Riverside Choral Society: Scott Ordway's 'The End of Rain'

• Harrison Hintzsche, baritone
• Sylvia Leith, mezzo-soprano
• Erin Schwab, soprano
• Sonja Dutoit Tengblad, soprano
• Patrick Gardner, conductor

The New York City-based Riverside Choral Society, led by director Patrick Gardner, presents the New York premiere of Scott Ordway's The End of Rain on Thursday, April 25, 2024 at 8pm at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall. With the program's ultimate message of hope and renewal for the planet, the concert also includes Alberto Grau's Kasar Mie La Gaji ("The Earth is Tired") and an encore performance of John Luther Adams's Night Peace. Featured soloists include baritone Harrison Hintzsche, mezzo-soprano Sylvia Leith, soprano Erin Schwab, and soprano Sonja Tengblad.

About Riverside Choral Society

The Riverside Choral Society has made a specialty of presenting finely tuned performances of great classical works with full orchestra and highly esteemed soloists. Under the baton of acclaimed director Patrick Gardner, who is also the director of choral activities at the Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University, RCS has performed major works by Beethoven, Bruckner, Brahms, Mozart, Schubert, Haydn, Britten, Pärt, Fauré, Harrison, Orff, Stravinsky, Berlioz, Shostakovich, Schnittke, Verdi, and many others at major concert halls throughout the city. RCS has been a featured performer with the Mostly Mozart Festival since 1998, with the Kirov Orchestra with Valery Gergiev conducting at Carnegie Hall and Avery Fisher Hall, and at the Wall-to-Wall concerts at Symphony Space, among others. Through Patrick Gardner's inspiring leadership, rehearsals with this congenial and welcoming group are not only an opportunity to obtain an intimate and historical knowledge of each piece, but to perfect the craft of singing and choral artistry.

About Harrison Hintzsche, baritone

https://harrisonhintzsche.com/

About Sylvia Leith, mezzo-soprano

https://sylvialeith.com/

About Erin Schwab, soprano

https://www.erinschwabsoprano.com/

About Sonja Dutoit Tengblad, soprano

https://www.sonjatengblad.com/

About Patrick Gardner, conductor

http://riversidechoral.org/patrick-gardner