Strauss: Four Last Songs, with Lise Davidsen
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7

Keri-Lynn Wilson, conductor
Ailyn Pérez (soprano), Natalie Lewis (mezzo-soprano), René Barbera (tenor), Soloman Howard (bass)

Frolyak: Gloria
Verdi: Requiem, with Ailyn Pérez (soprano), Natalie Lewis (mezzo-soprano), René Barbera (tenor), Soloman Howard (bass)

The Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra returns to Lincoln Center for a program featuring Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony in an affirmation of the indomitable defiance of the human spirit. The orchestra will also be joined in a performance of Strauss's Four Last Songs by Norwegian soprano Lise Davidsen — the most celebrated singer of her generation — whose recent portrayal of Isolde at the Metropolitan Opera, said The New York Times, left the audience “awed by power you almost never hear in the human voice." The concert will open with the US premiere of a newly commissioned Gloria from the acclaimed Ukrainian composer Bohdana Frolyak.

Verdi Requiem

Keri-Lynn Wilson, conductor
Lise Davidsen, Soprano

Kolomiiets: Suite from The Mothers of Kherson
Strauss: Four Last Songs, with Lise Davidsen (soprano)
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92

The Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra returns to Lincoln Center for a performance of Verdi's Requiem, one of the great works of memorial art, in honor of the Ukrainian people and in the hope of a better future. The orchestra will be joined by the Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera and a quartet of exceptional soloists: soprano Ailyn Pérez, mezzo soprano Natalie Lewis, tenor René Barbera, and bass Soloman Howard. The concert will open with the US premiere of Suite from “The Mothers of Kherson” by acclaimed Ukrainian composer Maxim Kolomiiets, a moving tribute to the Ukrainian women who made a 3,000-mile journey behind enemy lines to rescue their children forcibly detained by Russian authorities.

The Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra was formed in 2022 by Canadian Ukrainian conductor Keri-Lynn Wilson in direct response to Russia’s full-scale invasion and bears witness to an invincible country and to a culture that will never be silenced.

If you have any questions about these events, please contact Guest Experience at 212-875-5456 or [email protected].