Sunday, August 03, 2008

Gloriana Choir Performance - Into the Light

Start:     Aug 31, '08 2:30p
INTO THE LIGHT
Music of mystic calm and transcendental beauty by composers who, searching for new sounds and modes of expression, took music into entirely new realms. Josquin’s Missa L’homme armé sexti toni will be accompanied with a number of works by Eastern European, Baltic and Scandinavian composers. Ligeti’s Lux aeterna, first heard to memorable effect in Kubrik’s 2001 A Space Odyssey, uses a 16-part choir to create a shimmering haze of sound. Rautavaara’s Die Erste elegie is a luminous setting of one of Rilke’s most magical poems. Works also by Arvo Pärt, Sven-David Sandström and the Australian premiere of Peteris Vasks’ heartfelt Pater noster.

Sunday 31 August 2008 at 2:30pm
St Mark's Anglican Church, 250 George Street Fitzroy Melways 2CC9
Tickets $20 pre-purchased, $25 at the door. Phone Robert on 0400 999 248 or email manager@gloriana.com.au
PDF flyer (125KB) www.gloriana.com.au/Into_the_Light.pdf

Josquin Desprez (c1450-1521) Missa L’homme armé sexti toni
Arvo Pärt (1935) Solfeggio
György Ligeti (1923-2006) Lux aeterna
Einojuhani Rautavaara (1928) Die erste Elegie
Sven-David Sandström (1942) Agnus Dei
Peteris Vasks (1943) Pater noster

"You could successfully put up the Gloriana voices against any similar group in the country" The Age

Many thanks
Andrew Raiskums Director (phone 0439 556 627)
Robert Raiskums Manager (phone 0400 999 248)
www.gloriana.com.au

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