This edition of Carolina Live features both outstanding symphonic music and excellent choral offerings from the Palmetto State. The South Carolina Philharmonic has a concert titled Reimagining Vivaldi, which features that composer’s The Four Seasons Recomposed, then you’ll hear music from Richard Strauss’ Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme, inspired by his admiration of Jean Baptiste Lully. The choral component of the program comes from the Choral Department of Anderson University, featuring a compilation of performances from the school’s Concert Choir and Chamber Singers. Among the composers represented are Morten Lauridsen and Eric Whitaker.
Morihiko Nakahara, conductor
Vivaldi-Richter: The Four Seasons Recomposed
Mary Lee Taylor Kinosian, violin
R. Strauss: Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme
Anderson University Concert Choir: Choral Compilation
Richard A. Williamson, director
Gjeilo: Prelude
Lauridsen: O Magnum Mysterium
Orlando di Lasso: “Surgens Jesus”
Dello Joio: “My City” from Songs of Memory by Norman
Nino Velarde: “Piedro Negra Sobre Una Piedra Blanca”
Cohen: Night Cadence
Trotta: Veni, Veni Emmanuel
Whitaker: Lux Aurumque
Moses Hagan: “Ride On, King Jesus”