James Chi-shin Liu

Baritone
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Performance Calendar 2026-2027:

Landmarks Orchestra, Boston MA:

  • Randall Thompson: The Testament of Freedom (Letters of Thomas Jefferson):  
  • Verdi: Messa da Requiem
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  • Noah Horn and Christopher Wilkins, conductors
     
  • Wednesday, August 5, 2026 at 7:00 p.m., DCR Hatch Memorial Shell, Boston, MA
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    Cantata Singers, Boston MA:

    Boston Choral Festival

    with the choruses of Arlington High School, and Westborough High School
    Program to include:
  • Arianne Abela: "Because you sang" (Ruthie Prillaman)
  • Franck: Anthem: Psaume 150, FWV 69
  • Abela: "I Love You Like a Rainbow" (Barbara Abela)
  • Ily Matthew Maniano: "Sa Kanyang Paglalayag" (Ronnel Paz)
  • Wallace Willis and Minerva Willis. arr. Diedre Robinson: Spiritual, "Steal Away"
  • Jonathan Dove: Song Cycle, The Passing of the Year (Blake, Dickinson, Peele, Nashe, and Tennyson)
     
  • Noah Horn, conductor
  • Friday, October 30, 2026 at 7:30 p.m., Old South Church, Boston MA
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    King's Chapel Concert Series, Boston MA:

    A Festival of Psalms

  • Byrd: Anthem, "Sing joyfully unto God" (Psalm 81:1-4, Geneva Bible)
  • Schütz: Geistliche Chormusik, Op. 11, No. 10: Motet: "Die mit Tränen säen werden mit Freuden ernten," SWV 378 (Psalm 126:5-6, trans. Martin Luther)
  • Abbie Betinis: Psalm 126: A Song of Ascents (Psalm 126, Book of Common Prayer)
  • Palestrina: Offertory: "Super flumina Babylonis" (Psalm 137 (136): 1, Vulgata Clementina)
  • Billings: Anthem: "Lamentation over Boston," (Billings, after Psalm 137 (136), King James Version, Jeremiah 3:21 and 31:20)
  • Cyrillus Kreek: 4 Taaveti laulud (Psalms of David): "Kiida, mu hing, Issandat! (Bless the Lord, my soul!)" (Psalm 104, Estonian)
  • Robert C Page: Motet: "Where shall I go from your spirit?," (Psalm 139:7-10, Modern English Version)
  • Judith Bingham: The Darkness is No Darkness (after Psalm 139:11, Book of Common Prayer)
  • Ives: The Sixty-Seventh Psalm (Psalm 67, King James Version)
  • McFerrin: The 23rd Psalm (dedicated to my mother) (after Psalm 23)
  • Britten: The Company of Heaven, No. 9: "Whoso dwelleth under the defence of the most High" (Psalm 91:1, 9-11, Book of Common Prayer, 1928)
  • Patricia Van Ness: Birds of the Psalms, No. 10: "Beauty Flew to Me" (van Ness, after Psalm 91)
  • Daniel Pinkham: Psalm-Motet XIV, "Create a Pure Heart in Me" (Psalm 51:10-12)
  • Brahms: Motet, "Schaffe in mir, Gott, ein rein Herz," Op. 29, No. 2 (Psalm 51:10-12, after Martin Luther)
  • Graham Gordon Ramsay: Motet, "Laudate Dominum" (Psalm 150, Vulgata Clementina)
     
  • Heinrich Christensen, conductor
  • Sunday, October 25, 2026 at 5:00 p.m., King's Chapel, Boston, MA.

    • Carlisle Chamber Orchestra, Carlisle MA:

  • Menotti: Amahl and the Night Visitors (Menotti)
  • Role: Melchior
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  • Alan Yost, conductor
     
  • Saturday, December 12, 2026 at 1:30 and 3:30 p.m., Carlisle Congregational Church, Carlisle, MA
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    King's Chapel Concert Series, Boston MA:

    Double Take

    Composers everywhere recycle each other's text choices. Hear their very different versions, often written centuries apart. Selections TBA.
  • Heinrich Christensen, conductor
  • Sunday, January 24, 2027 at 5:00 p.m., King's Chapel, Boston, MA.

    Cantata Singers, Boston MA:

  • Fauré: Requiem in d, Op, 48
  • Martin: Mass for double choir a cappella
     
  • Noah Horn, conductor
     
  • Sunday, February 28, 2027 at 4:00 p.m., Church of the Advent, Boston, MA
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    King's Chapel Concert Series, Boston MA:

    Bach Birthday Bash

    A Cantata, a Motet, and a Mass. This concert is presented in memory of Jay R. Schochet. Repertoire TBA.
  • Heinrich Christensen, conductor
  • Sunday, March 21, 2027 at 5:00 p.m., King's Chapel, Boston, MA.

    Cantata Singers, Boston MA:

  • Joseph Haydn: The Creation (van Swieten, after Genesis, Psalms, and Paradise Lost)
     
  • Noah Horn, conductor
     
  • Saturday, May 2, 2027 at 3:00 p.m., Holy Name Parish, West Roxbury, MA
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