Music in Wartime: A Pearl Harbor Day Commemoration
For Pearl Harbor Day, we juxtapose three galvanizing musical responses to World War II by Dmitri Shostakovich, Arnold Schoenberg, and Hanns Eisler. With the Cathedral Choir and members of PCE conducted by Michael McCarthy and Angel Gil-Ordóñez. This program includes film clips of Pearl Harbor, the Siege of Leningrad, and FDR’s declaration of war on Japan. The concert begins with a wartime Eisler/Brecht workers’ song sung as a processional.
Program
- Hanns Eisler: The Hollywood Songbook (excerpts)
- Dmitri Shostakovich: Piano Trio No. 2
- Arnold Schoenberg: The Ode to Napoleon
Artists
- William Sharp, baritone
- Alexander Shtarkman, piano
- PostClassical Ensemble conducted by Angel Gil-Ordóñez
- The Cathedral Choir conducted by Michael McCarthy
- Commentary by James Loeffler
Practical information
- Phone: 202-537-6200
- Venue: Washington National Cathedral, 3101 Wisconsin Ave NW, Washington, DC 20016
News / Reviews
PostClassical Ensemble takes up new Cathedral residence with music of protest
— The Washington Post, published on December 11, 2017PostClassical Ensemble Rescores the Symphony
— District Fray Magazine, published on December 05, 2017
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