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Featuring World Premieres from Paquito D'Rivera, Michael Harrison, Tania León and Meredith Monk, and New Works from Eve Beglarian and Terry Riley

With host John Schaefer of Soundcheck on WNYC, New York Public Radio

YPC’s Transient Glory^® Program is made possible, in part, by major grants from the Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs. The commission of Gabriela Lena Frank was made possible through a gift from The Hunter Fund of the American Composers Forum.

Eve Beglarian

Michael Harrison

Tania León

Meredith Monk

Paquito D'Rivera

John Schaefer

About Transient Glory^®

The Transient Glory^® concert series was created in 2001 to generate recognition among today's composers of the important instrument that is a child's voice during that fleeting period when it reveals a particular innocence and poignancy. The YPC has commissioned more than 50 pieces of music from a Who's Who of today's most respected contemporary composers. The Transient Glory^® concerts have since expanded to include workshops, publications, two recordings and recognition of the YPC as a groundbreaker in increasing the repertoire of children's chorus while spotlighting the diversity of contemporary music.

Transient Glory on CD

On January 8, 2007, the Young People's Chorus of New York City (YPC) and it's Artistic Director and Conductor Francisco J. Núñez released their second recording of new works commissioned and premiered as part of the Transient Glory^® concert series. Entitled Transient Glory^® II, this recording on the Vital Records label comprises 11 compositions that were commissioned by or for the Young People's Chorus of New York City from Dominick Argento (Orpheus), Geoffrey Burgon (Shirtless Stephen - and the Children's Crusade), David Del Tredici (Four Hartfelt Anthems), Kevin James (NYC Play Ground), Benjamin Lees (The Nervous Family), Tod Machover (I Dreamt a Dream), Michael Nyman (A Child View of Colour), Jim Papoulis (Panta Rhei), Bright Shen (The Boatmen's Song), Nils Vigeland (Miracles), and Judith Weir (Little Tree)

Transient Glory^® II CD

Works by Dominick Argento, Geoffrey Burgon, David Del Tredici, Tod Machover, Bright Sheng, Judith Weir, and Others are Included on this Vital Records CD 

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"This recording represents the cutting edge of the 21st-century youth chorus, and the possibilities it embraces. Surely this is a standard for others to emulate.” Read more...
--American Guild of Organists' California Chronicle Review of the Transient Glory II CD, April 2009

"…But most impressively, they sounded better than most professional choruses, singing here—and elsewhere on the program—with impeccable intonation, exquisite blend of voicing and use of vibrato, excellent diction and precise rhythmic phrasing.  Oh, and they sing everything from memory, allowing them to focus on the atmosphere of each work and their communication with the audience."
--New York Concert Review on the Transient Glory^® VII concert, May 2008

“The Young People's Chorus of New York City has performed over 50 premieres since 2002 thanks to the commissioning efforts of its enterprising music director, Francisco J Nunez. This second self-produced sampler, Transient Glory® II, features some of the most prominent composers of our time, who clearly relish the unique challenges of writing for children's chorus while retaining their own stylistic fingerprints…The chorus exhibits an overall high level of accomplishment.”
--BBC Music Magazine on the Transient Glory^® II CD, June 2008

Don’t let the fact that this is a young person’s chorus turn you off to this remarkable recital. As you can see in the heading, the composer list is quite formidable, and this album contains some incredible music that is rendered with love and highly competent execution. "
-- Audiophile on Transient Glory^® II CD, April 2008

Past Transient Glory® Concerts

Transient Glory^® VII
Transient Glory^® VI
Transient Glory^® V
Transient Glory^® IV
Transient Glory^® III
Transient Glory^® II
Transient Glory^® I

                                    
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