ABOUT THIS CONCERT

Named after a Robert Frost poem, the bright and brilliant star - seemingly out of reach, yet just within grasp - is the beacon of light guiding the music featured in this concert. A person, place, dream, or literal star serves as a fixed point to which we project our imagination, ideals, and feeling of home.

Featuring two world premieres, VOYAGER written by Matthew Brown and Alas de noche by Diana Syrse, along with extrodinary pieces from classic Brahms to contemporary Runestad, this program is about what inspires us and to what we aspire.

ARTISTS

Grant Gershon, conductor

62 singers, piano, and percussion

PROGRAM

JOHANNES BRAHMS O schöne Nacht

ARVO PÄRT Morning Star

ROBERT SCHUMANN An die Sterne

RANDALL THOMPSON Choose Something Like a Star

IRYNA ALEKSIYCHUK Holy is the Lord of Hosts

MEREDITH MONK Earth Seen from Above

MATTHEW BROWN VOYAGER (World Premiere Commission)

DIANA SYRSE Alas de Noche (World Premiere Commission)

MARQUES L.A. GARRETT My Heart Be Brave

GEORGIA STITT The Promise of Light

MICHAEL ABELS The Open Hand

RICKY IAN GORDON Joy

NILO ALCALA I Am Here with You Always

JAKE RUNESTAD Spirited Light