CITY CALLED HEAVEN
SUNDAY, JANUARY 30, 2022, 7 PM
WALT DISNEY CONCERT HALL
LOS ANGELES MASTER CHORALE
GRANT GERSHON
Kiki & David Gindler Artistic Director
JENNY WONG
Associate Artistic Director
REENA ESMAIL
Swan Family Artist-in-Residence
GRANT GERSHON, conductor
JENNY WONG, conductor
LISA EDWARDS, piano
Hanacpachap cussicuinin
Juan Pérez Bocanegra (c. 1598–1631)
John Wakefield, percussion
City Called Heaven
African American Spiritual
arr. Josephine Poelinitz (b. 1944)
Margaurite Mathis, soloist
Heyr pú oss himnum á
Anna Thorvaldsdóttir (b. 1977)
La Frontera (World Premiere)
Judith Shatin (b. 1949)
Motherless Child
African American Spiritual
arr. Adolphus Hailstork (b. 1941)
Reid Bruton, bass
April Amante, soprano
Fa Shu Ha
Yu-Wie Hsie (b. 1969)
arr. Yu-Shan Tsai (b. 1968)
Sweet Home
Wendell Whalum (1931–1987)
Caroline McKenzie, soprano
A Journey of Your Own (World Premiere)
Saunder Choi (b. 1988)
Anna Schubert, soprano
Suzanne Waters, soprano
INTERMISSION
Veni Sancte Spiritus
Zanaida Robles (b. 1979)
We Are the Saints
Gabriel Kahane (b. 1981)
Beth Peregrine, soprano
Anna Schubert, soprano
Suzanne Waters, soprano
Casey Breves, tenor
Michael Lichtenauer, tenor
And So (World Premiere)
Dale Trumbore (b. 1987)
Beth Peregrine, soprano
The 23rd Psalm
Bobby McFerrin (b. 1950)
Ready, Bright
Derrick Skye (b. 1982)
Sharmila G. Lash, soloist
Kristen Toedtman, soloist
Charlie Kim, soloist
Adrien Tishkowitz Redford, soloist
Ansanm Ansanm
Sydney Guillaume (b. 1982)
John Wakefield, percussion
Situated on the ancestral and sacred land of the Tongva and many other indigenous groups who call these grounds home, the Los Angeles Master Chorale acknowledges and honors with gratitude the land itself and the First People who have been its steward throughout the generations.
Ready, Bright was commissioned by the Los Angeles Master Chorale through a generous gift from Elizabeth and Justus Schlichting. It was made possible by Susan Erburu Reardon and George Reardon. Additional support was provided by Pamela Reis. Media support was generously provided by Island Creek Pictures and Therapy Studios. In kind support was provided by South Coast Botanic Garden.
The Los Angeles Master Chorale’s 2021–22 season is made possible by generous support from the LA Arts Recovery Fund.
Special support for Kiki & David Gindler Artistic Director Grant Gershon's 20th anniversary season is provided by Kiki Ramos Gindler and David Gindler, Tom Strickler, Cheryl Petersen and Roger Lustberg, Jason Subotky and Anne Akiko Meyers, Kristan and Philip A. Swan, Jennifer Diener, Terry Knowles and Marshall Rutter, Robert and Sally Neely, Catherine and Howard Stone, Robin and Craig Justice, Kathleen and James Drummy, Linda J. Hodge, Marjorie Lindbeck, Eric Olson and Carol K. Broede, Ron Myrick, Steven P. Neiffer and Eric Lassiter, and Ann Graham Ehringer.
Additional support is provided by the National Endowment for the Arts, The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation, and the Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture.
The Los Angeles Master Chorale’s Swan Family Artist-in-Residence is made possible by the Swan Family Trust.
+ In memoriam