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A Memorial Day Program of Song with John Brancy and Peter Dugan

May 29, 2021, 4:30 pm

John Brancy singing, Peter Dugan at the piano

John Brancy and Peter Dugan (Photo: Michael DiVito)

In The Journey Home: Live from the Kennedy Center, baritone John Brancy and pianist Peter Dugan explore themes of longing, loss, and the search for peace in the wake of catastrophe. Their new album is the follow-up to the critically acclaimed A Silent Night: A War Memorial in Song, which paid homage to the centennial of World War I through the music of composers who lived through, fought in, and died in the Great War. This week, John Brancy and Peter Dugan are Oliver’s guest for an hour-long episode.

Playlist

Playlist to include World War I era popular songs and art songs by Ralph Vaughan Williams, Sergei Rachmaninoff, and Leonardo Dugan.

Find a translation to Franz Schubert’s “Der Wanderer” HERE

Learn more about The Journey Home: Live from the Kennedy Center HERE

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Meet the Host

Oliver Camacho joined the announcer team in February of 2019. He is the co-host and creative consultant of Opera Box Score and co-host of OperaNow! Podcast. A proud graduate of Chicago’s Lane Technical High School, where he was mentored by George Rico, Oliver went on to study music at Northwestern University, and historically informed performance practice at the Amherst Early Music Festival and Early Music Vancouver. His musical passions are opera, art song, choral music, Early Music, and discovering new composers as well as those who have been previously marginalized or disenfranchised. In January of 2021, Oliver began hosting Listening to Singers, and in October of the same year, he was named WFMT’s Music Director.