Chelsea Chen
Visions of Joy
Sun / Jan 23, 2022 - 7:30PM
An accomplished soloist and composer, Chelsea Chen comes to Walt Disney Concert Hall.
Program
- MESSIAEN L’Ascension: Transports de joie
- DEBUSSY (trans. Roques) Petite suite
- Chelsea CHEN The Moon Lady (A Chinese Folktale – Chang-e ascends to the moon)
- DURUFLÉ Prelude and Fugue on the Name ALAIN
- Intermission
- Julian REVIE Arise (In memory of the extinct Hawaiian O’O bird, tape recording of O’O birdsong) (West Coast premiere)
- HOLST (trans. Sykes) The Planets: Venus, the Bringer of Peace
- SAINT-SAËNS (trans. Briggs) Symphony No. 3, “Organ”: Finale
- Program notes by Gregg Wager
Artists
About this Performance
The Los Angeles Times extolled the organist-composer for her “rare musicality and lovely lyrical grandeur” and “charming and irresistible compositional style.” As a soloist, Chen has performed recitals and with orchestras all over the world. As a composer, she seeks to expand traditional organ repertoire with her own works based on Asian folksongs.
This performance is generously supported by Mari L. Danihel.
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