CHORAL SPLENDOR: OLD & NEW
March 2 & 3, 2024
The Cleveland Chamber Choir finished the 2023/24 season with Choral Splendor: Old & New, a captivating exploration of how today’s composers reimagine great music from the past as new compositions. The program featured works by contemporary composers, including Caroline Shaw, Claudia Hinsdale, and Andrew Rindfleisch, reflecting on works by Dietrich Buxtehude, Gregorio Allegri, and Sebastian de Vivanco. Continuing the Choir’s mission of commissioning the works of living composers, these concerts also included two world premieres from Northeast Ohio composers: a co-commission with Oberlin College & Conservatory by Jeff Scott, co-founder of Imani Winds, and a commission from Cleveland State University student Joshua Estok.
A centerpiece of the concerts was Caroline Shaw’s work To the Hands, which specifically addresses themes of displacement, refugees, and homelessness and the reality of the current refugee crisis and issues surrounding immigration.
A portion of donations received was shared with Re:Source Cleveland (formerly Refugee Response) to support their mission of empowering resettled families.
Read the preview article and review from ClevelandClassical.com. Listen as WCLV’s Bill O’Connell talks with Gregory Ristow about the concert.
This concert was supported by The Cleveland Foundation, Cuyahoga Arts & Culture, The George Gund Foundation, Local 4 Music Fund, Ohio Arts Council, and the Bascom Little Fund.
