundaries encompassing jazzrock with Soft Machine, the global crossover phenomenon Adiemus, soundtracks for Levis and British Airways, while stopping off along the way to score a Kiefer Sutherland movie, be a castaway on BBC Desert Island Discs, be featured by Melvyn Bragg on the ITV seminal South Bank Show and have been awarded the Freedom of the City of London. Recent recordings include Requiem, Stabat Mater and Quirk. A Doctor of Music, he holds Fellowships, Honorary Doctorates and Professorships at five universities or conservatoires, including the Royal Academy of Music, where a room has been named in his honor. In recent years, he has consistently been the highest placed living composer in Classic FM s Hall of Fame. He holds the Classic FM Red f award for outstanding service to classical music and was awarded an OBE, by Her Majesty the Queen, in the 2005 New Years Honours List for services to music. In 2010, Jenkins was awarded a CBE (Commander of the British Empire) by Her Majesty the Queen of England for his continued outstanding compositions. Jenkins Peacemakers will make its world premiere with DCINY on January 16, 2012, at Carnegie Hall, coinciding with the U.S. release of the CD. Erika Grace Powell Erika Grace Powell is a Vocal Performance graduate of Furman University with musical interests including opera, oratorio, classical crossover, musical theatre, and pop. Erika was awarded the Overall Talent Award and placed as a Top-10 finalist in the 2006 Miss America Pageant as Miss South Carolina. In 2007, she was engaged for Lyrique en Mer/Festival de Belle Ile, the largest Opera Festival in Western France, where she performed Offenbach s Les contes d Hoffmann and Verdi s La Traviata. Erika won The Metropolitan Opera National Council auditions for South Carolina and competed at the regional competition at Spivey Hall in Erika was most recently seen in The New York Philharmonic s production of Janáček s The Cunning Little Vixen. erikagracepowell.com Charlotte Daw Paulsen Charlotte Daw Paulsen, mezzo-soprano, possesses a voice described as unusually rich and complex. She received critical acclaim in the New York Times for Rossini s Petite Messe Solennelle: The real star, along with the chorus, was Charlotte Daw Paulsen a mezzo-soprano with real contralto gravity and power in her lower register. In the Agnus Dei, her performance grew dramatic in the best sense and utterly gripping.

10 Known as a fine interpreter of Oratorio, she is frequently invited to perform works of depth and emotional expression, such as the United States premieres of Stabat Mater, The Armed Man a Mass for Peace, and Gloria by Karl Jenkins and New York City s premier of Et la vie l emporte by Frank Martin with I Cantori. Brian Cheney Brian Cheney is emerging as one of opera s most versatile, and exciting tenors. The protégé of legendary tenor Jerry Hadley, Mr. Cheney is quickly gaining national acclaim for his portrayal of characters such as Nemorino in L elisir d amore, Edgardo in Lucia di Lammermoor, Don Jose in Carmen, Rodolfo in La Boheme, the Duke in Rigoletto, Candide in Candide and Tom Rakewell in The Rake s Progress. Tenor Brian Cheney s portrayal of Don José was the most effective dramatic and vocal realization of character in the production...this excellent singer revealed a voice of amazing power and great beauty. Cheney s booming tenor voice and effective dramatic realization of the passionate Don José soon made him the audience s favorite character. Classical Voice of North Carolina The Really Big Chorus The Really Big Chorus is the U.K. s largest choral society with more than 11,000 singing members. It began life in 1974 when Canadian Don Monro, a student at Imperial College, University of London, got together with fellow scientists to hire the Royal Albert Hall and fill it with amateur singers for the very first Messiah from Scratch. Thirtyfive years later, Concerts from Scratch now puts on three concerts a year at the Hall: Messiah from Scratch in November, a Summer Singday in July (always the last concert in the Hall before the BBC Promenade Concerts) and a May event too. The premise is straightforward: you learn the music, turn up, and sing! Messiah from Scratch is just that no rehearsal at all for the chorus, just an electrifying, adrenalinefilled performance. The other concerts have rehearsals the day of the performance with the English Festival Orchestra and professional soloists under the baton of distinguished conductors such as Sir David Willcocks, Brian Kay (who is our current principal conductor) and John Rutter. The Really Big Chorus also hosts choral vacations and relaxing musical cruises.

