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”
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