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
5:30 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
“I crave choral music like that, and it just goes directly to my soul.”
Venue information
Christ Lutheran Church
30 Chambersburg St
Gettysburg, PA 17325
Gettysburg, PA 17325
Historic Christ Lutheran Church in downtown Gettysburg, PA.