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12 Distinguished Concerts Singers International Bedford Presbyterian Senior Choir (NH), Barbara A. Flocco, Director The Concert Singers (CA), Jenni Brandon, Director Concordia College Alumni Choir (MN), René Clausen, Director George Fox University's Concert Choir (OR), Loren Wenz, Director Gwinnett Symphony Chorus (GA), Rick Smith, Director Manassas Chorale (VA), Rebecca D. Verner, Director The Master Chorale of Fargo-Moorhead (ND), René Clausen, Director Prescott Master Singers (AZ), James L. Klein, Director Windsong Southland Chorale (CA), Janet Harms, Director Global Sing for Peace ( was created as a way for musicians from around the world to show their support for the 10th anniversary of 9/11. Ensembles programmed The Armed Man and/or Memorial (complete or excerpts) for a performance in their hometown venue during the month of September Participants in Global Sing for Peace Performing The Armed Man, selections or in full: Ad hoc Come and Sing, Kate Phillipson-Masters, Director - Thornbury, U.K. Brandywine Valley Chorale and Unionville High School Chorale, Jason Throne, Director - Kennett Square, PA Camerata Chamber Choir IOW, Jurgita Hayward, Director - Ventnor, Isle of Wight, U.K. Choeur de l Université du Maine, Evelyne Beche, Director - Le Mans, Sarthe, France Corale Domenico Stella, Coro Città di Piero, Società Filarmonica dei Perseveranti, Corale Don Vittorio Bartolomei; Directors: Paolo Fiorucci, Andrea Marzà, Bruno Sannai, Eugenio dalla Noce, Giulio Camaiti - Sansepolcro, Italy Enchiriadis Treis, Cathal Clinch, Director - Dublin, Ireland Fanshawe Chorus London, Gerald Fagan Singers, Concert Players Orchestra with soloists and guest choir South Huron Community Choir, Gerald Fagan, Director - London, Ontario, Canada Grupo Vocal Experimental UCAB, Carlos Malavé, Director - Caracas, D.C., Venezuela Highland Chancel Choir, Simon Andrews, Director - Lancaster, PA Hilo Community Chorus, Tom McAlexander, Director - Hilo, HI Lymington Choral Society & Choir of St Thomas Church, Michael Goldthorpe, Director - Lymington, Hampshire, U.K. Macarthur Singers Choir, Shoalhaven Lydian Singers, Manly Warringah Choir, Macquarie Singers, East Sydney Chamber Choir, Chevalier College, Jillian Bridge, Director - Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Martin Meadowlarks, Marj Oleske, Director - Martin, SD Quintessence: Choral Artists of the Southwest, Matthew Greer, Director - Albuquerque, NM Plymouth State University and State Wide Choirs, Daniel Perkins, Director - Plymouth, NH St. Andrew s Church Choir, David Fuge, Director- Cobham, Surrey St. Matthew s United Church Celebration Singers, Wayne Rogers, Director - Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Surfside United Methodist Church Spirit Singers, Glynis Hopkins, Director - Surfside Beach, SC Winona Oratorio Chorus and Winona State University Concert Choir, Harry Mechell, Director - Winona, MN

13 Performing Memorial, selections or in full: Blazing Star Choral Society, Donald Rasely, Director - Butler, PA Choir of Christ and Saint Luke s Church, Allen Shaffer, Director - Norfolk, VA Chorus of the Wilmington Community and the Wilmington Community Orchestra, Rob Kennan, Director - Wilmington, DE The Community Festival Chorale, Shirley Faulkner, Director - Russellville, AK First Presbyterian Church Chancel Choir, Patricia Trail, Director - Roanoke, VA Grantsburg Chorale and Grantsburg High School Choirs, Linda Benge - Grantsburg, WI Illinois State Choirs and Wind Symphony, John Koch, Director - Normal, IL Lafayette ~ Orinda Presbyterian Church, Julie Ford, Director - Lafayette, CA Northampton Bach Choir, Lee Dunleavy, Director - Northampton, U.K. Oahu Choral Society/Honolulu Symphony Chorus, Dr. Esther S. Yoo, Director - Honolulu, HI St. Joseph s Catholic Church and St. Peter s Episcopal Church, Patrick Fleitz, Director - Lakeland, FL Sonoma Valley Chorale, David Irvine, Director - Sonoma, California Torrington High School Chamber Choir, Lynn Morin, Director - Torrington, CT Valley of the Moon Chamber Ensemble, Brian Sebastian, Director - Sonoma, California DCINY Administrative Staff Iris Derke, Co-Founder and General Director Jonathan Griffith, Co-Founder, Artistic Director and Principal Conductor Johanna B. Kodlick, Director of Artistic Operations Danuta Gross, Director of Finance and Administration Naghma Husain, Director of Design and Promotions Jeffery R. Thyer, Program Development Coordinator Nicole Cotton, Production Manager Lynn Tsai, Concert Operations Associate Scott Walker, Intern A special thanks to our supporters and partners: Boosey & Hawkes, EMI Classics, National September 11 Memorial & Museum, Roger Dean Publishing and the Welsh Assembly Government. DCINY will donate a portion of proceeds from today s performance to the National September 11 Memorial & Museum. To support the 9/11 Memorial with a $10 donation, text HOPE to Charges will appear on your wireless bill or be deducted from your prepaid balance. All purchases must be authorized by account holder. Message and data rates may apply. Text STOP to to STOP. Text HELP to for HELP. Full terms: Boosey & Hawkes is the exclusive publisher of the music of Karl Jenkins. For further information, visit their website at DCINY thanks its kind sponsors and partners in education: VH 1 Save the Music, Education Through Music, and High 5. For information about performing on DCINY s series or about purchasing tickets, Concerts@DCINY.org, call or 877 MYDCINY (toll free), or visit our Web site at DISTINGUISHED CONCERTS INTERNATIONAL NEW YORK 250 W. 57TH STREET, SUITE 1610 NEW YORK, NY

14 Program Summary Please join us for one of our other events: Saturday, October 8, 2011, 8:00 PM, Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall Distinguished Concerts Artist Series David Templeton Solo Piano - The Radiance Tour David Templeton, Piano and Guitar Sunday, October 30, 2011, 2:00 PM, Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall Distinguished Concerts Artist Series Thomas Florio, Baritone NATSAA st Artist Awards winner Jasmin Arakawa, Pianist Sunday, November 27, 2011, 2:00 PM, Thanksgiving Weekend Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center MESSIAH... REFRESHED! Handel: Messiah, Lincoln Center Premiere of Eugene Goossens' expanded orchestration Jonathan Griffith, DCINY Artistic Director and Principal Conductor Featuring Distinguished Concerts Orchestra International and Distinguished Concerts Singers International Saturday, December 10, 2011, 7:30 PM, Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall Distinguished Concerts Artist Series Diandian Wu, Piano and Authentic Chinese Instruments Sunday, January 15, 2012, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Weekend Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center John Rutter: Mass of the Children; Randol Bass: Gloria; Dan Forrest: Te Deum James M. Meaders, Guest Conductor Featuring Distinguished Concerts Orchestra International and Distinguished Concerts Singers International Monday, January 16, 2012, 7:00 PM, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage, Carnegie Hall The Music of Karl Jenkins Karl Jenkins: The Peacemakers (World Premiere) Karl Jenkins: A Parliament of Owls (U.S. Premiere) Jonathan Griffith, DCINY Artistic Director and Principal Conductor Karl Jenkins, Composer-in-Residence The Peacemakers, using text by Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Mandela, the Dalai Lama, and Albert Schweizter as well as Shelley, the Bible, Quran, Hinduism etc, is a work extolling peace. One line from Rumi (the 13th-century Persian mystic poet) sums up the ethos of the work: "All religions, all singing one song; Peace be with you." Featuring Distinguished Concerts Orchestra International and Distinguished Concerts Singers International Dates, repertoire and artists subject to change.