Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra Federico Cortese, Conductor
Queens College Choir, Queens College Glee Club and the Hudson Valley Singers Harold Rosenbaum, Director |
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| Welcome | Very Rev. Harry H. Pritchett, Jr. |
| Dean, Cathedral of St. John the Divine |
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| Patria Oppressa | Giuseppe Verdi |
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| Celestial Dialogues (American Premiere) | Ofer Ben-Amots |
I. Am Kadosh
II. A Gassn Nigun
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III. The Celestial Freylach
IV. Dienen
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David Krakauer, Clarinet Alberto Mizrahi, Cantor
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| Red Harvest: Concerto for Violin & Orchestra | Michelle Ekizian |
(World Premiere) - Commissioned by the Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust
Prologue. Strange Loops: Siamanto's "Dance" (text: Siamanto / Balakian, trans.)
I. Appassionata II. Lord Have Mercy Epilogue. The Apricot Tree
Ani Kavafian, Violin - Gloria Foster, Narrator
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Interfaith Lifetime Achievement Award presented to James Ingo Freed
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Humanitarian Award for 1997 presented to Hirair, Jirair, Kevork and Vahakn Hovnanian
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Presenters
Congressman Frank Pallone, Dr. Vartan Gregorian, Very Rev. James Parks Morton
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| Choral Fantasy | Ludwig van Beethoven |
Julia Zilberquit, Piano
Barbara Ann Martin, Soprano
Maro Partamian, Mezzo-Soprano
Fredrick Martell, Tenor
Anatoli Panchoshny, Bass |