Postponed: New England Symphonic Ensemble
The Lockport Township High School Wind Symphony (Illinois), under the direction of Brian Covey, returns to Carnegie Hall performing works by Michael Markowski, Percy Grainger, Aaron Perrine, and David Maslanka. Mareena Boosamra Ball conducts a festival chorus of more than 150 voices in Schubert’s Mass No. 2 in G Major, and composer/conductor Howard Helvey, in his Carnegie Hall debut, leads the chorus in several of his own compositions, all being performed at Carnegie Hall for the first time.
Performers
New England Symphonic Ensemble
Mareena Boosamra Ball and Howard Helvey, Conductors
Brad Caldwell and William Averill, Piano
Lockport Township High School Wind Symphony
Brian Covey, Conductor
With participating choruses
Program
MICHAEL MARKOWSKI joyRIDE
GRAINGER The Gum-Suckers March (ed. R. Mark Rogers)
AARON PERRINE Only Light
MASLANKA Give Us This Day, Short Symphony for Wind Ensemble
SCHUBERT Mass No. 2 in G Major, D.167
TRADITIONAL "Joshua Fit de Battle of Jericho" (arr. Howard Helvey)
HOWARD HELVEY My God, Accept My Heart This Day
HOWARD HELVEY Song of Creation
TRADITIONAL "I'm Gonna Sing When the Spirit Says Sing" (arr. Howard Helvey)
TRADITIONAL "The Time for Praying" (arr. Howard Helvey)
HOWARD HELVEY "Give Us the Wings of Faith to Rise"
TRADITIONAL "The Eternal Gates" (arr. Howard Helvey)
TRADITIONAL "Wayfaring Stranger" (arr. Howard Helvey)