Schiller Institute NYC Chorus
Dona Nobis Pacem Part II: Beethovens Mass in C Major
updated
Stabat Mater: A Classical Concert for the 2025 Jubilee Year of Hope
Sunday, April 27, 2025
Good Shepherd-Faith Church
152 W 66th St, New York, NY
excerpt:
Dmitry Stepanovich Bortniansky (1751-1825)
Double-choir Concerto No. 9: Behold now, praise the Lord - Psalm 134 (133 Orthodox)
Megan Dobrodt, conductor
Choir 1 soloists:
Elizabeth DeLaBarre, soprano
Nancy Guice, alto
Christopher Sare, tenor
Choir 2 soloists:
Jennifer Pearl, soprano
Jennifer Burns, alto
Frank Mathis, tenor
Please visit www.sinycchorus.com for a PDF of the Concert Program, the complete concert video, and for more information about the Schiller Institute NYC Chorus, a non-profit, community-based choir- no audition required to join!
Stabat Mater: A Classical Concert for the 2025 Jubilee Year of Hope
Sunday, April 27, 2025
Good Shepherd-Faith Church
152 W 66th St, New York, NY
excerpt:
Amalie von Sachsen (1794-1827)
Stabat Mater (1824)
John Sigerson conducting
Manna K. Jones, soprano
Mary Phillips, mezzo-soprano
Alex Guerrero, tenor
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Stabat Mater: A Classical Concert for the 2025 Jubilee Year of Hope
Sunday, April 27, 2025
Good Shepherd-Faith Church
152 W 66th St, New York, NY
excerpt:
Beethoven Trio No. 4, Op. 11
Dura Jun, piano
Jungwon Yoon, violin
Sam Chung, cello
Please visit www.sinycchorus.com for a PDF of the Concert Program, link to the full concert, and for more information about the Schiller Institute NYC Chorus, a non-profit, community-based choir- no audition required to join!
Stabat Mater: A Classical Concert for the 2025 Jubilee Year of Hope
Sunday, April 27, 2025
Good Shepherd-Faith Church
152 W 66th St, New York, NY
featuring a cappella
African American Spirituals
Dmitry Bortniansky: Double-choir Concerto No. 9
Beethoven Trio No. 4, Op. 11
Amalie von Sachsen: Stabat Mater
Carl Maria von Weber, Missa Sancta, Op. 75a
Please visit www.sinycchorus.com for a PDF of the Concert Program, and for more information about the Schiller Institute NYC Chorus, a community-based choir - no auditions required to join!
9/11 Memorial Concert, September 15, 2024
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel RC Church
627 E 187th St, Bronx, NY
[excerpt]
My Country ‘Tis of Thee: arranged by Schiller Institute music historian Frederick Haight from Antonín Dvořák: String Quintet, Op. 97, Burghauser 180- Larghetto (A flat minor/B flat Major)
NEO String Quartet; Schiller Institute Chorus, Nancy Guice conducting
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The Schiller Institute has been performing and organizing for peace and harmony in the nation and the world ever since, wielding the power of classical art to help bring humanity together through a dialogue of cultures.
The program features the Mozart Coronation Mass, K 317, and includes excerpts from Handel's Messiah as well as a selection of Christmas Spirituals and Carols.
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Schiller Institute NYC Chorus 9/11 Memorial Concert
Tragedy & Hope: Restoring America's Classical Tradition
Excerpt:
Dmitry Bortniansky Choral Concerto No. 22 Psalm 27 (26 in the Orthodox listing)
The full concert program is available at
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Gospod prosvecshenie moe i Spasitel moi,
kogo uboyusya?
Gospod zacshititel zhivota moyego,
ot kogo ustrashusya?
Acshe opolchitsya na mya polk,
ne uboitsya serdtse moe,
acshe vostanet na bran,
na Nego az upovayu.
Yako skri mya v selenii Svoem v dehn
zol moikh pokri mya
v taine seleniya Svoego,
na kamen voznese mya.
