dominickdiorio
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A Bright Morning Dawns

Choral Music

chorus with chamber ensemble, chorus with piano

work detail

instrumentation: SATB, soprano solo, violin, piano

completion date: march 2023

duration: 3 minutes

texts: "A Bright Morning Dawns" by Jacqueline Goldfinger

events

17

LOVE, LOSS, LONGING

Mendelssohn Chorus of Philadelphia - Dominick DiOrio, artistic director & conductor

Philadelphia Episcopal Cathedral - Philadelphia, PA

4:00 pm

Dominick DiOrio leads the Mendelssohn Chorus of Philadelphia in LOVE, LOSS, LONGING, a Valentine's Day program featuring Brahms' heart-warming and dramatic Liesbeslieder Walzer for four-hard piano, Eric Whitacre's rapturous Five Hebrew Love Songs, and Abbie Betinis' moving From Behind the Caravan: Songs of Hâfez, which features the sopranos and altos of the Chorus. Additional repertoire by Jennifer Higdon and Reginal Wright will accompany the US Premiere of Dominick DiOrio's A Bright Morning Dawns, with original poetry by Philly-based writer and dramaturg Jacqueline Goldfinger.

16

MENDELSSOHN CHORUS * ITALY TOUR

Mendelssohn Chorus of Philadelphia - Dominick DiOrio, artistic director & conductor

Chiesa di Ognissanti - Florence, Italy

6:00 pm

In its first tour in over 40 years, singers from the Mendelssohn Chorus of Philadelphia travel internationally to Italy to sing in iconic spaces to celebrate the start of their 150th Anniversary Season, AS I LIVE AND BREATHE. Featuring music of Palestrina, Duruflé, Whitacre, Parker, Hogan, Lauridsen, and Handel, with the world premiere performance of Dominick DiOrio's A Bright Morning Dawns, with a new original commissioned poem by Philly-based writer and dramaturg Jacqueline Goldfinger. Tour hosted and organized by KI Concerts.

13

MENDELSSOHN CHORUS * ITALY TOUR

Mendelssohn Chorus of Philadelphia - Dominick DiOrio, artistic director & conductor

Santa Croce in Gerusalemme - Rome, Italy

8:00 pm

In its first tour in over 40 years, singers from the Mendelssohn Chorus of Philadelphia travel internationally to Italy to sing in iconic spaces to celebrate the start of their 150th Anniversary Season, AS I LIVE AND BREATHE. Featuring music of Palestrina, Duruflé, Whitacre, Parker, Hogan, Lauridsen, and Handel, with the world premiere performance of Dominick DiOrio's A Bright Morning Dawns, with a new original commissioned poem by Philly-based writer and dramaturg Jacqueline Goldfinger. Tour hosted and organized by KI Concerts.

videos

A Bright Morning Dawns

Mendelssohn Chorus of Philadelphia & Abigail Chapman, soprano Eleonora Macchione, violin & Zachary Zaitlin, piano Dominick DiOrio, conductor

New original poem by Jacqueline Goldfinger and new original music by Dominick DiOrio. Commissioned by KI Concerts for the 2023 Passion of Italy Festival and to honor the 150th Anniversary of the Mendelssohn Chorus of Philadelphia. Premiered in Florence, Italy, 16 June 2023, at the Chiesa di Ognissanti.

image gallery

Mendelssohn Chorus of Philadelphia at St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City, after singing for 5pm Mass, in celebration of MCP's 150th anniversary. June 2023

commission and dedication

Commissioned by KI Concerts for the Mendelssohn Chorus of Philadelphia June 2023 Passion of Italy Tour, Dominick DiOrio, conductor

text

A Bright Morning Dawns by Jacqueline Goldfinger

My children, your voices lift as one, a new day begun, wretched shadows flee the moment of victory.

Open eyes, open arms, open home.

A bright morning dawns. Brittle bones gird with steel, you sing new eternities.

Bells toll the changing of the guard.

Life. Love. Justice.

I give the world to you.

information

events

17

LOVE, LOSS, LONGING

Mendelssohn Chorus of Philadelphia - Dominick DiOrio, artistic director & conductor

Philadelphia Episcopal Cathedral - Philadelphia, PA

4:00 pm

Dominick DiOrio leads the Mendelssohn Chorus of Philadelphia in LOVE, LOSS, LONGING, a Valentine's Day program featuring Brahms' heart-warming and dramatic Liesbeslieder Walzer for four-hard piano, Eric Whitacre's rapturous Five Hebrew Love Songs, and Abbie Betinis' moving From Behind the Caravan: Songs of Hâfez, which features the sopranos and altos of the Chorus. Additional repertoire by Jennifer Higdon and Reginal Wright will accompany the US Premiere of Dominick DiOrio's A Bright Morning Dawns, with original poetry by Philly-based writer and dramaturg Jacqueline Goldfinger.

16

MENDELSSOHN CHORUS * ITALY TOUR

Mendelssohn Chorus of Philadelphia - Dominick DiOrio, artistic director & conductor

Chiesa di Ognissanti - Florence, Italy

6:00 pm

In its first tour in over 40 years, singers from the Mendelssohn Chorus of Philadelphia travel internationally to Italy to sing in iconic spaces to celebrate the start of their 150th Anniversary Season, AS I LIVE AND BREATHE. Featuring music of Palestrina, Duruflé, Whitacre, Parker, Hogan, Lauridsen, and Handel, with the world premiere performance of Dominick DiOrio's A Bright Morning Dawns, with a new original commissioned poem by Philly-based writer and dramaturg Jacqueline Goldfinger. Tour hosted and organized by KI Concerts.

13

MENDELSSOHN CHORUS * ITALY TOUR

Mendelssohn Chorus of Philadelphia - Dominick DiOrio, artistic director & conductor

Santa Croce in Gerusalemme - Rome, Italy

8:00 pm

In its first tour in over 40 years, singers from the Mendelssohn Chorus of Philadelphia travel internationally to Italy to sing in iconic spaces to celebrate the start of their 150th Anniversary Season, AS I LIVE AND BREATHE. Featuring music of Palestrina, Duruflé, Whitacre, Parker, Hogan, Lauridsen, and Handel, with the world premiere performance of Dominick DiOrio's A Bright Morning Dawns, with a new original commissioned poem by Philly-based writer and dramaturg Jacqueline Goldfinger. Tour hosted and organized by KI Concerts.


videos

A Bright Morning Dawns

Mendelssohn Chorus of Philadelphia & Abigail Chapman, soprano Eleonora Macchione, violin & Zachary Zaitlin, piano Dominick DiOrio, conductor

New original poem by Jacqueline Goldfinger and new original music by Dominick DiOrio. Commissioned by KI Concerts for the 2023 Passion of Italy Festival and to honor the 150th Anniversary of the Mendelssohn Chorus of Philadelphia. Premiered in Florence, Italy, 16 June 2023, at the Chiesa di Ognissanti.


image gallery

Mendelssohn Chorus of Philadelphia at St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City, after singing for 5pm Mass, in celebration of MCP's 150th anniversary. June 2023


commission and dedication

Commissioned by KI Concerts for the Mendelssohn Chorus of Philadelphia June 2023 Passion of Italy Tour, Dominick DiOrio, conductor


text

A Bright Morning Dawns by Jacqueline Goldfinger

My children, your voices lift as one, a new day begun, wretched shadows flee the moment of victory.

Open eyes, open arms, open home.

A bright morning dawns. Brittle bones gird with steel, you sing new eternities.

Bells toll the changing of the guard.

Life. Love. Justice.

I give the world to you.


dominick smiling and looking out