Rex Wilder Chorus Town Hall Concert

The NYPR Archive Collections | Jan 1, 2000

This episode is from the WNYC archives. It may contain language which is no longer politically or socially appropriate.

Rex Wilder Chorus and the Chamber Orchestra under the direction of Daniel Saidenberg perform works by Ned Rorem, Ethel Glenn Hier, Burrill Phillips, John Duke, Cecil Dargetty, and Samuel Barber.

After the first performance, host gives short bios of the soloists and composers.

Soloists include:
Carl Stern, cellist
Winifred Cecil, soprano
Mitchell Miller, oboist
Alba Serco, pianist


Rundown: "Madrigals" by Ned Rorem
"In the Time of the Plague"
1st and 3rd movements of "Mountain Preacher" by Ethel Glenn Hier
"Sonata for Cello and Piano" by Burrill Phillips
"Madonna of the Evening Flowers," "The Cherry Tree," "Capri," and "Time Was When I in Anguish Lay" sung by Winifred Cecil


Audio courtesy of the NYC Municipal Archives WNYC Collection


WNYC archives id: 72589
Municipal archives id: LT5362

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