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Carnegie Hall in New York will host ‘Journey of Faith: A Musical Tribute to Mother Teresa’, conducted by Dante Santiago Anzolini on Saturday, February 22, 2025. This one-night musical event will celebrate the life of Saint Mother Teresa and highlight her legacy of service to the poor throughout the world. With conductor Dante Santiago Anzolini, the Orchestra of St. Luke’s, and other performers, the event will offer traditional and new compositions.
The concert’s program reflects various elements of Mother Teresa’s life. Highlights include Fauré’s Requiem and the Albanian composer Genc Tukiçi’s Hymn for Mother Teresa, which was first performed at the canonization ceremony for Saint Teresa at the Vatican in 2016. Additional repertoire includes Holst’s Interlude from the opera Sita, ‘5’ from composer Nico Muhly’s The Last Letter, Missy Mazzoli’s These Worlds in Us, and the 11th movement of Philip Glass’ Symphony No. 5, Paradise.
« It is sincerely my honor to lead this program of beautiful music dedicated to Saint Teresa, » shares conductor Maestro Anzolini. « Each work represents an important facet of her inspiring journey on this earth: Muhly’s mournful tones evoke the loneliness and abandonment of Calcutta’s leper community, Mazzoli’s meditative work examines how grief and joy can be intertwined as one, the Indian culture [Saint Teresa] embraced is represented in Holst’s Hindi musical themes and Sanskrit literature, and in Glass’ “Paradise,” we celebrate her transition to her eternal home. »
Mother Teresa was born Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu in 1910 to parents of Albanian heritage. She responded to a call to the religious ministry in Ireland and later founded the Missionaries of Charity, a religious organization dedicated to serving the « poorest of the poor » in the slums of Calcutta, India. In recognition of her service to humanity, she was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 and canonized Saint Teresa by Pope Francis at the Vatican in 2016.
