A rich spectrum of musical styles, from the post-romantic expression of Rachmaninoff to the experimental and aleatoric music of Voci Composer-in-Residence Julie Herndon as well as music by composers from the United States, Australia, Russia and England, influenced by different world cultures.
Mitchell Covington, Artistic Director
Edna Yeh, Assistant Conductor
Anne Rainwater, Accompanist
Program
- Choral Hymns from the Rig-Veda – Gustav Holst
- To Agni (God of Fire)
- Hymn to the Waters
- National Weather Forecast – Henry Mollicone
- Wind Song – Richard Kidd
- Voice on the Wind – Sara Quartel
- Fire – Mary Goetze
- Fire-Flowers (Premiere) – Mitchell Covington, Poem by Pauline Johnson Tekahionwake
- A Song of Rain – Anne Boyd
- Spring Waters (Op.14, No.11) – Sergei Rachmaninoff, Text by Fyodor Tyutchev, Arr. Elena Sharkova
- To Be Sung on the Water (Op.43, No.2) – Samuel Barber, Poem by Louise Bogan
- O Shenandoah (Premiere) – Traditional, Arr. Mitchell Covington
- but now (Premiere) – Julie Herndon
- Earth Blessing – J. David Moore, Text by Jack Manmo
- Tundra – Ola Gjeilo, Text by Charles Anthony Silvestri
- Ain’t No Grave Can Hold My Body Down – Traditional Spiritual, Arr. Paul Caldwell/ Sean Ivory