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
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
