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    USC Thornton Chamber Singers & USC Thornton Concert Choir Concert Program

    October 21, 2022
    8:00 p.m.

    The USC Thornton Chamber Singers and the USC Thornton Concert Choir present an evening of choral music that explores the complexity of human emotions.

    The Concert Choir has prepared a program that opens with the drama of rage, human loss and sadness featuring masterworks like Sydney Guillaume’s Anmwé and Zoltan Kodaly’s Jesus and the Traders. It progresses to happier emotions such as joy, love and praise with works by Conrad Susa and John Clements, as well as Dr. Diane White’s exuberant Clap Praise.

    The Chamber Singers’ program features works by Lili Boulanger, Stephen Paulus and Pultizer Prize-winning composer Caroline Shaw. Also featured are Topsy-Turvy by USC Thornton choral & sacred music faculty member Nick Strimple and There Will Be Rest by composition faculty member Frank Ticheli. The concert concludes with Chichester Psalms, an extended choral composition in three movements by celebrated composer & conductor Leonard Bernstein.

    Program

    Shenandoah

    Mack Wilberg
    (b. 1955)

    “Winds of May” from Six Joyce Songs, Volume 2

    Conrad Susa
    (1935-2013)

    Jézus És A Kufárok (Jesus and The Traders)

    Zoltán Kodály
    (1882-1967)

    Anmwé

    Sydney Guillaume
    (b. 1982)

    “To All, To Each” from Carols of Death

    William Schuman
    (1910-1992)

    Lux Aeterna

    Fernando Moruja
    (1960-2004)

    Flower of Beauty

    John Clements
    (1900-1986)

    Clap Praise

    Diane White
    (n.d.)

    Hymne au Soleil

    Lili Boulanger
    (1893-1918)

    There Will Be Rest

    Frank Ticheli
    (b. 1958)

    The Silver Swan

    Orlando Gibbons
    (1583-1625)

    Topsy-Turvy

    Nick Strimple
    (b. 1946)

    “Hymn to the Eternal Flame” from To Be Certain of the Dawn

    Stephen Paulus
    (1949-2014)

    And the Swallow

    Caroline Shaw
    (b. 1982)

    Hear My Prayer, O Lord

    Sven-David Sandström
    (1942-2019)

    Chichester Psalms

    Leonard Bernstein
    (1918-1990)