I nine se voznese glavu moyu na vraghi moya:
obidokh, i pozhrokh v selenii Yego
zhertvu khvaleniya i voskliknoveniya,
poyu i vospoyu Gospodevi.
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The Lord is my light and my Savior;
Whom shall I fear?
The Lord is the strength of my life;
Of whom shall I be afraid?
Though an army may encamp against me,
My heart shall not fear;
Though war may rise against me,
In Him will I be confident.
For in the time of trouble
He shall hide me in the
secret place of His tabernacle
He shall set me high upon a rock.
And now my head shall be lifted up
above my enemies all around me;
Therefore I will offer sacrifices of joy in His tabernacle;
I sing and I will sing praises to the Lord.
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Dmitry Stepanovich Bortniansky was born in Hlukhiv in the oblast of Chernihiv in Ukraine in 1751. There at the Preparatory Music School, he started his music education at an early age and at the age of seven he was sent to St. Petersburg to continue his studies and sing with the Imperial Chapel Choir.
In 1764, the Venetian composer, Baldassare Galuppi, became director of the Chapel Choir under Tsarina Catherine II and directly took over Bortniansky studies. Already on his arrival, Galuppi said of the Chapel Choir, "I'd never heard such a magnificent choir in Italy." Bortniansky accompanied Galuppi on his return to Italy in 1768 and studied there for the next 11 years.
On his return to St. Petersburg in 1779, Bortniansky assumed the position of director of the Chapel Choir, and in 1796 became Director of Vocal Music and Administrator of the Imperial Chapel, overseeing the direction of music throughout the Russian Empire until his death in 1825.
The excellence of the chapel choir under Bortniansky's direction is evidenced by the fact that in 1824, at the express wish of the composer himself, Ludwig van Beethoven's Missa Solemnis was premiered in St. Petersburg by Bortniansky’s Imperial Chapel Choir.
Bortniansky’s sacred works, included 72 liturgical hymns (26 of them for double chorus), including for Catholic Latin and German Protestant texts, 45 choral concertos encompassing the Psalms (including 10 for double chorus), cantatas, 10 Te Deum’s, the Liturgy for three voices, and eight sacred trios. His secular works include seven operas and many chamber and orchestral works.
The Concerto No. 22 contains a prominent theme in the middle adagio movement, which is echoed in the popular 19th century revivalist folk song Say Brothers, Will You Meet Us? It became the basis for the abolitionist camp song, John Brown’s Body, and subsequently the American Civil War anthem, the Battle Hymn of the Republic.
Schiller Institute NYC Chorus 9/11 Memorial Concert
Tragedy & Hope: Restoring America's Classical Tradition
Excerpts:
NEO String Quartet plays
Dvorak: String Quartet No. 12, "American," Op. 96, B. 179
1st movement: Allegro ma non troppo
4th movement: Finale, Vivace ma non troppo
Jungwon Yoon, violin
Kae Nakano, violin
Onyou Lee, viola
Sam Chung, 'cello
For the full Concert and Program PDF please go to
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Schiller Institute NYC Chorus 9/11 Memorial Concert
Tragedy & Hope: Restoring America's Classical Tradition
Excerpts:
African American Spirituals, Diane Sare conducting, with introductions by Elvira Green
H.T. Burleigh: My Lord, What a Morning
Hall Johnson: Lord, I Don't Feel No Ways Tired
William L. Dawson: Soon Ah Will Be Done
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Schiller Institute NYC Chorus 9/11 Memorial Concert
Tragedy & Hope: Restoring America's Classical Tradition
Excerpt: Luleborë / Snowflower | Michelle Erin, soprano
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“ Luleborë” (The Snowflower) is a famous Albanian song composed by Simon Gjoni (1925-1991). Written in a northern dialect of Albanian, it tells the discovery of one’s love represented as the snow flower, the first flower of Spring that emerges as the snow recedes. Translation by Andis Gjoni, son of the composer.
