The San Luis Obispo Master Chorale presents “Songs of Joy,” an afternoon of inspiring music on Sunday, November 23 at the Performing Arts Center SLO.
Soloists Jamie Chamberlin, Max Potter, Manfred Anaya, and Joel Balzun will join music director Thomas Davies and a live orchestra for a concert of uplifting compositions, including:
- Antonín Dvořák’s Te Deum, a ceremonial cantata in four parts that marks the beginning of Dvořák’s American period, reflecting his engagement with both religious and cultural themes.
- Amy Beach’s The Canticle of the Sun, rooted in the Romantic tonal tradition that’s an expression of gratitude to all of nature’s elements: the heavenly bodies, air, water, and fire.
- W.A. Mozart’s Vesperae solennes de confessore, the composer’s final choral work composed for the cathedral, divided into six movements.