Chanticleer "Paradise" with UI Kantorei

Chanticleer "Paradise" with UI Kantorei promotional image

Part of HANCHER’S 2026–2027 SEASON
Presented by HANCHER AUDITORIUM

A beloved vocal ensemble returns to work with students and enrapture the audience.

With Paradise, Chanticleer explores humanity’s eternal longing for the ideal: visions of a perfect world, perfect love, or a perfect future. Spanning centuries, cultures, and styles, this ­program invites audiences into a luminous meditation on paradise. Included are songs of praise by Renaissance ­composers as well as sacred manifestations of paradise, songs about earthly and divine love, and a collection of contemporary songs. In addition to Paradise, Chanticleer will perform with the UI’s Kantorei. The members of Chanticleer will also engage in a substantial residency in the UI’s School of Music in the days leading up to their performance in the Voxman Music Building’s wonderful concert hall.

PROGRAM
Darius MILHAUD: Psaume 121
Bobby McFERRIN: The 23rd Psalm
Guillaume de MACHAUT: Gloria" from Messe de Nostre Dame
Juan de LIENAS: Coenantibus Autem Illis
Jean MOUTON: Gaude, Barbara
Giovanni VALENTINI: Adoramus Te, Christe
Eric TUAN: Unending Love
Jacob COLLIER, arr. Jared GRAVELEY: Little Blue
Jean SIBELIUS: Rakastava
Richard EVANS, arr. Joseph H. JENNINGS: Journey to Recife
Manuel Sánchez ACOSTA, arr. Juan Tony GUZMÁN: Paraiso Soñado
Sid SRIRAM, arr. Jared GRAVELEY: Dear Sahana
Albert E. BRUMLEY, arr. Tim KEELER: I'll Fly Away
Charlie SMALLS, arr. Jared GRAVELEY: Home

"Chanticleer fascinates and enthralls for much the same reason a fine chocolate or a Rolls Royce does: through luxurious perfection.” – Los Angeles Times

Chanticleer website

TICKETS
Adults $40
Students & Youth $10

HANCHER EVENT PARTNERS
Larry G. & Ann Howard Jones Vocal Residency

Photo: Stephen K. Mack

Saturday, April 10, 2027 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building
Concert Hall, 2101
93 East Burlington Street, Iowa City, IA 52240
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Individuals with disabilities are encouraged to attend all University of Iowa–sponsored events. If you are a person with a disability who requires a reasonable accommodation in order to participate in this program, please contact Paris Young in advance at 319-467-4849 or paris-sissel@uiowa.edu.