IN THE JOYOUS LIGHT

Press Release

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Contact: Mark Ludwig, Executive Director
Email: mludwig@terezinmusic.org
Phone: (857) 222-8263 
Photos: Here
Event website: tmfgala.org
Concert:  Boston Symphony Hall, October 21, 2024.

Event Listing

“In the Joyous Light.” Concert featuring the Symphony Hall premieres of new commissions by Tyson Ghoston Davis and Bosba Panh plus music by Franz Schubert and Viktor Ullmann. Pianist Jonathan Biss, Coro Allegro (Boston’s LGBTQ+ and allied classical chorus) and soprano Elizabeth Blancke-Biggs perform. Symphony Hall, Monday, October 21: 5 PM reception, 6 PM concert, and benefactors’ dinner honoring Lynda and Jeffrey Bussgang. Multiple ticket options at tmfgala.org. Proceeds benefit Terezín Music Foundation Holocaust and genocide education programs worldwide.

BOSTON, JULY 29, 2024 — Commissions by two rising composers will be premiered at Boston’s Symphony Hall October 21. Celebrated pianist Jonathan Biss will perform Tyson Gholston Davis’s “...Expansions of Light,” a work composed for him. Bosba Panh’s “Clouds” will be performed by Coro Allegro, Boston’s acclaimed LGBTQ+ and allied classical chorus. The two pieces are the newest commissions by the concert’s producer, Boston’s Terezín Music Foundation, founded and led by Boston Symphony Orchestra violist emeritus Mark Ludwig.