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Special Concert for Ukraine on WITF Radio

The Metropolitan Opera presents a special benefit concert for Ukraine.

  • Fred Vigeant

The Metropolitan Opera presents a special benefit concert for Ukraine. Join WITF for this special presentation Friday, March 18 at 7pm on 89.5 & 93.3 and through your smart speaker by asking it to “Play WITF”.

This special concert will be conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin and hosted by the Met’s Debra Lew Harder. It features performances by the Met Orchestra and Chorus and soloists including Lise Davidsen, Jamie Barton and Ukrainian bass-baritone Vladyslav Buialskyi. The concert was performed earlier this week.

Concert rundown:

  • National Anthem of Ukraine
  • Silvestrov: Prayer for Ukraine
  • Barber: Adagio for Strings
  • Verdi: “Va pensiero”
  • Strauss: Four Last Songs
  • Beethoven: Symphony No. 9, IV. Finale

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