Recorded live at the Kennedy Center’s Terrace Theater on November 12, 2018, one day after the centennial of the signing of the Armistice that ended World War I, The Journey Home captures John Brancy’s radiant baritone and Peter Dugan’s dazzling pianism in a program that pays homage to composers and poets who fought in the war and traces a narrative arc of contemplation and peace. From the jollity of Gustav Holst’s “Jupiter” and Oley Speaks’ When the Boys Come Home to Ralph Vaughan Williams’ affectionate cycle Songs of Travel, from some of the finest lieder penned by Schubert and Rachmaninov to war-time songs by Irving Berlin and Ivor Novello and Pete Seeger’s iconic Where Have All the Flowers Gone, the music on The Journey Home spans many styles and generations but is united by a shared story about the search for meaning and belonging in the wake of catastrophe.

John and Peter’s Kennedy Center performance was the culmination of a tour that brought their message to thousands of audience members throughout the United States. Released to coincide with Memorial Day 2021, The Journey Home lives on through this recording, the accompanying videos and PBS broadcasts that will support the release, and www.journeyhomealbum.com.

Critical acclaim:

“so refreshingly, marvelously different” – Washington Post

“John Brancy has one of the most beautiful lyric baritones I’ve heard” – American Record Guide

“there is a piano soloist — in this case the energetic and fearlessly athletic Peter Dugan — called on to execute feats of alarming dexterity.” – San Francisco Chronicle