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Mendelssohn, Prokofiev, and Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis

August 19, 2022, 10:00 pm

Christine Brewer (Photo: Christian Steiner)

A mixed-rep program featuring Leonard Bernstein, Bruno Walter, Christine Brewer, the New York Choral Artists, and more.

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Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1, “Classical”
Leonard Bernstein, conductor

Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto
Nathan Milstein, violin; Bruno Walter, conductor

Beethoven: Mass in D, Op. 123, “Missa solemnis”
Christine Brewer, soprano; Florence Quivar, mezzo-soprano; Anthony Rolfe Johnson, tenor; Peter Rose, bass; Glenn Dicterow, violin; New York Choral Artists, dir. Joseph Flummerfelt; American Boychoir, dir. James Litton

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Meet the Host

Alec Baldwin is the Radio Host of the New York Philharmonic. Since 1980 Mr. Baldwin has appeared in numerous productions on stage, in films, and on television. He has received a Tony nomination (A Streetcar Named Desire, 1992), an Oscar nomination (The Cooler, 2004), and has won two Emmy Awards, three Golden Globes, and seven consecutive Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series for his role on NBC’s 30 Rock. His films include The Hunt for Red October, Glengarry Glen Ross, Malice, The Edge, It's Complicated, Blue Jasmine, Still Alice, and Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation, among many others. Alec Baldwin earned a bachelor of fine arts degree from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts in 1994, and received an honorary doctorate in 2010. He is co-chairman of the Board of the Hamptons International Film Festival.

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Mendelssohn, Prokofiev, and Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis

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