EAST MEETS WEST:

Featuring: SPO Women’s Choir, Yiping Chao, Conductor and Soprano ,SPO Woodwind Quintet, Ted Runcie, Conductor with special guests: Kevin Zi-Xiao He, Shakuhachi; David Debono, Piano

PROGRAM:

Ted Runcie: An Anansi Odyssey, for Narrator and Woodwind Quintet (SPO Commission and Premiere)
Elizabeth Raum: "King Lear Fantasy", for Woodwind Quintet
Kevin Zi-Xiao He: (New Work), for Shakuhachi and Piano (SPO Commission and Premiere)

Traditional Chinese Music for Soprano or Choir and Piano (Arranged by
*Kevin Zi-Xiao He and *Eugene He)

Descendants of the Dragon, for Women’s Choir and Piano
So Many People in This World, for Women’s Choir and Piano
Slow Colored Lantern Song, for Women’s Choir and Piano
How Can I Rid My Mind of Her, for Soprano Solo and Piano
Song of Red Bean, for Soprano Solo and Piano