Monday, December 19 08pm to 10pm
Carnegie Hall
57th Street and 7th Ave., New York, NY 10019
This unique holiday concert brings together internationally known professional artists – including New York-based Japanese pianist Gohei Nishikawa – with New York-area youth orchestras and choirs in a call for global peace, respect, and understanding. All will perform together to promote a message of “Play Together for Peace” as a merged group, which symbolizes global unity and friendship, offering a true sense of “One Voice…One World.” In true holiday spirit, the finale will feature 300 performers singing and playing in unison a celebratory song, filled with love and hope for a harmonious world, for the holiday season.
Performers
Yeou-Cheng Ma – Violin
Gohei Nishikawa – Piano
Margaret Keys – Soprano
Children’s Orchestra Society Young Symphonic Ensemble – Michael Dadap, Conductor
Concert Orchestra of InterSchool Orchestras of New York – Lawrence Markiewicz, Conductor
Angelic Fire-Voices and Bells of St. Aidan – Dragan Ivanov Bubalo, Conductor
Herricks High School Chamber Orchestra – Catherine Fish, Conductor
Herricks High School Chamber Choir – Louise O’Hanlon, Director
Our Lady of Mercy Academy Choir – Jennifer Haney, Music Director
Glen Cove High School Select Chorale – Edward Norris, Music Director
Harmony For Peace Ensemble
Brenden Zuk, Honoka Kikukawa, and Julia Chin – Violin
Noah Lee and Sejung An – Cello
Paris Arin, Peter Wang, and Max Wang – Piano
Program
DVOŘÁK Largo from Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95, “From the New World”
VIVALDI Concerto in G Minor for Two Cellos, Strings, and Continuo, RV 531
VIVALDI Concerto in B Minor for Four Violins, Strings, and Continuo, RV 580
RACHMANINOFF Prelude in C-sharp Minor from Morceaux de fantaisie, Op. 3, No. 2
LIAM PICKER Winter (World Premiere)
BEETHOVEN Coriolan Overture, Op. 62
HAYDN Vivace from Piano Concerto No. 2 in D Major, Hob. XVIII: 2
CACCINI Ave Maria
PETERSON Love Transcending
MILLER / MILLER “Let There Be Peace on Earth”
Led by President and Executive Director Tomoko Torii, Harmony For Peace Foundation promotes peace and friendship across national and cultural borders through music.
For tickets visit: www.carnegiehall.org