Monday, July 6th, 2026 at 4:00pm
Elizabeth S. Lenna Hall
Chautauqua Chamber Music:
Cantus
Samuel Bohlander-Green, bass
Jacob Christopher, tenor
Chris Foss, bass
Rod Kelly Hines, baritone
Alexander Nishibun, tenor
Paul John Rudoi, tenor
Paul Scholtz, tenor
Jeremy Wong, baritone
Concert Order - 75 minutes; no intermission
Samuel Ward (1848–1903); arr. Paul John Rudoi (b. 1985): America the Beautiful (1882) [3’]
Emma Lazarus (1849–1887): The New Colossus (reading from stage) (1883) [2’]
Carlos Cordero (b.1992): Lejanas Voces (Distant Voices) (2016) [3']
Traditional Filipino folk song, arr. Saunder Choi (b.1988): Leron, Leron Sinta (Leron, Leron My Dear) [4']
Tania León (b.1943): Rimas Tropicales (Tropical Rhymes) (2011)
III. La Guitarra (The Guitar) [3']
Moisés Simons (1889-1945), arr. Yosvany Estepe Díaz: El Manisero (The Peanut Vendor) (1928) [3']
Reena Esmail (b.1983): TaReKiTa (2013) [2']
Anhui Folk Song, arr. Chen Yi (b.1953): Fengyang Song [3']
María Grever (1885-1951), arr. Raul Dominguez: Tipitin (1937) [3']
Melissa Dunphy (b.1980): N-400 Erasure Songs (2019) [4']
II. N-400: An Erasure
James Taylor (b.1948) & Don Grolnick (1947-1996), arr. Simon Carrington (b.1942): That Lonesome Road (1991) [3']
Maya Angelou (1928-2014): On the Pulse of Morning (1993) (reading from stage) [6']
Gaby Moreno (b.1946), arr. Alexander Nishibun (b.1987): Ave Que Emigra (Migrating Bird) (2011) [5']
Baul Rashid Uddin (b.1962), arr. Shabnam Abedi (b.1995): Manush Dhoro Manush Bhojo (Embrace Humanity Serve Humanity) [5']
Sydney Guillaume (b.1982): Plakatap (2011) [3']
“Prospect” tune from Southern Harmony, adapted by Stephen Paulus (1949-2014): The Road Home (1835) [3']
Chautauqua Chamber Music is made possible in part by The Kay Hardesty Logan Fund and The Helen Cooper Mercer Fund for Performing Arts.