We’ll close our season in the glorious acoustic of the Princeton University Chapel as we continue to celebrate American composers with a trio of works written in the 1960s: Leonard Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms, Princeton composer Frank Lewin’s Requiem for Robert F. Kennedy, which received its premiere in the Chapel itself in 1969, and Margaret Bonds’ […]

As our country prepares to celebrate its 250th birthday, we bring you powerful texts focused on freedom and democracy brought to life through powerful music. Aaron Copland’s Lincoln Portrait, Julia Wolfe’s Letter from Abigail, Howard Hanson’s Song of Democracy, and more

The ecstatic praise given to Gustav Mahler’s “Resurrection” Symphony might seem hyperbolic to those unfamiliar, but the impact this colossal symphony has on listeners is real. “I think there is no one who can resist it,” Mahler once said. “One is battered to the ground and then raised on angel’s wings to the highest heights.” […]