Arranged by, Tripp Carter
Conducted by, Alissa Tanguay
Performed by a grades 8-12 chamber choir at the 2024 Mesa Grande Academy upper grades Christmas concert.
Featuring Kailin Kimbrow, harp
Lyrics are based on Psalm 23
Filmed on location at Southern Adventist University in Collegedale, TN ©2020
Méditation, Op. 72, no. 18 by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Tchaikovsky was one of the most popular Russian composers of his time. His ballets, operas, symphonies, and instrumental works captured the hearts of his audience members due to their soaring melodies, rich harmonies, and vivid orchestration; Méditation is no exception. Written in April of 1893, this piece is the fifth in a set of eighteen pieces that make up Tchaikovsky’s last solo works for piano. While composing his sixth symphony, Tchaikovsky decided to quickly compose Op. 72 to support himself monetarily until the symphony was completed. In fifteen days, he had written the eighteen pieces that were published in Moscow and the manuscript is still preserved in the Glinka National Museum Consortium of Musical Culture. Méditation is a deeply emotional piece dedicated to Russian conductor and pianist Vasily Safonov as a gesture of friendship to patch up a quarrel between the two. Parts of this piece resemble orchestral writing, such as the rising “cello line” in the opening section and the “flute” descant at the return of the A section. Méditation takes the listener on a captivating journey of tragedy and triumph, much like the spiritual journey Christians face, that concludes with a peaceful chord – a reminder of our eternally peaceful home in heaven.
Alissa Tanguay, piano
Filmed on location at Southern Adventist University
Piano Quartet in D Minor, Op. 25, Adagio and Menuetto