Program
- Los Angeles Children's Chorus: Program Note
- CHANT (arr. MALVAR-RUIZ) Ave Maris Stella
- Pedro OSUNA Santa Maria, Strela do dia (world premiere)
- BACH Duet from Cantata No. 15, Ich Jauchze
- TRADITIONAL KOREAN SONG (arr. WOO) Arirang
- PURCELL Choruses from Dido and Aeneas
- AFRICAN-AMERICAN SPIRITUAL (arr. LUBOFF) Wade in the Water
- TAIWANESE ABORIGINAL TUNE (arr. CRIDDLE) Gao Shan Qing
- AFRICAN-AMERICAN SPIRITUAL (arr. AMES) Joshua Fit de Battle of Jericho
- KODÁLY Tantum Ergo
- Reena ESMAIL Tuttarana
- Josu ELBERDIN Cantate Domino
- AFRICAN-AMERICAN SPIRITUAL (arr. HOGAN) Music Down in My Soul
- Intermission
- Derrick SKYE / Ellen Gilson VOTH But, we press on… (world premiere)
- Daisy FRAGOSO Ciranda da Lua
- BOUMAN I Lift up My Eyes to the Hills
- AFRICAN-AMERICAN SPIRITUAL (arr. DILWORTH) Walk in Jerusalem
- GARCIA VIARDOT Finale from Le dernier sorcier
- Rosephanye POWELL Still I Rise
- Hugo WOLF Verborgenheit
- SCOTTISH MELODY (arr. KIRCHNER) Ca’ the Yowes to the Knowes
- MATAMOROS (arr. SILVA) Juramento
- Paul MCCARTNEY (arr. SHARON) When I’m 64
- Sarah HOPKINS Past Life Melodies
- BIEBL Ave Maria
- Allister MACGILLIVRAY (arr. ADAMS) Here’s to Song
Artists
- Los Angeles Children's Chorus
- Fernando Malvar-Ruiz, conductor
- Mandy Brigham, conductor
- Steven Kronauer, conductor
- Eric Lifland, conductor
- Twyla Meyer, piano
- Jahyeong Koo, piano
- Mitsuko Morikawa, piano
- Joshua Tan, piano
- Christine Skinner, violin
- Aya Kiyonaga, violin
- Yoshika Masuda, cello
- Megan Foley, percussion
- William Schmidt, organ
About this Performance
Grammy Award-winning Los Angeles Children’s Chorus returns to the Sounds About Town series in a performance featuring nearly 300 choristers from six choral ensembles. Highlights of the program include works spanning more than four centuries from Johann Sebastian Bach, Claudio Monteverdi, Henry Purcell, Pau Casals, Reena Esmail, to Sarah Hopkins, among others, along with world premiere performances of new works written for LACC by composers Ellen Gilson Voth, Derrick Skye, and Pedro Osuna.
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