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Chelsea Chen

Visions of Joy

Sun / Jan 23, 2022 - 7:30PM

An accomplished soloist and composer, Chelsea Chen comes to Walt Disney Concert Hall.

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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

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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