Upper East Side's Choir, Musica Viva NY, Presents May 18 Concert

New York City’s leading chamber choir, Musica Viva NY, presents A HUMAN REQUIEM, a one-night only concert at Manhattan’s All Souls NYC on Sunday, May 18, 2025, at 5:00 p.m. Led by Musica Viva NY’s Artistic Director/Conductor Alejandro Hernandez-Valdez, the Musica Viva NY choir and orchestra mark the culminating concert of Alejandro’s 10th anniversary season at the helm. The program’s two pieces are deeply personal to him: Johannes Brahms’s Ein deutsches Requiem, which is one of the most imposing and profoundly moving musical statements in history, and Schubert’s Unfinished Symphony. Both works are closely connected to the conductor’s memories of his father, whom he lost when he was 15 years old.

Ticketing + Program Information:

Sunday, May 18, 2025, at 5:00 p.m. (pre-concert talk at 4:00 p.m.)

All Souls NYC, 1157 Lexington Avenue, New York City, Train 6 to 77th St or 4/5/6 to 86th St

Tickets: $50 ($30 for students) are available from MusicaViva.org.

Performers: Musica Viva NY choir and full orchestraMusica Viva NY soloists: Anna Aistova (soprano) and Paul Whelan (bass)Alejandro Hernandez-Valdez, conductor

Program:

Symphony No. 8 “Unfinished”, Allegro Moderato (1882) Schubert

Ein deutsches Requiem (1865-68) Brahms