Composer

Lara Downes is a devoted champion of classical music by women composers and Black Americans, and an equally unequivocal advocate for the cause of democracy and freedom. Her programme today stems from her Pentatone release Love at Last, a collection of works that span generations, continents and cultures, united in a stubborn belief in the possibility of humanity, brotherhood, peace, compassion and the everlasting power of love. The inspiration comes from a poem by the 19th-century Odessa-born poet Shaul Tchernichovsky.

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Lara Downes piano

Wigmore Hall

Step inside the music with the Vancouver Bach Choir for a special open rehearsal of Christopher Tin's The Lost Birds, conducted by Cathrie Yuen.

This behind-the-scenes experience offers a rare glimpse into the artistry and collaboration behind Tin's Grammy-nominated work. Through evocative choral writing and poetry, The Lost Birds explores themes of extinction, remembrance and nature's fragile beauty.

Join us for an intimate preview ahead of the choir's November 14 concert.

Christopher Tin's The Lost Birds: Open Rehearsal

Vancouver Opera

Crouch End Festival Chorus: Mozart Requiem

Alexandra Palace

"The Road Home" | LVCO / Lehigh Valley Chorale

Miller Symphony Hall

With music by GRAMMY Award-winning composer Christopher Tin, libretto by Kelley Rourke, stage direction by Francesca Zambello, and choreography by Jessica Lang, O’Keeffe: Kiss the Sky traces the artist’s journey to becoming one of America’s most iconic creative forces, and the people who shaped her along the way. At its heart is the tension between her passionate but complicated marriage to art dealer and photographer Alfred Stieglitz—her greatest champion, but also controlling and unfaithful—and the liberating influence of Mabel Dodge Luhan, an intellectual and arts patron who brought artists to the Southwest and, in so doing, helped Georgia discover the vast desert landscape that would define her work. Through opera and ballet, O’Keeffe: Kiss the Sky explores not just the artist’s life but the unpredictable ways relationships shaped her voice and legacy. Commissioned by Washington National Opera, O’Keeffe: Kiss the Sky will receive its world premiere there at a date to be announced.

OFNW: O'Keeffe: Kiss the Sky

Cincinnati Ballet

The Interlochen Arts Academy Choir and Wind Symphony unite for a performance of Christopher Tin’s viral piece Waloyo Yamoni. An inspiring setting of a Lango rain-making prayer from East Africa, Waloyo Yamoni(“we overcome the wind”) fuses classical and non-Western musical traditions in a sweeping work for choir, wind symphony, and vocal soloists.

Choir and Wind Symphony: Waloyo Yamoni

Interlochen Center for the Arts

### Event Description: The Lost Birds - Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra

**Date and Time:**  
7:30 PM, Saturday, March 8, 2025

**Location:**  
TCU Place, Sid Buckwold Theatre  
35 22nd Street East, Saskatoon, SK S7K 0C8  
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**Event Details:**  
Join the Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra for a captivating evening as we celebrate 40 seasons with our esteemed concertmaster, Michael Swan. The night will feature a stunning performance of Henri Wieniawski’s Violin Concerto No.1, Op.14, with Michael Swan taking center stage. 

Under the baton of conductor Evan Mitchell, the orchestra and choir will also present Christopher Tin’s evocative choral work, *The Lost Birds*. This piece is a sweeping and elegiac tribute to the once abundant flocks that filled our skies, whose songs have now been silenced.

**Featured Artists:**  
- **Evan Mitchell**, Conductor  
- **Michael Swan**, Violin

**Program:**  
- *Come Closer* by Ryan Trew  
- *Violin Concerto No.1, Op.14* by Henri Wieniawski  
- *The Lost Birds* by Christopher Tin

**Ticket Information:**  
Single tickets go on sale on August 1, 2024. Be sure to secure your seats early for this unforgettable performance.

**Additional Information:**  
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**Upcoming Concerts:**  
- NYO Horizons Tour: 7:30 PM, Thursday, July 25, 2024  
- Enigma: 7:30 PM, Saturday, September 21, 2024  
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets in Concert: 7:30 PM, Saturday, October 5, 2024  
- Controlled Burn: 7:30 PM, Saturday, October 26, 2024

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Join us for an evening of extraordinary music and celebrate the legacy of the Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra!

The Lost Birds

TCU Place

Orchestral music extends its reach to break barriers through film and video games.

Music for Millions: Film and Video Games

Portland'5 Centers for the Arts

The Stanford Symphony Orchestra and Stanford Wind Symphony team up to present the annual Halloween Concert in Dinkelspiel Auditorium with a dramatic program of repertoire appropriate for spooky season.

Don't forget to wear your costume! Following the second half of the program, there will be a contest with the winner taking the stage to conduct the evening's final selection.

2024 Halloween Concert

Stanford University

Student and Senior Discount Tickets Available at the Box Office

The Music of Christopher Tin and Greg Gilpin

Carnegie Hall

Student Recital: Nathan Graham

Carnegie Mellon University

A concert in memory of Kenneth Brown and for the benefit of the Ken Brown Memorial Scholarship Fund, with special guests Angel City Chorale, Artistic Director Sue Fink, composer and conductor Christopher Tin, and soloist Reverend Donald Paredes. Includes the world premiere of Psalm 91, a work composed by Charles Dickerson for all those who sustained loss during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The ICYOLA 2023–24 Season Opening Concert with Angel City Chorale

El Camino College

The prolific British vocal ensemble VOCES8 champions a sense of care and clarity in their performances that has garnered them global acclaim. In this world premiere of a new work by Stanford alum and two-time Grammy–winning composer Christopher Tin, VOCES8 explores the ecological perils of extinction through elegy. Sweeping and plaintive, The Lost Birds is a haunting memorial to bird species driven to extinction by humankind and a warning about our own tenuous existence on the planet.

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