Waves upon waves of lyrical music, will wash over everyone as we venture to “la Mer,” and celebrate sounds of the sea that features two local university choirs, a chamber-style piece by Claude Debussy, Handel’s “Water Music” and captivating music from a Pulitzer Prize winning Chinese-American composer

Featuring:

Water Music (1717) (side-by-side)                       George Frederick Handel

Overture to “The Wreckers” (1906)                     Ethel Smyth (arr. Nan Washburn)

The Deep, Deep Sea (2007)                                    Zhou Long

Pavane Op. 50 (1887)                                             Gabriel Fauré (arr. Nan Washburn, text by Sarojini Naidu)

La Mer for Chamber Orchestra (1905)               Claude Debussy (arr. Iain Farrington)

Also…

MPYO Sinfonia, Hektor Qyteti, director

Madonna Chorale, Daniel Greig, director

University of Detroit Mercy Chorus, Daniel Greig, director