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Lawrence Brownlee

Saturday, May 22, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

LIVE STREAM

Lawrence Brownlee, tenor
Myra Huang, pianist

This live stream performance serves as a community benefit concert for these partner organizations:

Tickets

Watch the performance via livestream: $15

Music Worcester proudly announces this engagement of acclaimed vocalist Lawrence Brownlee as a community benefit concert via Live Stream from Worcester’s BrickBox Theater at the JMAC.  All ticket sales proceeds from this virtual concert will be passed on to several programs and organizations addressing systemic racism and racial injustice in the Greater Worcester community. With your ticket purchase you will be supporting the Worcester Black History Project, OurStory Edutainment, and the Black Heritage Juneteenth Festival.

Following his 2018 Cycles Of My Being project, Brownlee brings a new program to Worcester: “Songs Of My Youth.”

Interested in sponsoring this event? CLICK HERE to learn more!

Community Partnership with The College of the Holy Cross:

Statement from students: The “Music, Performance, and Community” seminar announces a partnership with Music Worcester in support of the upcoming Lawrence Brownlee concert and racial justice initiatives. Members of the seminar are raising funds to sponsor this performance, serving as both a fundraiser for Music Worcester and a student introduction to fundraising and development within arts administration. To learn more about the class, or to make a donation to their fundraiser (all funds to directly benefit Music Worcester), please visit siacomposingcommunity.com

Click below to view the full program for this performance:

Full Program Information

Selections from the 24 Italian Songs & Arias
Caccini – Amarilli mia bella 
Torelli – Tu lo sai 
Legrenzi – Che fiero costume 
Scarlatti – Già il sole dal Gange 

German Art Songs
Schubert – Der Jüngling an der Quelle 
Schubert – Nacht und Träume 
Strauss – Heimliche Aufforderung
Strauss – Cäcilie 

French Art Songs
Fauré – Après un rêve 
Poulenc – Montparnasse 

Liszt – Oh! Quand je dors 

– Intermission –

Mozart – “Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön” from Die Zauberflöte

Mozart – “Il mio tesoro” from Don Giovanni 

Britten – Down by the Salley Gardens

Weill – “Lonely House” from Street Scene 

Spirituals arranged by Damien Sneed

Music Worcester, Inc.

319 Main Street | Mechanics Hall | Worcester MA | 01608-1511

Is there a finer Rossini tenor than Lawrence Brownlee?

--Alex Ross

The New Yorker

Lawrence Brownlee

Tenor

Myra Huang

Piano

Details

Date:
Saturday, May 22, 2021
Time:
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
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Venue

LIVE STREAM
Concert can be viewed ONLY during the time indicated.