Luleborë
Tuj kerkue n’mal e n’kodër
Tuj prek lulet gjith me dor’
Veç n’nji kopsht të vogël n’Shkodër
Ty të gjeta luleborë!
Refrain:
Je e vogël por je plot
ty t'kerkoj un tash sa mot,
tash sa mot un ty t'kerkoj,
N’gzim me ty jetën ta çoj,
Eja, eja luleborë,
se me ty do thur kuror!
Pash’ ma t'bukrën stin’ pranverën
pash’ mbretneshën drandofill,
mos t’ja falësh kuj ti erën
se për mu vetëm ke çil.
The Snowflower
Searching hills and over mountains,
touching every little flower,
in Shkodra's beautiful garden
I found you oh my snowflower.
Refrain:
Your are small but you are full
I was searching for you so long
for so long I was searching for you
all my life to spend with you.
Come to me oh my snowflower,
Together the knot we will tie,
For the sake of beautiful spring
for the sake of a rose my queen
please save your sweet fragrance
you were born only for me.
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American music is very much what people brought to these shores from diverse circumstances around the world. Alongside native melodies, it was all brought together into a new classical school of music by the courageous efforts of Jeanette Thurber who created the National Conservatory of Music of America, and the crucial role of Antonín Dvořák as Director of the Conservatory from 1892-1895 and his collaboration with H.T. Burleigh.
As we remember the tragedy of September 11, 2001, the event that launched the forever wars of the past quarter century which are now reaching an ominous crescendo, let us continue the dialogue of cultures that brings the world together.
Join us as we explore the music of Brahms, Dvořák, H.T. Burleigh, Hall Johnson, Verdi and more.
"The purpose of art is to celebrate and strengthen the noblest state of mind which the individual person can achieve, and to aid thus in making us better people. It is a contribution best and most naturally celebrated in the manner agape prescribes, by an intensification of that anti-erotic quality of emotion we associate with childlike tears of joy.
The most precious gift we may receive, is the means to bring forth the force of agape to rule our minds, and guide our actions, at will. Artistic beauty is a lever by means of which we are enabled to do just that. That is the purpose of art in general, and music in particular, according to the Classical Idea."
— Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr. - co-founder of the Schiller Institute
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Petite Messe Solonnelle, selections Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)
Megan Dobrodt, conductor
Dura Jun, piano
Margaret Greenspan, organ
Kyrie Chorus
Gloria Chorus
Gratias Mary Phillips, alto
Everett Suttle, tenor
Charles Carter, bass
Dominus Deus Everett Suttle, tenor
Qui Tollis Marsha Thompson, soprano
Mary Phillips, alto
Quoniam Charles Carter, bass
O salutaris hostia Marsha Thompson, soprano
Cum Sancto Chorus
Diane Sare, conductor
Steal Away to Jesus Traditional
Everett Suttle, tenor
Listen to the Lambs arr. R. Nathaniel Dett (1882-1943)
Michelle Erin, soprano
Honor! Honor! arr. Hall Johnson (1888-1970)
Michelle Erin, soprano
Christopher Sare, tenor
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Megan Dobrodt, conductor
Dura Jun, piano
Margaret Greenspan, organ
Kyrie Chorus
Gloria Chorus
Gratias Mary Phillips, alto
Everett Suttle, tenor
Charles Carter, bass
Dominus Deus Everett Suttle, tenor
Qui Tollis Marsha Thompson, soprano
Mary Phillips, alto
Quoniam Charles Carter, bass
O salutaris hostia Marsha Thompson, soprano
Cum Sancto Chorus
Jennifer Pearl, Chair of Schiller Institute NYC Chorus
Opening remarks
Dennis Speed, International Schiller Institute
Violin Sonata in F major, Op. 24: “Spring Sonata”-adagio Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Hyojin Kim, violin
Dura Jun, piano
African-American Spirituals
Diane Sare, conductor
Steal Away to Jesus Traditional
Everett Suttle, tenor
Listen to the Lambs arr. R. Nathaniel Dett (1882-1943)
Michelle Erin, soprano
Honor! Honor! arr. Hall Johnson (1888-1970)
Michelle Erin, soprano
Christopher Sare, tenor
Petite Messe Solonnelle, selections Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)
Megan Dobrodt, conductor
Dura Jun, piano
Margaret Greenspan, organ
Kyrie Chorus
Gloria Chorus
Gratias
Mary Phillips, alto
Everett Suttle, tenor
Charles Carter, bass
Dominus Deus
Everett Suttle, tenor
Qui Tollis
Marsha Thompson, soprano
Mary Phillips, alto
Quoniam
Charles Carter, bass
O salutaris hostia
Marsha Thompson, soprano
Cum Sancto Chorus
PDF of the concert program is available at sinycchorus.com/2023_christmas_concert
On December 14, 2023, the Schiller Institute NYC chorus and friends presented a Christmas concert of beautiful Classical music as a reminder of what it means to be human in a moment where the sanctity of human life is threatened by increasing violence and global war.
