Performing
The Light of Hope Returning
A Seasonal Cantata by Shawn Kirchner
The Light of Hope Returning celebrates the season with new and reimagined folk music, including a number of Kirchner’s best-loved Christmas settings (Lo, How a Rose, Brightest and Best), combined with newly-penned carols on Christmas, Winter Solstice, and New Year’s themes. The music, in traditional, bluegrass, and gospel settings, is presented in a staged performance including the 80-member Chorale, and professional soloists and instrumentalists, designed to take a listener on a journey from distant hope through darkness into the rebirth of light and true hope for the future.
Featuring
Shawn Kirchner, piano
Village Community Chorale
Symphony Ensemble
Soloists: Calieanne Grossheim, Emily Weinberg, and Cole Tornberg
Suzanne Shick, organist
Juan Carlos Acosta, music director and conductor
Run time is 1 hour and 30 minutes (with intermission)
Tickets
General Admission: $20 each
Student: $10 each
The composer will join us in performances at the piano, and will be available for a talk back following the concert. There will be a small instrumental ensemble made up of musicians from the San Diego Symphony as well as our own vocal soloists, Calieanne Grossheim, Emily Weinberg, and Cole Tornberg.
The Village Church
Village Community Presbyterian Church