Due to Hurricane Sandy, The Blizzard Voices has been rescheduled. OSNY presents AMERICAN VOICES Tuesday, March 5, 8:00 PM Purchase SINGLE TICKETS MORAVEC Blizzard Voices (2008, New York Premiere) and songs by COPLAND and IVES The Oratorio Society presents an evening of joyful, poignant, and nostalgic American music, featuring the New York premier of Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Paul Moravec’s The Blizzard Voices. Moravec’s oratorio, based on the poetry of Ted Kooser, tells the story of [...] Read more »

OSNY presents AMERICAN VOICES Monday, November 5, 8:00 PM Purchase SINGLE TICKETS MORAVEC Blizzard Voices (2008, New York Premiere) and songs by COPLAND and IVES The Oratorio Society presents an evening of joyful, poignant, and nostalgic American music, featuring the New York premier of Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Paul Moravec’s The Blizzard Voices. Moravec’s oratorio, based on the poetry of Ted Kooser, tells the story of the Great Plains “Children’s Blizzard” of 1888, giving voice to [...] Read more »

From a recent interview (iTunes Questionnaire) with violinist Hilary Hahn in Seattle Weekly. “I recently finished touring and recording the first thirteen contemporary encores from my ongoing project of 27. Prepping by capturing the pieces in advance (through my computer’s microphone) and reviewing our playing really helped. In my Top 25, this piece was my most-played of the rehearsal recordings. I know you can’t listen to it right now, but you will be able to [...] Read more »