For immediate release — New York, NY — Mezzo-soprano J’Nai Bridges makes her highly-anticipated Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall Debut on December 13 in a recital with pianist Mark Markham. The program showcases the breadth of her music-making with a mix of contemporary and core repertoire, from Danielpour to Mahler and Ravel, along with songs of faith and spirituals including works by Undine S. Moore and Margaret Bonds that she feels express her views as a woman of color living in America today.

Bridges will also make her debut with the American Modern Opera Company for the chamber version premiere of John Adams’ oratorio El Niño on December 21 and 22, joining soprano Julia Bullock and countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo. This radical reinterpretation of the traditional Christmas concert will take place in the spiritual setting of The Met Cloisters. The reinterpretation focuses on the intimate relationship between mother and child and will emphasize the essential contributions of women in an otherwise male-centric biblical canon.

Listing Info

Carnegie Hall, Weill Recital Hall
154 W 57th St, New York, NY 10019

Recital with Mark Markham
Thu, Dec 13 @ 7:30pm

Program
William G. Fischer: “I Love to Tell the Story”
Charles Ives: “Berceuse”
Richard Danielpour: “Margaret’s Lullaby”
Undine S. Moore (arr.): “To be Baptized”
Gustav Mahler: Kindertotenlieder
 

- Intermission -
 

Maurice Ravel: Shéhérazade
Shawn Okpebholo: “Oh Glory”
Traditional: “Plenty Good Room”
Margaret Bonds: “Minstrel Man”
John Carter: “Toccata: Ride on King Jesus” from Cantata

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The Met Cloisters
99 Margaret Corbin Dr, New York, NY 10040 

Nativity Reconsidered: El Niño
Fri, Dec 21 @ 5:30pm
Sat, Dec 22 @ 5:30pm