York Symphony – VERDI’S DEFIANT REQUIEM
York Symphony – VERDI’S DEFIANT REQUIEM
York Symphony – VERDI’S DEFIANT REQUIEM
Theatre seating and digital access for 48 hours following the concert (Sunday at noon-Tuesday at noon).
Single tickets and Pick 5 packages are on-sale now, including seats and digital access.
LAWRENCE GOLAN, CONDUCTOR
YORK SYMPHONY CHORUS
DANIELLE PASTIN, SOPRANO
GRETCHEN KRUPP, MEZZO-SOPRANO
SPENCER HAMLIN, TENOR
MICHAEL COLMAN, BASS
MURRY SIDLIN, CREATOR
Defiant Requiem: Verdi at Terezín
Giuseppe Verdi explores the harrowing voyage toward judgement day in the Messa da Requiem. The mix of the solemn and then overjoyed chorus blends with the striking symphony leaving an overpowering emotional impression.
Defiant Requiem: Verdi at Terezín tells the story of the courageous Jewish prisoners in the Theresienstadt Concentration Camp (Terezín) during World War II, who performed Verdi’s Requiem while experiencing the depths of human degradation.
The concert-drama film combined with live orchestra of Verdi’s magnificent music highlights video testimony from survivors of the original Terezín chorus and footage from the 1944 Nazi propaganda film about Theresienstadt. The performance also includes actors and chorus who speak the words of imprisoned conductor Rafael Schächter and others.
With only a single smuggled score, the Jewish prisoners performed the celebrated oratorio sixteen times, including one performance before senior SS officials from Berlin and an International Red Cross delegation. Conductor Rafael Schächter told the choir, “We will sing to the Nazis what we cannot say to them.”
Arrive early for a pre-concert talk led by Assistant Conductor Rebekah O’Brien, free to all ticketholders!
Digital access instructions:
1) Purchase a digital ticket online through your Appell Center account.
2) You will receive an email confirmation the day after the concert with a digital link.
3) Click on the link to enjoy the YSO from your home during the 48-hour digital access after the concert. (Sunday at noon-Tuesday at noon)
How to access the digital concert on a smart tv:
1) Before the concert: Click the link from your confirmation email on a computer, tablet or smart phone and add this video to your YouTube account’s “watch later” list.
2) To watch the concert: Go to the YouTube app on your smart tv. Then go to your “watch later” list and choose the livestream concert. Sit back and enjoy the concert!
