Dessoff Choirs present: Annelies

The Dessoff Choirs present James Whitbourn's Annelies is scored for soprano, chorus, and chamber ensemble. With Melanie Challenger's libretto of extracts from The Diary of Anne Frank, this oratorio shares the teenager's remarkable and penetrating observations, written while she hid with her family during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands.

2 performances:
- Thursday, April 25, 7:30pm at Brooklyn College
- Sunday, April 28, 4pm at Hebrew Union College

About The Dessoff Choirs

The Dessoff Choirs, under the baton of Malcolm J. Merriweather, music director, is one of the leading choruses in New York City, with an established reputation for pioneering performances of choral works from the Renaissance era through the 21st Century. Since its founding in 1924, Dessoff's mission is to enrich the lives of its audiences and members by giving voice to new or rarely heard, forgotten music and composers; and to bring great choral works to New York audiences in new ways.

Dessoff is celebrating its Centennial over the 2023-24 and 2024-25 seasons with programs that reflect music from our rich history as well as move us forward into the next 100 years with new collaborations and commissions.