NEXUS

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NEXUS is a concert production curated by Sameer Patel, the ensemble's Music Director and Orchestra Conductor. Its program places Lili Boulanger's D'un matin de printemps, Nina Shekhar's Lumina, Claude Debussy's La Mer, and Francis Poulenc's Gloria in one symphonic and choral sequence. The production is presented by La Jolla Symphony & Chorus at Mandeville Auditorium on the UC San Diego campus. The available sources identify the orchestra, chorus, conductor, chorus conductor, and soprano, but do not state a director, stage design, costume design, lighting design, choreography, or other theatrical staging concept. Shekhar's Lumina examines the spectrum between light and dark and was partly inspired by Hindustani classical music. The French repertoire frames that work with Boulanger and Debussy, while Poulenc's choral setting supplies the work requiring the named soprano soloist, chorus, and orchestra.