Jimmy Lopez's oratorio "Dreamers" - 17 March World Premiere live stream from UC Berkeley

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ju0K-QzrTfs



World Premiere of DREAMERS Live from Zellerbach Hall

Engaging with an issue that speaks uniquely to our times, acclaimed Peruvian composer Jimmy López, who earned his doctorate at UC Berkeley, has composed Dreamers, a new oratorio informed by interactions with Bay Area and campus immigrant communities, telling deeply personal stories through music and opening his creative process to audiences through a series of public programs. A rising star on the international scene, López has been called "one of the most interesting young composers anywhere today" (Chicago Sun Times). For Dreamers, he teams up with a favorite collaborator as librettist—the Pulitzer Prize-winning, Cuban–American playwright Nilo Cruz.

For more information, visit https://calperformances.org/dreamers

Sunday, March 17, 2019, 3pm
Zellerbach Hall, UC Berkeley

Philharmonia Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen, principal conductor & artistic advisor

Ana María Martínez, soprano
UC Berkeley Chamber Chorus; Dr. Wei Cheng, music director
Volti; Robert Geary, artistic director

PROGRAM

Dreamers
Oratorio for Soprano, Mixed Chorus, and Orchestra
(World Premiere)

Music by Jimmy López
Libretto by Nilo Cruz

Philharmonia Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Ana María Martínez, soprano
UC Berkeley Chamber Chorus; Dr. Wei Cheng, music director
Volti; Robert Geary, artistic director

The Firebird
Igor Stravinsky

Philharmonia Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor