Program
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- L’Ascension: Transports de joie
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- Petite suite
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- The Moon Lady (A Chinese Folktale – Chang-e ascends to the moon)
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- Prelude and Fugue on the Name ALAIN
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- Intermission
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- Julian REVIE
- Arise (In memory of the extinct Hawaiian O’O bird, tape recording of O’O birdsong) (West Coast premiere)
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- HOLST (trans. Sykes)
- The Planets: Venus, the Bringer of Peace
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- SAINT-SAËNS (trans. Briggs)
- Symphony No. 3, “Organ”: Finale
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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