The young American bass-baritone with an “enormous, thrilling voice seemingly capable [of] waking the dead.”
Running Time: 75 minutes, with intermission
Last time Dashon Burton performed with MISH was in 2012 when he was a soloist in our very first performance of Messiah. As a permanent memorial of that epic performance, he left behind the YouTube recording of “The trumpet shall sound” – still MISH’s most-viewed video. He returns to the Somerset Hills on Saturday, January 4 as a front rank international singer. His distinctive bass-baritone voice, described by the Wall Street Journal as an “enormous, thrilling voice seemingly capable …… [of] raising the dead”, is in demand in opera houses and concert halls everywhere. His recordings include Songs of Struggle and Redemption: We Shall Overcome, described by the New York Times as “profoundly moving ….. a beautiful and loveable disc”. He returns to MISH immediately following his Christmas performances of Messiah with the New York Philharmonic.
Dashon is performing with Pianist Lindsay Garritson.
Lindsay has appeared as soloist with the Phoenix Symphony, Eastern Connecticut Symphony Orchestra, Las Colinas Symphony Orchestra (Texas), Charleston Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre Métropolitain (Montreal), Atlantic Classical Orchestra, Orquestra Sinfônica Barra Mansa (Brazil), the Yale Philharmonic Orchestra, and the European Philharmonic Orchestra, among others.
Along with hearing unique composer selections, you will have an opportunity to direct questions to the artists for an entertaining night of interaction. Here is a taste of the program*:
Schumann - Selections from Dichterliebe
AARON COPLAND (1900–1990) - Selections from Old American Songs
CHARLES BROWN (1922–1999) - Song without Words
FLORENCE PRICE (1887–1953) - Night
MARGARET BONDS (1913–1972) - Three Dream Portraits
Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child arr. Harry Burleigh (1866–1949)
I’ve Been in the Storm So Long arr. Harry Burleigh (1866–1949)
Crucifixion arr. Roland Hayes (1877–1977)
Were You There When They Crucified My Lord? arr. Roland Hayes (1877–1977)
My Lord, What a Morning arr. Harry Burleigh (1866–1949)
(*subject to change)