If Stars Could Sing - Spring 2025
Chromatica's Spring concerts will be at 7pm on April 26 at Peace Lutheran Church, 3201 Camino Tassajara in Danville, and at 4pm on April 27 at Holy Shepherd Lutheran Church, 433 Moraga Way in Orinda. The Danville concert will include Chromatica's popular post-concert reception.
Starting with Lusitano's Regina Caeli from the mid-16th century to Dolly Parton's more contemporary Light of a Clear Blue Morning, this Chromatica concert covers more than four centuries of dazzling choral compositions looking skywards. Another 16th century piece from Michael East is titled Hence Stars, Too Dim of Light.
Two pieces by Brahms, O schöne Nacht and In stiller Nacht, continue to demonstrate Chromatica's love of his music. Eriks Esenvalds' The Heavens Flock and Stars continue Chromatica's examination of this outstanding contemporary composer from Latvia. Add in pieces by Michael John Trotta and Morton Lauridsen and these concerts display the peak of choral composition over the centuries.
Program
- Elder — Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
- Luzzaschi — Lucente e Chiare Stelle
- East — Hence Stars, Too Dim of Light (from The Triumphs of Oriana)
- Brahms — In stiller Nacht
- Brahms — O schöne Nacht
- Rheinberger — Abendlied
- Coleridge-Taylor — The Evening Star
- Tate — Connected
- Tin — Nocturne (piano solo by Julie Rieth)
- Ešenvalds — Stars
- Elder — Ballade to the Moon
- Schumann — An die Sterne
- Ešenvalds — The Heavens Flock
- Gimon — The Language of the Stars
- Trotta — Lux Aeterna (from Requiem)
- Lauridsen — Sure on This Shining Night
- Parton — Light of a Clear Blue Morning