Gathering at Good shepherd-Faith Church at Lincoln Center, the concert presented excerpts from Handel's Messiah and JS Bach's Mass in B minor along with Spirituals and Carols.
Franz Schubert: Psalm 23, D. 706
Schiller Institute NYC Chorus, Nancy Guice, conductor
Sunday, Sept. 10, 2023
UM Church of St. Paul & St Andrew
263 W 86th St, New York, NY
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Never Again: 9/11 Memorial Concert, excerpt.
Opening dedication:
Dennis Speed, International Schiller Institute
Msgr. Jamie Gigantiello, FDNY
Allegretto from Beethoven Symphony no. 7, Woomyung Choe, director
Sunday, Sept. 10, 2023
UM Church of St. Paul & St Andrew
263 W 86th St, New York, NY
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African American Spirituals, Diane Sare conducting
Schiller Institute NYC Chorus
Fix Me, Jesus, arr. Francis Hall Johnson
Hold On! Eugene Thamon Simpson
Sunday, Sept. 10, 2023
UM Church of St. Paul & St Andrew
263 W 86th St, New York, NY
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W.A. Mozart: Vesperae solennes de confessore, K. 339
Schiller Institute NYC Chorus in concert with Asiana Sinfonia and The Bergen Symphony Orchestra.
Megan Dobrodt, Director
Alyson Spina, Soprano
Linda Childs, Alto
Everett Suttle, Tenor
Costas Tsourakis, Bass
Sunday, Sept. 10, 2023
UM Church of St. Paul & St Andrew
263 W 86th St, New York, NY
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Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64. Jungwon Yoon, violin.
Encore: Bach - Violin Sonata No. 1 in G minor, BWV 1001.
Schiller Institute NYC Chorus in concert with Asiana Sinfonia and The Bergen Symphony Orchestra.
Sunday, Sept. 10, 2023
UM Church of St. Paul & St Andrew
263 W 86th St, New York, NY
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And friends, perform selections from Handels Messiah, along with African American spirituals and music from Russia, China, and more.
Tenor, Everett Suttle
Soprano, Alison Spina
Alto, Ana Ugarte-Landry
Tenor, Brian Landry
Bass, Kostas Tsourakis
Conductor, Megan Dobrodt
Note: Due to the malfunction of the commercial livestream operation, this video was recorded and livestreamed on a smartphone only; hence the poor quality. Nevertheless, it is presented to preserve this extraordinary concert.
December 15, 2022
Toward World Harmony, excerpt
Dona Nobis Pacem, Diane Sare conducting
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On Sunday, July 11, 2021, the Schiller Institute NYC Chorus hosted the third Symposium of the year, this one entitled "The Life of Edgar Poe: America's Socrates". youtu.be/HbsGgrMEk_4
This Symposium was dedicated to Allen Salisbury, whose groundbreaking work on Poe 40 years ago changed history by allowing America to rediscover itself. You can read his article, Edgar Allan Poe: 'The Lost Soul of America' here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KXVH...
