We're sad to say that the world premieres of The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock with the National Philharmonic at Strathmore on April 18, 2020 and Kohelet with the Santa Clara Chorale on May 8, 2020 have been cancelled…
Hailed by Gramophone, composer Henry Dehlinger is a spectacular new arrival on the classical scene who "stands out from the crowd" for his gorgeous choral and orchestral music as much as for his art songs. Audiophile Audition calls them "stunningly superb" and "formidably essential listening!"
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Feb 10 2020
44th Annual Military School Band and Choir Festival featuring Henry's new choral work
Henry is delighted to announce that Bahnhofstrasse, one of his latest works for mixed chorus with text from James Joyce's poem, will be performed at the 44th Annual Military School Band and Choir Festival at Randolph-Macon Academy February 21-23.
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Jan 5 2020
Bass-Baritone Kerry Wilkerson Presents All-Dehlinger Concert at GMU's Harris Theater
On February 9, 2020, Kerry Wilkerson, bass-baritone extraordinaire and faculty member of The School of Music at George Mason University, presents an all-Dehlinger program of art songs and duets written especially for Kerry and soprano Danielle Talamantes. The special concert…
Oct 24 2019
World Premiere of Three Choral Songs on James Joyce
Henry is delighted to announce the world premiere of three new choral settings of poems by James Joyce. Arranged especially for conductor Thomas Colohan and the Washington Master Chorale's 10th Anniversary Season opening concert, Night Piece, Strings in the Earth…
Sep 23 2019
Back in the Recording Studio
Henry is back in the recording studio with Metropolitan Opera soprano Danielle Talamantes, with whom he collaborated on his last two albums, and bass-baritone Kerry Wilkerson. This time it's to record his first album as both composer and collaborative pianist…
Aug 1 2019
Berkshire High Peaks Music Festival featuring world premiere of Henry's new chamber work - Amore e 'l cor gentil sono una cosa
Metropolitan Opera soprano Danielle Talamantes and bass-baritone Kerry Wilkerson will premiere Henry's Amore e 'l cor gentil sono una cosa ("Love and the gentle heart are one and the same") at the 2019 Berkshire High Peaks Music Festival in Great…
Mar 29 2019
National Philharmonic at Strathmore to Premiere “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"
The National Philharmonic at Strathmore today announced its new 2019-20 season. On April 18, 2020, conductor Piotr Gajewski will lead the National Philharmonic in the world premiere of The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, Henry Dehlinger's sweeping rhapsody…
Mar 26 2019
Henry looks forward to a remarkable 2019-20 season
With five new concert works premiering so far, Henry looks forward to a remarkable 2019-20 season. First up, for the Washington Master Chorale's 10th Anniversary Season opening concert on October 27, 2019, Henry is at work on a brand new…
Jan 18 2019
Pan Pipes Magazine Hails Heaven and Earth: A Duke Ellington Songbook
Music Reviewer Kim McCormick hails Heaven and Earth: A Duke Ellington Songbook in the Spring issue of Pan Pipes.
The interaction between the two artists is comfortable, conveying Ellington’s wide range of emotions, all making the listener feel as though…
Dec 26 2017
As 2018 approaches...
As 2018 approaches, Henry Dehlinger is back at work on a brand-new extended choral work for soprano, bass-baritone, mixed choir, and orchestra for a Washington, DC choral group. Looking back at 2017, Dehlinger’s creative output included: The Love Song of…
Dec 8 2017
Latest Opus
Henry Dehlinger today announced the publication of his latest opus: The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock. T. S. Eliot's (1888-1965) poetic masterpiece is reimagined by the composer as a sweeping rhapsody that suggests the symphonic American vernacular of…
Oct 13 2016
Manchester Symphony Premieres Dehlinger's Latest Work
Composer Henry Dehlinger today announced the upcoming world premiere of his new orchestral setting of The Mount on October 23, 2016 at the Manchester Symphony Orchestra's opening concert of its 78th season featuring soprano soloist Danielle Talamantes with Maestro Scott…
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“I am stunned. This is easily one of the best recordings of the year.”
— Steven Ritter, Audiophile Audition
“Dehlinger rises to the challenge . . . especially effective in the driving harmony underscoring the voice”
— Carla Maria Verdino-Süllwold, Fanfare Magazine
“Formidably essential listening!”
— Steven Ritter, Audiophile Audition
“stands out from the crowd”
— Laurence Vittes, Gramophone