Description

Choral music from Southeast Asia, Europe, and the U.S. converge to celebrate who and what we cherish in life, from childhood play to lifelong love. This musical journey spans from the Italian Renaissance, through the Baroque and Romantic eras, to acclaimed composers living in the Philippines, U.S., and Taiwan. Music for double chorus by J. S. Bach (Singet dem Herrn) and Saunder Choi (Can you hear me?) invokes a joyful spirit of listening and dialogue. We find delight and comfort in nature’s winds, rustling in Claudio Monteverdi’s Ecco mormorar l’onde and Ily Matthew Maniano’s Amihan, a season of the refreshing trade winds. We relish in harvest and home in Taiwanese Indigenous folksongs arranged by Tsai Yu-Shan and music of safe dwelling by Johannes Brahms. Children’s games tease us and young love sparkles in settings by Maniano, Choi, and Carol Barnett. And sublime choral beauty suspends us, as we hold our loved ones near at heart, with Nilo Alcala’s setting of his mother’s poetry, “I am here with you always.”

Special guests include Serena Chin, piano, and the Northwest Boychoir (May 18 only), directed by Ben Kromholtz and Taylor Hyde

Ensemble Photos

Choral Arts Northwest