Organization

Pianist

Amanda Arrington

Singer

Tenor

Reginald Pittman

Washington National Opera

Songs of Ascent

United States

Public

Concert

Approved

Songs of Ascent sets rare and World-Premiere musical performances to immersive visual imagery. This 70-minute concert production features the music of American bandleader Glenn Miller; Frenchmen Raoul Laparra and Jehan Alain; rare performances of rediscovered music from the Holocaust by Misha Veksler, Carlo Taube, Viktor Ullmann, and Lea Rudnitska; renowned Austrian composer Anton Webern; and the World-Premiere performance of Pika-don by composer and former U.S. Army Captain Patrick Dittamo, set to the poetry of Yamaguchi Tsutomu, the only recognized survivor of both atomic bombings on Japan.

English

Songs of Ascent by Various, From (2022/2022)

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Crew

Programme, About & Synopsis

Further reading

Performance Dates & Venues

Venues