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Sonja Branch
Percussion
Claire Penneau
Mezzo-Soprano
Sarah Smith
Soprano
New Works: Made in America
Saturday, May 7 at 7:30 PM
Faith Lutheran Church, 801 East Camelback Road, Phoenix
Sunday, May 8 at 3:00 PM
Ascension Lutheran Church, 7100 North Mockingbird Lane, Paradise Valley
The American choral tradition is one of the most innovative, expressive, and creative of all musical genres, enchanting audiences with its boundless array of expression.
The Arizona Masterworks Chorale concludes its season by showcasing the music of today’s most thrilling American composers, and poetry from Eileen Berry, Sara Teasdale, and Walt Whitman.
Highlighting the concert are the world premieres of Worlds Touch With a Kiss, written for the Chorale by Alexi Alan, and Darest Thou Now O Soul, written for the Chorale by Phoenix composer Michael McCabe.
New Works: Made in America
Saturday, May 7 at 7:30 PM
Faith Lutheran Church, 801 East Camelback Road, Phoenix
Sunday, May 8 at 3:00 PM
Ascension Lutheran Church, 7100 North Mockingbird Lane, Paradise Valley
The American choral tradition is one of the most innovative, expressive, and creative of all musical genres, enchanting audiences with its boundless array of expression.
The Arizona Masterworks Chorale concludes its season by showcasing the music of today’s most thrilling American composers, and poetry from Eileen Berry, Sara Teasdale, and Walt Whitman.
Highlighting the concert are the world premieres of Worlds Touch With a Kiss, written for the Chorale by Alexi Alan, and Darest Thou Now O Soul, written for the Chorale by Phoenix composer Michael McCabe.
Concert Program
- Worlds Touch with a Kiss Alexi Alan
Jewish prayer by Jose ben Abin; Sarah Smith, soloist
- Windsong Dan Forrest
Poem by Eileen Berry; Sarah Smith, soloist
- Lay Me Low Kevin Siegfried
From a Shaker song c. 1838
- Darest Thou Now O Soul Michael McCabe
WORLD PREMERE - Poem by Walt Whitman
- Lamentations of Jeremiah Z. Randall Stroope
Commemorating the destruction of Solomon's Temple in Jerusalem in 586 BCE
- I Believe (Ani Mahmaain) Michael McCabe
Poem found written on the wall of a Cologne basement during the Holocaust
- O Lux Beatissima Howard Helvey
Text attributed to Stephen Langton (d. 1228), Archbishop of Canterbury
- There Will Be Rest Frank Ticheli
Poem by Sara Teasdale
- Be Marjorie Halloran
Poem by Marjorie Halloran; Claire Penneau, soloist
- Earth Song Frank Ticheli
Poem by Frank Tichelli
- Waiting Howard Helvey
Poem by John Burroughs; Sarah Smith, soloist
- Nyon Nyon Jake Runestad
An exploration of the human voice in nonsense syllables
Program selections are subject to change without notice.
Concert Program
Read program notes by AMC Music Director Scott Youngs
Worlds Touch with a Kiss (Alan)
Windsong (Forrest)
Lay Me Low (Siegfried)
Darest Thou Now O Soul (McCabe)
Lamentations of Jeremiah (Stroope)
I Believe (McCabe)
O Lux Beatissima (Helvey)
There Will Be Rest (Ticheli)
Be (Halloran)
Earth Song (Ticheli)
Waiting (Helvey)
Nyon Nyon (Runestad)
Program subject to change without notice