“Sing Me The Universal – A Walt Whitman Bicentennial”

The Cecilia Chorus of New York, Church of St. Francis Xavier, 46 W 16th St., New York, NY 10011

Saturday, March 2, 2018 at 8:00 PM

American composers Vincent Persichetti (in his Celebrations) and Jorge Martín (in his One Hour to Madness and Joy) capture the power and transcendence of the words of Walt Whitman, while excerpts from the Mass in D minor (1860) of Bostonian John Knowles Paine highlight the poet’s radical individualism. With soloists, chorus, organ and percussion.

Stephanie Madden, The Cecilia Chorus of New York (stephanie.madden@att.net)