Dec 4, 2024 Christmas Through the Ages
Choir - Pax Christi Chorale
Conductor - Elaine Choi
Collaborative Pianist - Joshua Tamayo
Cold Moon
Composer: Nicholas Ryan Kelly
Program Note:
A Christmas song for people who hate Christmas songs.
As usual, this piece is about a sort of transformation, so the music gradually blossoms into something quite different from what it started as. Listen until the end to find out: why is Carol of the Bells being quoted? Will the speaker(s) in the lyrics ever overcome their seasonal depression? Will we finish in D minor, D major, or BOTH?
The premiere of this new SATB arrangement of Cold Moon is part of a commissioning consortium.
(Audio/video by Sam Moffatt)