SOPRANO MARIA KNAPIK SINGS
GORECKI, KOPROWSKI, AND BEETHOVEN’S 9TH
WITH NEW YORK GRAND OPERA ORCHESTRA
AT CARNEGIE HALL
 
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2006
8 PM

Isaac Stern Auditorium
Carnegie Hall
57th Street and 7th Avenue
New York City
 
Tickets @ $20-$65 at (212) 247-7800 or www.carnegiehall.org.
 
The celebrated soprano Maria Knapik is featured with other distinguished soloists in a performance by the New York Grand Opera Orchestra and Chorus, conducted by its founder, Vincent La Selva, and joined by “Les Chanteurs” from Freedom High School, Bethlehem, PA, and the Metropolitan Greek Chorale. Other featured soloists are Edward Perretti, Tenor;  Frederick Redd, Baritone; and Jeeminn Lee, Mezzo-Soprano. The program, featuring Beethoven’s 9th Symphony, includes the 2nd Movement from Symphony No.3 by Gorecki and the U.S. premiere of Elegia for Soprano and String Orchestra, by Peter Paul Koprowski.
           
            Verdi:               La Forza Del Destino Overture
                                    Duet from Act IV (Perretti, and Redd)
            Gorecki:           Symphony No. 3, Movement 2 (Knapik)
            Koprowski:       Elegia for Soprano and String Orchestra (Knapik) (US Premiere)
            Cherubini:        Deis Irae from Requiem in C Minor (Chorus and Orchestra)
            Beethoven:      Symphony No. 9, Op. 125 “Choral” (Knapik, Lee, Perretti, Redd, Chorus)
 
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