Many choirs have organized performances around common milestones in life—songs about life, love, death, etc. We have attempted to set ours apart by eschewing generic life milestones in favor of a particular story, written specifically for this program by a friend of the choir. Follow our protagonist from birth, to marriage, to the bitter end—joy, tragedy, love, loss, life, death.
Joy, tragedy, love, loss, life, and death.
Program
- Whitacre Lux Nova ("Lux Aurumque" Reimagined)
- Napoli Lux aeterna
- Tavener The Lamb
- Rheinberger Abendlied
- Ēšenvalds Only In Sleep
- Chatman 2. Remember (from Two Rosetti Songs)
- Debussy 1. Dieu! qu’il la fait bon regarder (from Trois chansons de Charles d’Orléans)
- Finzi My Spirit Sang All Day
- Elder Elegy
- Forrest Entreat Me Not to Leave You
- Reznor Hurt (arr. Whitacre)
- Paulus The Road Home
- Byrd Tristitia et anxietas
- Mealor She Walks In Beauty
- Matthews Gravedigger (arr. Takach)
- Whitacre This Marriage
- Tavener Song for Athene
- Forrest A Basque Lullaby
Estimated runtime
1h 30mEnds around
7:30 PM-
Doors open
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Part one
35m
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Intermission
10m
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Part two
45m
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Concert ends
Season
Summer 2018
Part of the series
A Journey of Life
“Most innovative Christmas program I saw from any professional organization.”
Venue information
St. Jerome Catholic Church
5205 43rd Ave
Hyattsville, MD 20781
Hyattsville, MD 20781
A beautiful Catholic church in Hyattsville, just outside of northeast Washington—and the place where Lux began.
