JOHN ADAMS CONDUCTS EL NIÑO FRI MAY 20, 7:30 pm | Music Hall
JOHN ADAMS, conductor LAUREN SNOUFFER, soprano JOSEFINA MALDONADO, mezzo-soprano ELLIOT MADORE, baritone DANIEL BUBECK, countertenor BRIAN CUMMINGS, countertenor NATHAN MEDLEY, countertenor MAY FESTIVAL CHORUS Robert Porco, director The May Festival Chorus is endowed by the Betsy & Alex C. Young Chair
MAY FESTIVAL YOUTH CHORUS, Matthew Swanson, director CINCINNATI SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, Louis Langrée, Music Director JOHN ADAMS (b. 1947)
El Niño, A Nativity Oratorio for Chorus and Orchestra PART I I Sing of a Maiden Hail Mary, Gracious! La anunciación For with God No Thing Shall Be Impossible The Babe Leaped in Her Womb Magnificat
Now She Was Sixteen Years Old Joseph’s Dream Shake the Heavens Se habla de Gabriel The Christmas Star
INTERMISSION PART II Pues mi dios ha nacido When Herod Heard Woe Unto Them that Call Evil Good And the Star Went Before Them The Three Kings And When They Were Departed Dawn Air
Tonight’s concert will end at approximately 9:45 pm.
And He Slew All the Children Memorial de Tlatelolco In the Day of the Great Slaughter Pues está tritando Jesus and the Dragons A Palm Tree
By arrangement with Hendon Music, Inc., a Boosey & Hawkes company, publisher and copyright owner.
Tonight’s concert is sponsored by The Wohlgemuth Herschede Foundation. The 2022 May Festival is presented by Fort Washington Investment Advisors. The 2022 May Festival is sponsored by Chavez Properties. The appearance of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra is generously supported by the Louise Dieterle Nippert Musical Arts Fund of the Greenacres Foundation. The appearance of Lauren Snouffer is made possible in part by a generous endowment gift from Mary and Joe Stern. The appearance of Josefina Maldonado is made possible in part by a generous endowment gift from Mr. and Mrs. S. Charles Straus. The appearance of Elliot Madore in this evening’s performance is made possible in part by generous endowment gift from Dr. Thomas Lesher. The appearances of Daniel Bubeck, Brian Cummings and Nathan Medley in this evening’s performance are made possible in part by generous support from the Cincinnati International Wine Festival. Steinway Pianos, courtesy of Willis Music, is the official piano of the May Festival. This concert will be broadcast on 90.9 WGUC on October 2, 2022 at 8 pm. The use of photographic and recording devices at these concerts is prohibited. 36 | MAY FESTIVAL 2022
