To the Hands
  • Sep 14, 2024 - Sep 15, 2024
  • 5:00 pm
  • Samueli Theater, Costa Mesa

To the Hands


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Ad manus from Membra Jesu nostri – Dieterich Buxtehude
To the Hands – Caroline Shaw
Media Vita – Michael McGlynn
Wayfaring Stranger – Moira Smiley
Fear – Sarah McLachlan
Lay Me Low (excerpt) – Kevin Siegfried
Prayer – Ken Burton
Holding Back the Years – Simply Red
Angel Band – Shawn Kirchner
Would You Harbor Me?  – Ysaÿe Barnwell

Pacific Chorale’s chamber choir joins a string quintet to perform Pulitzer Prize winner Caroline Shaw’s To the Hands, Buxtehude’s Ad Manus, and more in a moving theatrical presentation leveraging music’s power to center the voices of refugees and the unhoused.

FEATURING

Robert Istad, Artistic Director & Conductor

Members of Pacific Chorale

Members of Delirium Musicum

David Clemensen, piano

Julia Atkinson, Sophia Bernardo, Erik Jaimes, Mila Gonzales and Emily Kelley, dancers


CREATIVE TEAM

Marty Austin Lamar, Director
Lauren K.O. Dixon, Lighting Design
Courtney Ozovek, Choreographer
Omar Ramos, Projection Design
Christian Amonson, Arts Laureate, Recording
Arielle Hightower, Stage Manager

Meet the Artists »




Join us for a Food Drive »

In collaboration with OC Food Bank, Pacific Chorale is launching a month-long food drive as part of our season opening program To the Hands. The drive began with our Choral Festival on August 11, 2024, and continues through the final performance of To the Hands on September 15, 2024.


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