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‘Messiah,' a Perennial, Returns in a Rare Form

November 26, 2012


 

With Thanksgiving behind us, it is not just the shopping season that has commenced at full gush: "Messiah" season has arrived as well. It is nearly impossible to track every performance of this splendid, celebrated 1741 Handel oratorio in New York during a given year, but as far as I can tell, credit for the first arrival of 2012 goes to Distinguished Concerts International New York, a producing organization known for mounting choral extravaganzas with singers from around the world.

 

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Homage To An 800-Year-Old Poet

by Harry Rolnick

A review of our April 23, 2012 concert

ConcertoNet

Amongst a plethora of sponsors for this rare performance of Turkey's most esteemed oratorio were such distinguished Embassies as those of Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Turkey...

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"This Shining Night": The Music of Whitacre and Lauridsen in Review

by Anthony Aibel

A review of our April 1, 2012 concert

New York Concert Review

Eric Whitacre conducted amazingly well-prepared choruses in presentations of his music, which ranged from 1992 to the present, and he also conducted two lovely renditions of works by Morten Lauridsen...

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DCINY in Review: "Eternal Light...Shining Bright"

by Anthony Aibel

A review of our March 31, 2012 concert

One of my main memories of the first half of this varied musical afternoon is garnering a deeper sense of the sonic possibilities of a choral concert. And that is saying a lot...

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DCINY: Requiem X 2

by Jeffrey Williams

A review of our March 18, 2012 concert

Distinguished Concerts International New York (DCINY) is an organization that believes in presenting concerts on the grand scale, with performers of all ages from schools and ensembles throughout the country...

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DCINY: Reflections of Life

by Rorianne Schrade

A review of our February 20, 2012 concert

New York Concert Review

Distinguished Concerts International New York (DCINY) has a gift for drawing large numbers of performers from far and wide and bringing them to still larger audiences...

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