At the end of their 2023-2024 season, the Phoenix Chorale presented “Horizons,” an eclectic a capella program of international music with Phoenix at the crossroads. Featuring folk music from all around the world, the program also included the world premiere performance of Joanna Marsh’s “No Final Shore.” Setting the text of Syrian poet Adonis, the work explores our relationship with the vastness of various landscapes, like the desert and the sea.
Tune in for this special performance on the next Arizona Encore, plus music from South Africa, Japan, New Zealand, Spain, and Scotland, on a program that artistic director Christopher Gabbitas investigates “themes of community, displacement, exile and reconciliation.”
Featured in this episode:
Horizons narration – Stephanie Stickford, alto
van Dijik – Horizons – Phoenix Chorale; Christopher Gabbitas, conductor
trad Japanese – Takeda Lullaby – Phoenix Chorale; Jason Raetz, bass; Tom Peterson, conductor
trad Maori – Pokarekare Ana – Phoenix Chorale; Colin Cossi, conductor
Marsh – No Final Shore – Phoenix Chorale; Christopher Gabbitas, conductor
Byrd – Civitas sancti tui – Phoenix Chorale; Christopher Gabbitas, conductor
MacMillan – The Gallant Weaver – Phoenix Chorale; Christopher Gabbitas, conductor
trad Northumbria – Dance to thy Daddy – Phoenix Chorale; Christopher Gabbitas, conductor
Glasser and Nkosi – Egoli – Phoenix Chorale; Christopher Gabbitas, conductor
trad Andalusian – El Vito – Phoenix Chorale; Christopher Gabbitas, conductor
Paulus – The Road Home – Phoenix Chorale; Christopher Gabbitas, conductor
