Centre presents a Vancouver Inter-Cultural Orchestra Production

...the music of many colours...

SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 30, 2006 at 7:30 PM
Telus Studio Theatre at The Chan Centre at UBC

The Vancouver Inter-Cultural Orchestra
with
Laudate Singers

Concert Program

Antarsukha (Happiness from Within)
Music by Gordon Grdina
~ ud, santur, tombak/daff, tabla~

Asheghaneh (Monolgues Aglow) *World Premiere*
Music by Farshid Samandari (2006)
Text: the quatrains of Bábá –Táhìr (in the Farsi language)
~ tenor solo, choir, erhu, marimba/percussion, ud, santur, tombak/daff, tabla,
violin 1, violin 2, viola, cello, double bass ~

Ting Song (Listening to the Pines)
Music by Hua Yan-jun (1890-1950) Arr. Lan Tung (2004)
~ choir, erhu, zheng, marimba/percussion ~

Sodeh Yar
Music by Amir Haghighi
Text: Saadi (in the Farsi language)
~ Tenor Voice, Harp, Santur, Daff (frame drum) ~

...Intermission ...

Eagle Flies to Mountain
Music by John Oliver (2006)
~ zheng, erhu, gaohu, clarinet, accordion, Chinese percussion, pipa, daruan ~

El Ginat Egoz (Into the Walnut Garden) *World Premiere*
Music by Moshe Denburg (2006)
Text: Song of Songs - Chapter VI. v. 11; Chapter VII. v. 12-13. (in the Hebrew language)
~ choir, zheng, erhu, marimba/percussion, 2 uds,
violin 1, violin 2, viola, cello, double bass ~

Luffness
Music by Michael O'Neill, Boyd Seiichi Grealy, Bonnie Soon,
Stuart MacNeill, Jason Overy, Alcvin Ramos (2000/2005)
~ 3 Scottish highland bagpipes, 3 Japanese taiko, shakuhachi/didjeridu ~

VICO

Moshe Denburg, Program Director, Master of Ceremonies
Amir Haghighi, Tenor solo;
Clarinet - Francois Houle; Accordion, Celtic Harp – Amy Stephen;
Marimba/Percussion – Jonathan Bernard; Erhu - Lan Tung; Gaohu - Jun Rong;
Pipa - Gui-Lian Liu; Daruan - Zhimin Yu; Zheng - Geling Jiang;
Violin 1 - Sandy Fiddes; Violin 2 – Evelyn Creaser-Rumley; Viola - Henry Lee;
Cello - Finn Manniche; Double Bass - Tim Stacey;
Ud - Gordon Grdina; Santur, Ud - Navid Goldrick;
Tombak, Daff - Hamin Honari; Tabla - Neelamjit Singh Dhillon;
Taiko - Bonnie Soon, Jason Overy, Boyd Seiichi Grealy;
Scottish Highland Bagpipes - Sylvia DeTar, Andrew Douglas, Michael O'Neill;
Shakuhachi, Didjeridu - Alcvin Ramos.

Choir
The Laudate Singers
Lars Kaario, Director; Mary McKinney, Manager

Soprano:
Heidi Ackermann, Ingrid Andrey, Yasmine Bia, Catherine Crouch,
Elspeth Finlay, Jenny Vermeulen, Morgan Young

Alto:
Tami Copland, Miriam Davidson, Mavis Friesen,
Jennifer Hutchinson, Jen Lee, Maureen Nicholson

Tenor:
Hilary Crowther, Dae Ho Lee, Stacey Erickson,
Chris Robinson, Eric Severnson

Bass:
Charlie Louie, Nickolas Meyer, Geordie Roberts,
Bruce Sled, Adam Turpin