8:00PM CONCERT
7:15PM PRE-CONCERT MUSICAL INSIGHTS WITH ALEXINA LOUIE & GUESTS

Structured like a game, Nobuto’s Hallelujah Sim. sets a choir of 72 singers with simple rules for progressing through levels of play. It creates “a dreamlike scenario where old traditions and symbols—hallelujahs, choirs, the Royal Albert Hall—gain strange new intensity,” looping, shifting, starting and stopping as if the music were writing itself in real time. Esprit also presents the North American premiere of Misato Mochizuki’s new violin concerto, a joint commission with a major Japanese orchestra, featuring Akiko Suwanai’s return as guest soloist. Harman’s Coyote Soul blends lightness, colour, humour, and a pop tune known beyond the classical world. Ruders’ Tundra evokes the far North’s essence with a depiction of nature’s full sonic power.

featuring

Alex Pauk Conductor
Akiko Suwanai Violin 
Elmer Iseler Singers
Concreamus Chamber Choir

PROGRAMME

Chris Paul Harman
Coyote Soul (2011)

Misato Mochizuki
Violin Concerto* (2025)
Akiko Suwanai Violin 

Ben Nobuto
Hallelujah Sim.** (2024)
Elmer Iseler Singers & Concreamus Chamber Choir 

Poul Ruders
Tundra** (1990)

*North American Premiere, co-commissioned by Esprit Orchestra & Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo