Bask in the hope of light staving off the darkness, which is the heart of Morten Lauridsen's Lux Aeterna, his transcendent five-movement work for choir and organ. Written in response to his mother's final illness, Lux Aeterna brings together five sacred texts that all incorporate images of light and draws its title from the well-known Requiem mass text ("May eternal light shine on them"). In bringing together these texts it weaves a transporting musical fabric of consolation and hope in difficult times.
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Further witness the miracle of light emerging from the darkness in another musical incarnation of the Lux Aeterna text, set to the music of Elgar's Nimrod Variation by arranger John Cameron.
Also anticipate the long-awaited premiere live performance of Nicholas Kelly's The Blue and the Sun. This winning entry in our most recent Competition in Choral Composition was originally slated for performance in 2020, but had to be postponed along with our other concerts that year. We are delighted to finally share it for the first time with our audience!