Dona Nobis Pacem by Ralph Vaughan-Williams
Everyone, Everywhere by Daron Hagen*

A holiday concert honoring the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, on the seasonal, timeless theme of peace.

Daron Hagen's historic new work Everyone, Everywhere – a Cecilia commission and world premiere – weaves moving passages from the Declaration together with the words of human rights luminaries Mahatma Gandhi, Nelson Mandela, Eleanor Roosevelt, and others. Hagen’s cantata is paired with Ralph Vaughan-Williams’s impassioned Dona Nobis Pacem in an evening of music that brings the world we seek into view.

In honor of the event, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk and U.S. Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the UN Human Rights Council Michèle Taylor will offer spoken introductions.

Participating choruses include New York City All City High School Chorus (Kristy Jung, Director) and Every Voice Concert Choir children’s chorus (Nicole Becker, Director)

Watch Mark Shapiro’s interview with Volker Türk on Everyone, Everywhere

*World premiere

December 16, 2023
Saturday, 8pm

Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage
Carnegie Hall
57th Street & 7th Avenue, Manhattan

GABRIELLE BARKIDJIJA

MEZZO-SOPRANO

SHAVON LLOYD

BARITONE