Villa Solomei Festival

Love & Inspiration

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Monday 1 July 2024 - 21:15

Tributo dignità dell'uomo

The New York City Gospel Choir

The New York City Gospel Choir performs in a show of love and inspiration, consisting of musical selections that promote and spread the message. A moving, melodic and emotional concert, with feel-good vibes for all listeners. With songs like Seasons of Love (from the Broadway show RENT), Love Train (O'Jays), How Deep Is Your Love (BeeGees), I Want To Dance With Somebody (Whitney Houston), and inspiring songs like Total Praise (Richard Smallwood), Oh Happy Day (Edwing Hawkins) and other feel-good tracks, the audience will applaud and sing with us.

H. WALKER (1962) I Will Bless The Lord

J. WILSON (1934-1984) You’re Love Keeps Lifting Me Higher

J. LARSON (1960-1996) Seasons of Love

W. HAWKINS (1949-2010) Thank You

P.J. MORTON (1981) How Deep Is Your Love

THE CLARK SISTERS (1973) I’m Looking For A Miracle

W. HOUSTON (1963-2012) I Look To You

D. WALKER If Any Man Be In Christ

A. FRANKLIN (1942-2018) You’re All I Need To Get By

E. HAWKINS (1943-2018) Oh Happy Day

The New York City Gospel Choir

The New York City Gospel Choir is New York's main contemporary choir, made up of the city's best singers, all professionals who have performed and recorded with the biggest names of the music industry, including Stevie Wonder, Whitney Houston, Roberta Flack, Freddie Jackson, Michael Jackson, Donnie McClurkin, Hezekiah Walker, Aretha Franklin and countless others. The NYC Gospel Choir has been hosted on MTV, by the Spirit of New York cruise, and has been acclaimed by the magazine Vogue Italia as the most beautiful and fashionable choir of all time! An important moment for the NYC Gospel Choir was when it backed Sir Paul McCartney and Bon Jovi in New York. They have shared the stage with Wyclef Jean, Kool and the Gang, Billy Eilish and Andy Cohen. They were also the choir selected for the event TiQany & Co. Holiday Window Event with Golden Globe and Oscar winner, Reese Witherspoon. The group has recently been a guest of Pharell Williams, Shawn Mendes, Jim O'Heir, Melissa Joan Hart and many others. The NYC Gospel Choir presents the best of classical gospel, contemporary and other choral music, performing at festivals, on international tours, at concerts, performances, special and private events and weddings.