Melodia Presents, "Spring Song" - LIVE Concert

Spring Song presents a stylistically rich and emotionally varied choral program that blends contemporary works with global folk traditions and sacred repertoire, emphasizing lyricism, textual clarity, and cultural breadth. The concert weaves together intimate, reflective pieces such as Du bist die Ruh, Dirait-on, and Molitva with rhythmic and playful selections including Over Hill, Over Dale, Happy Land, and Flight, while drawing on multiple languages and traditions—from art song and modern choral writing to folk music of the British Isles, Japan, and Indonesia through works like Sakura, Dago Inang Sarge, and The Parting Glass. Sacred pillars such as Canticle to the Spirit and the Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis balance secular storytelling, and the program is carefully paced to move from introspection to vitality and communal warmth. Altogether, Spring Song portrays the choir as musically sophisticated, culturally curious, and deeply expressive, prioritizing emotional resonance and narrative connection over sheer virtuosity.

Conducted by Artistic Director Cynthia Powell

Featuring Janet Sora Chung, piano and organ

& string quartet, harp, and percussion

**Please note that this year's Spring concert will be a Sunday matinee

Program:

Three Spring Songs

Umirzaya (Snowdrop), Milyausha Khairullina

Akcharlaklar (Seagulls), Elmir Nizamov

Molitva (Prayer), Elmir Nizamov

Three World Folk Songs

Dago Inang Sarge (Indonesia), arr. Mark O’Leary

Ancient City, Paul Jarman

Sakura (Japan), arr. Michael Neaum

Du Bist die Ruh, Schubert arr. Peter A. Eklund

The Bluebird, Stanford arr. Faye Timmer

Over Hill, Over Dale, Andrea Ramsey

Hark, Hark the Lark, Alan Bullard

Happy Land, Bob Chilcott

Flight, Craig Carnelia arr. Ryan Murphy

Canticle to the Spirit, Eleanor Daley

Dirait-on, Morton Lauridsen

Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis, Jessica French

Three Songs of the British Isles, arr/composed by Michael McGlynn

Skye Boat song, arr. Michael McGlynn

An Oiche (The Night), Michael McGlynn

The Parting Glass, arr. Michael McGlynn