Join us on Monday, March 3oth at 1PM for a special program, "A Celebration of Peace Through Music".
Sir Gilbert Levine gathered orchestras and choruses from America and Europe to the stage of Washington, DC’s DAR Constitution Hall on the occasion of the canonization of Pope John XXIII and Pope John Paul II by Pope Francis in April, 2014. The repertoire was carefully chosen to reflect the spirit of these three popes and their commitment to peace and brotherhood among all peoples of all religions of the world.
Featured musical selections include: Aaron Copland’s Fanfare for the Common Man, Verdi’s Messa Da Requiem, Leonard Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms, and Brahms’ Symphony No. 1. Also included in this broadcast is an ancient Polish hymn attributed to Bogurodzica, and Henryk Gorecki’s Totus Tuus for a Capella choir.
A Celebration of Peace Through Music features the Orchestra of St. Luke’s, the Krakow Philharmonic Choir and the Washington Choral Arts Society with commentary by conductor Sir Gilbert Levine. This program is a co-production of Pax Per Musicam Foundation and Georgetown University, in association with Classical WETA in Washington, D.C.
Major funding for this broadcast is provided by Tom and Gayle Benson; Alfred H. Moses and Fern Schad; Chandler and Paul Tagliabue; and The Hariri Foundation.
