Word just in from the Elizabeth Bishop Society in the US: We are pleased to announce the world premiere of a choral work titled The Unknown Sea by renowned composer David Conte. This new choral orchestral work is inspired by the texts of the poet Elizabeth Bishop and will feature mezzo soprano Lena Seikaly, chorus, piano, and chamber orchestra. Conte himself will be in attendance and participate in a pre-concert conversation led by the former Poet Laureate of California, Dana Gioia.
The concert will be performed by the Washington Master Chorale
and will be held on March 5, 2023, at 5:00 PM at Washington’s National
Presbyterian Church, at 4101 Nebraska Avenue, NY in Washington, DC.
According to the Master Chorale, "The Unknown Sea
will be paired with Ralph Vaughan Williams’s masterful cantata, Dona Nobis
Pacem based on Walt Whitman’s poems, as well as texts from the
Hebrew Bible and Latin Mass.”
This world premiere was originally planned for the spring of
2020, but the premiere was delay by the outbreak of Covid. We are very pleased
that the event will now be held.
More information may be obtained by contacting Travis Hare: travis@kendrarubinfeldpr.com
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