Saturday, September 28, 6 pm
The Performing Arts Center, 735 Anderson Hill Road, Purchase, NY
Tickets: $37.50 general admission, $24 seniors and students, $75 preferred seating, children under 12 attend for free, at tinyurl.com/ysbjyj68
Featuring Modus Operandi Orchestra, Tutti Music Collective Chorus, Elijah Langille, conductor
Ciaran Nagle, tenor, Ken Field, saxophone, Phil Neighbors, drums, Rachel Burckardt, electric guitar and piano
Other featured performing artists: Diana Fischer, piano, Darby Clinard and Kayleigh Bennett, mezzo-sopranos
Boston-based Tutti Music Collective‘s chorus collaborates with the New York’s Modus Operandi Orchestra, renowned Celtic tenor Ciarán Nagle, and critically acclaimed saxophonist Ken Field for a diverse program of music by award-winning composer Rachel Burckardt.
The concert features the New York premiere of Burckardt’s “Mount Auburn Requiem,” dedicated to memory of deceased classmates from Albertus Magnus High School’s 1972 graduating class. The performance is in close proximity to the high school’s location in Bardonia, NY, 15 miles to the west in Rockland County. The winner of a Silver Medal in the Global Music Awards, the “Mount Auburn Requiem” will features Celtic tenor Ciarán Nagle, the Tutti Music Collective Chorus, and the Modus Operandi Orchestra under the direction of the internationally acclaimed conductor Justin Bischof. A portion of all ticket sales will be donated to the Scholarship Fund at Albertus Magnus High School.
The concert also include some of Rachel’s other works, including “For Elaine and Steve” composed for the wedding of Burckardt’s first son, “Ave Maria,” her setting of the prayer to the Mother of Jesus, set for acapella chorus. “Heal Me,” a prayer of petition for God’s loving care to heal us, set for solo voice, piano, strings and winds, featuring Diana Fischer, piano, Darby Clinard and Kayleigh Bennett, mezzo-sopranos. As the title implies, “Ascendance,” for electric guitar, orchestra and saxophone, is the audible ascendance of the music rising above the social and political noise and negativity prevalent today. Through the use of rising chords and melodic lines, the piece climbs up to a summit – and a better perspective.
The concert also features Boston-based Tutti Music Collective Chorus under the direction of Elijah Langille. The chorus has performed at major concerts of the Tutti Music Collective, debuting at the world premiere of the “Mount Auburn Requiem” in October 2022, featuring a mix of Boston-based professional singers and volunteer choristers from major Boston church choirs.
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