The Programme
Saturday, June 9th, 2006
“Voice of the Elements ”

• The Heart of Night by Kathryn Parrotta
  
  
• Singing Quartz Bowls/Poetry Reading
  
  
• She Weeps Over Rahoon by Eric Whitacre with English hornist, TBA
  
  
• English Horn Solo, TBA
  
  
• Choral Hymns from the Rig-Veda by Gustav Holst with harpist, Tisha Murvihill
         1. Hymn to the Dawn
         2. Hymn to the Waters
         3. Hymn to Vena (The Sun Rising through the Mist)
         4. Hymn of the Travellers
  
  
• Percussion Solo: Ares (God of War and Mischief) composed and perfomed by Rob Maciak
  *World Premiere
  
  
• To Agni (God of Fire) by Gustav Holst with percussionist, Rob Maciak
  
  ~ I N T E R M I S S I O N ~
  
  
• Selections from Four Winds in Heaven by Hope Lee
  *World Premiere
         I. (the breath of the earth that nobody sees)
         II. "O wind, a-blowing all day long"
         III. Blow willow, Blow wind
         IV. "Laughing, dancing, sunny wind"
         V. Nan Feng...the warmth of the South wind
         VI. Wind o'the Autumn
         VII. (the blowing of the North Wind that everybody hears)
         VIII. it turns and turns again
  
  
• Four Songs, Opus 17 by Johannes Brahms  with 2 French hornists, TBA and harpist, Tisha Murvihill
         1. Es tönt ein voller Harfenklang (It sounds a full Harp-song)
         2. Lied von Shakespeare (Song of Shakespeare)
         3. Der Gärtner (The Gardener)
         4. Gesang aus Fingal (Song from Fingal)
  
  
• Cloudburst by Eric Whitacre with Men, handbells, and percussion
  
  
• Sure On This Shining Night by Morten Lauridsen with Men
  

The Musicians

The Firebird Chamber Singers
Cody Obst, conductor

with...
A complement of male singers TBA
Michael Coburn, piano
Tisha Murvihill, harp
Robert Maciak, percussion
English horn player, TBA
plus 2 French Horn players, TBA