UnSung Heroes

Mar 30, 2019
Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall

UnSung Heroes

Online sales for this concert are now closed. Tickets are still available for purchase in person at the Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall prior to the performance.

Student/senior rush tickets will be offered for $15 one hour before the concert. Rush sales are cash-only. Please be prepared to present ID.

Pacific Chorale
Robert Istad, conductor
Karen P. Thomas, guest curator

David Clemensen, piano
Cynthia Ellis, flute
László Mezö, cello
Joseph Mitchell, percussion

“UnSung Heroes” celebrates music written by women, bringing it to its well-deserved place at center stage! Featuring the genius of creators ranging from medieval mystic Hildegard von Bingen to 2013 Pulitzer Prize winner Caroline Shaw, and including a world premiere by Seattle composer and conductor Karen P. Thomas.

Program:

I Thank You God	Gwyneth Walker
Sorida (A Zimbabwe Greeting)	Rosephanye Powell
Was weinst du Blümlein, Op. 23, No. 1	Clara Schumann
Nach Süden, Op. 10, No. 1	Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel
Soir sur la plaine	Lili Boulanger
Le Stelle (World Premiere)	Karen P. Thomas
O ignee Spiritus	Hildegard von Bingen
Her Beacon-Hand Beckons from To the Hands	Caroline Shaw
This Woman’s Work	Kate Bush
In Paradisum	Galina Grigorjeva
Hark, I Hear the Harps Eternal	arr. Alice Parker
From the Wingbone of a Swan (West Coast Premiere)	Edie Hill
To See the Sky	Jocelyn Hagen
Both Sides Now	Joni Mitchell
Wanting Memories	Ysaye M. Barnwell
(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman	Carole King
Pal-So-Seong (8 Laughing Voices)	Hyo-Won Woo

Concert Sponsor:
Lenora Meister, Salt-Away Products Inc.
A woman-owned business

This project is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Join us on the Julianne and George Argyros Plaza before the concert for Segerstrom Center for the Arts’¡DAMAS! Celebrating Women Creators. Our guest curator and featured composer Karen P. Thomas will be participating in a panel discussion as part of this free community event.

(Pictured, from top to bottom: composers Thomas, Walker, Powell, Schumann, Hensel, Boulanger, Shaw, Parker, Hill, Hagen, Barnwell, and Woo.)

Celebrating the genius of female composers through the ages!