I sing with a gay men’s chorus called the Empire City Men’s Chorus, and I really should plug our upcoming spring concerts, where we’ll be premiering a newly-commissioned work about marriage equality.
The name of the piece, Prothalamia, translates as “songs in celebration of marriage.” In concept it’s a bit subversive: its structure mirrors the Latin mass (its five movements are called Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, Agnus Dei), but the texts are secular, by Walt Whitman, Gertrude Stein, the ancient Roman writer Martial, and others. The music, by Charles Norman Mason and Dorothy Hindman (who are themselves married), is very modern and complex and quite beautiful.
We’re doing two concerts:
Sunday, May 23, 2010, 3:00 pm
Riverside Church
490 Riverside Drive, New York, NY
Tuesday, May 25, 2010, 8:00 pm
Church of St. Ann & The Holy Trinity
157 Montague St., Brooklyn, NY 11201
You can buy tickets online or at the door.
I was there are the world premiere and I met the composers as well. It was an excellent performance. I encourage people to go to St Anns Church to catch it this week. Bravo!