Hudson Valley Singers to Present HYMN OF LOVE, 6/22

The Hudson Valley Singers present HYMN OF LOVE, featuring the music of Weber, Schumann, and Nielsen, conducted by Eugene Sirotkine and joined by the New York Metamorphoses Orchestra. The performance will take place on Saturday, June 22, 2013 at 8pm at the landmark Heckscher Theatre at El Museo del Barrio, 1230 5th Avenue (at 104th Street), NYC. Tickets are $25 in advance, $30 at the door, $25 for seniors and students, and can be purchased at http://www.hudsonvalleysingers.org/tickets.htm#orderform, by calling 914-674-2865, or via email at tickets@hudsonvalleysingers.org.

Performed before a backdrop of Willy Pogeny's 1921 murals "Scenes from Children's Literature," HYMN OF LOVE celebrates the love of children and youth in a time when violence against them is all too common.

Adventlied by Robert Schumann focusing on the joy in awaiting the birth of a child, Requiem f?r Mignon, also by Robert Schumann, on love and grief at the death of a cherished youth, Piano Concerto #1 by Carl Maria von Weber, composed when Weber was a very young man, Aladdin Suite by Carl Nielsen, joyous dances and marches inspired by children's literature, and Hymnus Amoris, also by Carl Nielsen on love and childhood, youth, manhood, and old age.

The performance's soloists include:

Eleni Calenos, Soprano
Liana Brooke, Soprano
Alexandra Lushtak, Mezzo-Soprano
Robert Garner, Baritone

The Hudson Valley Singers are a Westchester-based community chorus under the professional direction of Eugene Sirotkine. The Singers gave their debut concert on March 15, 1951, at the Graham School in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York and have been in existence continuously since that time, performing choral music of the 17th through 20th centuries. The HVS is anon-auditioned chorus with a high standard of excellence. The group's objectives have always been to contribute to the cultural life of the community through public performances and outreach to those who are unable to attend. For more information visit http://www.hudsonvalleysingers.org.

Eugene Sirotkine is the director and conductor of the Hudson Valley Singers and the New York Metamorphoses Orchestra. Maestro Sirotkine was born in St. Petersburg and made his conducting debut with the Latvian Philharmonic in St. Petersburg in 1989. He was an assistant conductor and assistant chorus master with the New York Metropolitan Opera from 1999 through 2008. Over the past two decades he has conducted orchestras and choruses across the globe including the Hong Kong Philharmonic; the Symphony Orchestra UN Cuyo in Argentina; the National Symphony Orchestra in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; the Cape Philharmonic and the Cape Town Opera in South Africa; Cali Philharmonic in Columbia; the New York Metamorphoses Orchestra in collaboration with the Paul Taylor Dance Company at New York City Center; and the Kennedy Center Orchestra at the Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C. Under his leadership The Hudson Valley Singers have performed in Costa Rica, Budapest, and at Concertgebouw in Amsterdam.