FULL CHRISTOPHER TIN CONCERT Vilnius 2024 Jamal Moore, Tomas Pavilionis
Information on the Performance
- Work Title: CHRISTOPHER TIN CONCERT
- Composer: Christopher Tin
- Libretto: various
- Venue & Opera Company: LSSO Concert Hall, Vilnius, Lithuania, Open To The World '24
- Recorded: December 8-9, 2024
- Type: Concert Live
- Singers: Jamal Moore, Tomas Pavilionis
- Conductor: Christopher Tin
- Orchestra: Lithuanian State Symphony Orchestra
- Chorus: Bel Canto Choir Vilnius, Ensemble Duodeco, Swedish choir A Scalpella
- Chorus Master: Povilas Vanžodis, Rasmus Krigström
- Stage Director:
- Costume Designer:
Information about the Recording
- Published by: Bel Canto Choir Vilnius
- Date Published: 2025
- Format: DVD
- Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
- Subtitles: yessubs, ensubs, gensubs
- Video Recording from: YouTube FULL VIDEO
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
Christopher Tin’s music has transcended borders, with millions worldwide streaming his compositions. Joining this global phenomenon, a team of over 150 singers and musicians from Lithuania, the USA, and Sweden performed his most renowned works at the LSSO Concert Hall in Vilnius.
The concert commenced with the Nordic-Baltic premiere of the composer’s latest large-scale work, The Lost Birds (for choir, vocal ensemble, and orchestra). This piece, more than just a composition, is a profound social and environmental message, a musical tribute to bird species decimated by human activity. It’s an evocative, poignant, and cinematic composition that honors the once-abundant flocks whose songs have faded. It underscores the fragility of our existence on this planet, reminding us that our actions have consequences.
The concert’s second part featured a selection from Christopher Tin’s larger song cycles. Popular pieces from the composer’s world-famous, Grammy-winning albums were performed live for the first time in the region. For instance, Baba Yetu, from the album Calling All Dawns, was composed for the video game Civilization IV and became a hit song with hundreds of millions of streams worldwide. The piece has become a modern choral standard and made music history, too – it is the first piece written for a video game to win a Grammy Award. Tin’s multilingual song cycle Calling All Dawns also won him a second Grammy Award for Best Classical Album.
The concert will also feature works from another of the composer’s world-renowned albums, To Shiver the Sky. This oratorio explores the history of flight and humanity’s quest to conquer the sky. Eleven renowned astronomers, inventors, visionaries, and pilots reflect on our relentless drive to explore the universe, defy earthly bonds, and find our place among the stars.
The album’s highlight and the concert’s final performance is “Sogno di Volare,” a hit with hundreds of millions of streams. Written for the video game Civilization VI, this composition musically illustrates Leonardo da Vinci’s writings on flight. The piece is based on the concept of exploration: physically, in seeking out new lands, and intellectually, in seeking out new frontiers of science, technology, and the humanities.
Christopher Tin’s work is a testament to the power of music to unite. Performed in many languages, including English, Latin, Italian, German, French, Polish, Sanskrit, and more, it speaks to our shared human experience, transcending differences in race, culture, and religion.