ESMAIL/MARTIN
SunDAY, February 20, 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
JENNY WONG, conductor
LISA EDWARDS, piano
Mass for Double Choir
Frank Martin (1890–1974)
INTERMISSION
Works by Reena Esmail (b. 1983)
Even After All This Time
Text by Hafiz (1315—1390)
Translated by Daniel Ladinsky (b. 1948)
Gary Bovyer, clarinet
Curiosity (from Earth Speaks)
Text from map of Curiosity's path on Mars and submissions to Going to Mars online haiku competition
Addy Sterrett, soprano
Tarekita
Text by Reena Esmail
Ritual
Text by William Stafford (1914–1993)
Gary Bovyer, clarinet
When the Violin
Text by Hafiz
Translated by Daniel Ladinsky
Cecilia Tsan, cello
Andrea Zomorodian, soprano
Sharmila Lash, alto
Adam Faruqi, tenor
Ben Lin, bass
The Tipping Point
Text by Amy Fogerson (b. 1961)
Abhiman Kaushal, tabla
Anna Schubert, soprano
Chung Uk Lee, bass
Text by Reena Esmail
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.
This performance is generously supported by
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, Lillian Pierson Lovelace, 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, Rosemary Schroeder, Eric Olson and Carol K. Broede, Ron Myrick, Steven P. Neiffer and Eric Lassiter, and Ann Graham Ehringer.
Major support is provided by the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Shuttered Venue Operators Grant, the Colburn Foundation, and the members of the Leadership Circle: Abbott Brown and Jerrie Paula Ortega-Brown, Kiki Ramos Gindler and David Gindler, Carol and Warner* Henry, Terri and Jerry Kohl, Leeba R. Lessin*, Lillian Pierson Lovelace, Cheryl Petersen and Roger Lustberg, Courtland Palmer, Jennifer and Evan Rosenfeld, Tom Strickler, Kristan and Philip A. Swan, and Priscilla and Curtis Tamkin.
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.
+ In memoriam