JUNE 10-11, 2023 SACRED AND SUBLIME

ARIAN KHAEFI, SALLY & EINAR GALL CHORUS DIRECTOR, CONDUCTOR

Arian Khaefi takes the podium to conduct this program of rich choral and symphonic repertoire. We’ll open with R. Nathaniel Dett’s The Chariot Jubilee, a spell-binding oratorio that is “deep rooted in Spirituals and folklore.” We’ll then present Young Artists Competition winner from 2021, Ayrton Coehlo Pisco, as soloist in Mendelssohn’s gorgeous Violin Concerto. The program will conclude with Ernst Bloch’s monumental Avodat Hakodesh. Rarely performed, this epic sacred work for baritone, chorus, and orchestra represents the full maturity of Bloch’s music in the Jewish tradition.

R. Nathaniel Dett                                 The Chariot Jubilee

Felix Mendelssohn                               Violin Concerto

YAC Winner 2021: Ayrton Coehlo Pisco, violin

Ernst Bloch                                            Avodat Hakodesh

Soloist: 2021 Young Artist Competition winner Ayrton Coehlo Pisco, violin; Michael Sokol, Baritone; Richard Hodges, Tenor

More information & Tickets: https://www.ljsc.org/