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Washington Master Chorale: Immortal Fire

Digital Streaming Event
Begins May 21, 2021 at 7 PM ET

WMC concludes the season with a musical exploration of the composers’ craft, highlighting a cappella masterpieces of the 20th century.

The event features a stirring new work by Joshua FishbeinOut of the Ashes of Holocaust. Fishbein’s composition is based on his family’s moving journey and deliverance from Nazi-occupied Greece to a backyard — decades later — in Baltimore, Maryland.

Also showcased, Ēriks Ešenvalds’s stunning work The Heavens’ Flock
and Lili Boulanger’s rarely heard masterpiece
Soir Sur La Plaine (Evening on the Plain).

WMC’s season finale event begins on May 21st, 2021 at 7PM Eastern and can be viewed on-demand through Monday, May 24th, 2021.

Earlier Event: May 6
Bach's Cantata 72
Later Event: July 11
Ensemble Altera: We Remember