YES IS A WORLD: A CONCERT FOR PEACE

4 January 2002
All Saints’ Episcopal Church, Chicago
Yes is a World’s inaugural concert was a benefit for the Afghanistan relief efforts of OxFam International.

PROGRAM

Dona Nobis Pacem (M. Praetorius)
Dundunba
Ciranda das sete notas (H. Villa-Lobos)
A reading from Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
Tot (Op. 48) (A. Schoenberg)
Lullaby ( from The Consul) (G.C. Menotti)
Solfeggio (A. Part)
Chromatic Fantasie (J.S. Bach)
Dover Beach by Matthew Arnold
Miserere Mei (Ted Hearne)
(mis)communications (Ted Hearne)
Dundunba
“No Glory” by Barbara Kingsolver
Prelude No. 4 (H. Villa-Lobos)
Etudes 1-5 (L. Brouwer)
Ciaconna (S.L. Weiss)
“next to of course god” and “love is a place” by e.e. Cummings
Lullaby of Birdland (G. Shearing)
Imagine (J. Lennon)
Sim Shalom (M. Janowski)
Turn, Bright Faces Fair (J.M. Stambaugh)

PERFORMERS

Nellie McKay, singer
Taylor Levine, guitar
Jordana Elliot, bassoon
Jason Moy, piano
Gary Geiger, piano
Karen Jesse, mezzo-soprano
Isaiah Robinson, tenor
Nythia Rivera, soprano
Dundunba: Mario DaJuan, Toby Gaster, Justin Hundrieser, Jason Eastman

Speakers: Molly Dunn, Nia Easley, Sarah Moberg, Katherine Rekkas

Choir: Julia Betley, Ken Carter, Anna Hendricksen, Anthony Fett, Rana Higgins, Jonah Gaster, Karen Jesse, Reggie Patterson, Lisa Laws, Isaiah Robinson, Sarah Katsaros, Gilad Shanan, Allison Semmes, Daniel Singer, Mollie Stone