You can access the pdf Program here:
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December 15, 2022
Christmas Concert: Toward World Harmony, excerpt
J.S. Bach Mass in B minor: Christe eleison
Soprano I, Michelle Erin
Soprano II, Jennifer Pearl
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Christmas Concert: Toward World Harmony, excerpt
JS Bach Mass in B Minor: Kyrie, Gloria
Alfonso Piacentini, conductor
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December 15, 2022
Leonia United Methodist Church, Leonia NJ
PROGRAM
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December 15, 2022 Toward World Harmony, excerpt
J.S. Bach, Mass in B minor: Qui Sedes
Linda Childs, alto
Alfonso Piacentini, conductor
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December 15, 2022 Toward World Harmony, excerpt
Leonia United Methodist Church, Leonia NJ
Laudamus te
Jennifer Pearl, Soprano
Alfonso Piacentini, conductor
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December 15, 2022 Toward World Harmony concert excerpt
George Frideric Handel: Violin sonata in D major (HWV 371)
Jungwon Yoon violin
Dura Jun piano
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Captain Daniel Croce, USCGR
Captain Andrew McGovern, Sandy Hook Pilots
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Boatlift video: youtu.be/18lsxFcDrjo
Deep River, arr. Harry Burleigh
Honor, Honor!, arr. Hall Johnson
Diane Sare conducting, Schiller Institute NYC Chorus
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Shalom chaverim
Dona Nobis Pacem
Jennifer Pearl conducting, Schiller Institute NYC Chorus
Watch the full program here.
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The Schiller Institute hosted an outdoor musical vigil, at the Irish Hunger Memorial in Battery Park at Vesey St, on Friday, September 9th, to memorialize those who died during and after the attacks on September 11, 2001, and to remember those first responders who risked their own lives to save others.
Since the terrible 9/11 attacks, the world has remained gripped by terror in many forms to this day. Let us remember, so that the death and suffering of our friends shall serve as a force to defeat this evil forever.
Links
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Boatlift, narrated by Tom Hanks- youtu.be/18lsxFcDrjo
The Schiller Institute hosted an outdoor musical vigil, at the Irish Hunger Memorial in Battery Park at Vesey St, on Friday, September 9th, to memorialize those who died during and after the attacks on September 11, 2001, and to remember those first responders who risked their own lives to save others.
Since the terrible 9/11 attacks, the world has remained gripped by terror in many forms to this day. Let us remember, so that the death and suffering of our friends shall serve as a force to defeat this evil forever.
June 26, 2022, Dialogue for Peace excerpt
Michelle Erin, Soprano
Pyotr Bulakhov: Gori, gori, moya zvezda
The concert program with the translation is here:
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New York City, June 26, 2022
Dialogue for Peace excerpt: Molihua; Duqingna, soprano
June 26, 2022, New York City
Dialogue for Peace
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June 26, 2022
Dialogue for Peace excerpt
Lisa Bryce, Soprano; Dura Jun, piano
Alexander Grechaninov: Berceuse- Cossack Lullaby
December 17, 2020
Beethoven 250 Concert
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On December 19th, 2021, we presented our first all-live concert, with orchestra and (limited) audience since 2019. Broadcast live from Good Shepherd-Faith Church near Lincoln Center. So nice to have a full all--live concert after two long years!!
Dvorak: Slavonik Dance in D Major, Opus 46 for piano
Antonio Vivaldi - Gloria In D Major RV 589
J.S. Bach - Cantata Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme BWV 140
Appalachian Traditional Spiritual: I Wonder As I Wander
Christmas Carols
Silent Night
Joy to the World
Here is the full program
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Agnus Dei from Beethoven Missa Solemnis, Opus 123
September 10, 2021, Our Lady of Pompeii Church in Greenwich Village
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