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June 12, 2027

7:30 PM

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In celebration of its 10th anniversary, the Master Chorale is honored to once again present Lagrime di San Pietro (The Tears of St. Peter), described by critics as a “mind-blowing” and “overwhelmingly emotional” experience that redefines the possibilities of choral music. 

Directed by the legendary Peter Sellars, this production transforms a Renaissance masterpiece into a visceral, contemporary stage work. A cycle of 21 spiritual madrigals that explore themes of grief, regret and memory, 21 singers perform the work entirely by heart while embodying its complex polyphony and emotional turbulence. 

Having toured globally to critical acclaim, the Los Angeles Times called Lagrime di San Pietro “a major accomplishment for music history,” and international critics deemed it “painfully beautiful,” “stunning and sublime” and “life-changing.” Packing a massive emotional punch as living, breathing drama, Lagrime di San Pietro is life-changing and utterly unmissable.

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Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times

“A major accomplishment for the Master Chorale, which sang and acted brilliantly. It is also a major accomplishment for music history.”

Andrew Taylor, Sydney Morning Herald

“A stunning performance … Their voices soared to the heavens of the Melbourne Recital Centre, their choreographed moves—arms thrust into the air, collapsing to the ground—adding to drama of the work.”

Ingé Kjemtrup, The Stage (UK)

“Balm for the soul … It’s the smaller gestures, and the Chorale’s vocal prowess, that linger in the mind.”

For over 60 years, the Grammy-Award winning Los Angeles Master Chorale has been a standard-bearer for choruses across America. Hailed for its powerful performances, technical precision and artistic daring, the Chorale reaches nearly 100,000 people a year through its concert series at Walt Disney Concert Hall, its international touring of innovative works and its performances with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and others. Led by Grant Gershon, Kiki & David Gindler Artistic Director; Associate Artistic Director Jenny Wong; and Interim President and CEO William Tully, the Master Chorale was named “the finest-by-far major chorus in America” by the Los Angeles Times. From intimate performances with just six or eight singers to full-scale collaborations featuring 100 voices, it consistently thrills audiences with its versatility and artistic depth, performing early choral works alongside pop classics and modern pieces as well as exclusive commissions from the world’s most innovative composers. Voices of Master Chorale singers have been featured on many major motion pictures as well as on the 2025 and 2026 Academy Awards, broadcast to over 19 million viewers around the world. Created by legendary conductor Roger Wagner in 1964, the Chorale is a founding resident company of The Music Center in Los Angeles and choir-in-residence at Walt Disney Concert Hall. It has an industry-defining commitment to fostering new music from modern composers and educating the next generation of choral music singers through its renowned learning programs.

Lagrime di San Pietro (Tears of St. Peter)

Orlando di Lasso (1530-1594)

 

I. Il Magnanimo Pietro (The magnanimous Peter)

I. Ma gli archi (But the bows)

III. Tre volte haveva (Three times already)

IV. Qual a l’incontro (No one should boast)

V. Giovane donna (Never did a young lady)

VI. Cosi talhor (As it happens)

VII. Ogni occhio del Signor (The eyes of the Lord)

VIII. Nessun fedel trovai (I found none faithful)

IX. Chi ad una ad una (If one could retell one by one)

X. Come falda di neve (Like a snowflake)

XI. E non fu il pianot suo (And his weeping)

XII. Quel volto (That face)

XIII. Veduto il miser (Realizing that he felt)

XIV. E vago d’incontrar (Longing to meet someone)

XV. Vattene vita va (Go away, life)

XVI. O vita troppo rea (O life, so vicious)

XVII. A quanti giàfelici (How many)

XVIII. Non trovava mia fé (My faith would have not failed)

XIX. Queste opre e più (All these works and more)

XX. Negando il mio Signor (By denying my Lord)

XXI. Vide homo (See, O man)

This concert will be performed without intermission.

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