Park Slope Singers Concert

commemoration of the sesquicentennial of the American Civil
War. Over a million soldiers became casualties in that conflict;
over 620,000 died. Our winter concert commemorates them by singing some of
the songs they sang (such as When Johnny
Comes Marching Home Again), as well as selections from Vaughn
Williams’ powerful Dona Nobis Pacem and
William Schuman's Carols of Death, both
settings of Brooklyn resident Walt Whitman’s Civil War poetry.

The second
portion of the program celebrates animals and includes Benjamin Britten’s Rejoice in the Lamb as well as setting
of verse by Ogden Nash and Lewis Carroll.

To truly unite the beauty of the music and the poignancy of the
text, the Park Slope Singers will perform at Plymouth Church in Brooklyn
Heights, a location with many Civil War connections. Founded by abolitionist
minister Henry Ward Beecher in 1847, the church was used as a stop on the
Underground Railroad and President Lincoln worshiped there twice in 1860 at the
beginning of his presidential campaign. (More information about the church can
be found at http://plymouthchurch.org/our_history.php.)

The reception following the concert will be held in Hillis Hall.
We hope you will come and hear this rousing and profoundly moving music in the
setting of this beautiful and historic church. 

Tickets
are $15; Students/Seniors $10.

On the
following Saturday the Park Slope Singers will perform again as part of the Art
on the Corner series in Bay Ridge.