Join Cambridge Community Chorus and special guests from the Cambridge Children’s Chorus for a celebration of light and joy at our 35th Winter Concert, 4:00 p.m., Sunday, December 20, at MIT’s Kresge Auditorium.
The heart of the program is LUX: The Dawn from On High, a major work for chorus and orchestra by acclaimed contemporary composer Dan Forrest, that explores different facets of “lux” (Latin for “light”) through texts from ancient chants, scripture and modern love poetry.
“Because our concert falls right around the winter solstice,” says CCC Music Director Pam Mindell, “I love the idea of light in the darkness – and LUX fits that idea really well.” LUX is “a beautiful sound-world piece,” she says “that juxtaposes musical styles from early chant to lush neo-romantic harmonies.”
The program opens with a set by the Cambridge Children’s Chorus Cantare Ensemble, led by their director Sharon Hamel. Other seasonal and festive pieces are Mendelssohn’s Weihnachten (Christmas), Galuppi’s stirring Dixit Dominus and Pearsall’s joyful setting of the carol In Dulci Jubilo. Cantare joins the Chorus in the last movement of LUX, bringing the purity of clear young voices to ancient words about the creation of the starry skies.
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Tickets: https://go.evvnt.com/3911940-0
