Yiran Zhao, choral conducting, December 18, 2022

Robert Blocker, Dean

master of music degree recital

Yiran Zhao, choral conducting Institute of Sacred Music Sunday, December 18, 2022 | 5:00 p.m. | Marquand Chapel

Johann Sebastian Bach 1685–1750

Cantata “Ihr werdet weinen und heulen,” BWV 103 I. Chorus II. Recitative III. Aria IV. Recitative V. Aria VI. Chorale Emily Helferty, alto Matthew Newhouse, tenor Benjamin Ferriby, bass

Aaron Copland 1900–1990

Four Motets (1921) I. Help Us, O Lord II. Thou, O Jehovah, Abideth Forever III. Have Mercy on Us, O My Lord IV. Sing Ye Praises to Our King Juliet Papadopoulos, soprano Sandy Sharis, alto Matthew Newhouse, tenor Benjamin Ferriby, bass

short pause

Dmitri Shostakovich 1906–1975 arr. Rudolf Barshai

Chamber Symphony in C minor, Op. 110a I. Largo II. Allegro molto III. Allegretto IV. Largo V. Largo

Yiran Zhao b. 1999

This is not a story.

This is how I lived. (2022) World premiere

Linda Gregg, from V. of “The Ghosts Poem”

Sea Han, soprano Sandy Sharis, alto Matthew Newhouse, tenor Benjamin Ferriby, bass Feiyi Liao, piano

Harriet Steinke b. 1994

If we did not hold so much, I would not write (2022) World premiere

Linda Gregg, from VIII. of “The Ghosts Poem”

This performance is in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Master of Music degree.

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