INVITATION
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2021, 2 PM
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2021, 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
SO-MANG JEAGAL, piano
Veni creator spiritus
Plainchant, Anon. (10th century)
No Time
Traditional
arr. Susan Brumfield
Invitation to Love
Saunder Choi (b. 1988)
Kelci Hahn and Jennifer Paz, sopranos
Beautiful River (Shall We Gather at the River)
Rev. Robert Lowry (1826–1899)
arr. William Hawley (b. 1950)
Quién fuera como el jazmín
Carlos Guastavino (1912–2000)
Selig sind die Toten
Heinrich Schütz (1585–1672)
We Shall Walk through the Valley
African-American Spiritual
arr. Undine Smith Moore (1904–1989)
Tiptipa Kammakem
Nilo Alcala (b. 1978)
There is a Balm in Gilead
African-American Spiritual
William L. Dawson (1899–1990)
Caroline McKenzie, soprano
My Heart Be Brave
MarquesL.A. Garrett (b. 1984)
Spiritus sanctus vivificans
Hildegard von Bingen (1098–1179)
O lux beata Trinitas
Ko Matsushita (b. 1962)
Bright Morning Stars
Traditional
arr. Shawn Kirchner (b.1970)
Derrell Acon, baritone
Shawn Kirchner, piano
The Darkness Is No Darkness
Judith Bingham (b. 1952)
Suzanne Waters, soprano
Adam Faruqi, tenor
Abendlied
Josef Rheinberger (1839–1901)
Sure on this Shining Night
Morten Lauridsen (b. 1943)
Together at Last (from Quarantine Madrigals)
Reena Esmail (b. 1983)
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.
Special support is provided by the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs with funding from the American Rescue Plan.
The Los Angeles Master Chorale’s 2021–22 season is made possible by generous support from the L.A. 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, Kristan and Philip A. Swan, Tom Strickler, Terry Knowles and Marshall Rutter, Jennifer Diener, Linda J. Hodge,
Marjorie Lindbeck, Eric Olson and Carol K. Broede, and Ron Myrick.
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.
The Los Angeles Master Chorale’s Swan Family Artist-in-Residence is made possible by the
Swan Family Trust.
+ In memoriam