Chronos Vocal Ensemble's "Uplifted" is just around the corner, including Eric Whitacre's "Alleluia" which shares several features with other works on the program: rich harmony, a memorable soprano solo, and an origin in music for instrumental ensemble.

Having assiduously avoided music that could have a liturgical function for most of his early career, Whitacre describes how the experience of singing services at Sydney Sussex College in Cambridge University in 2010 encouraged him to set a simple Alleluia to his earlier work for wind symphony, "October".

To prime your ears, here's the composer conducting this work:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SV-6DeSOY7U

Join us on Saturday Feb 7 for music spanning the ages, music chosen to soothe, inspire, and uplift the soul in troubled times, a celebration of the resilience of the human spirit and the power of music to transcend darkness.

Tickets at chronosvocalensemble.com/uplifted/

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Chronos Vocal Ensemble's next concert is just around the corner! Join us on the evening of Saturday February 7.

Uplifted draws inspiration from its setting: the magnificent, lofty sanctuary of All Saints Cathedral, perfectly suited for choral singing.

Uplifted draws inspiration from our collaborators: Cathedral organist Jeremy Spurgeon and the Canadian-built 1959 Casavant organ he plays.

Uplifted presents music that celebrates the resilience of the human spirit and the power of music to transcend darkness with music to uplift the soul in troubled times.

The program will include:
Missa Brevis by Kodaly - written and premiered in the dark closing days of WWII Budapest;
Samuel Barber's stunning Agnus Dei - sacred text added by the composer to his well-known Adagio for Strings;
Miserere mei, Deus by Allegri - written in the 17th century for exclusive use in the Sistene Chapel at the Vatican.

Tickets and information at our website: https://chronosvocalensemble.com/uplifted/

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Chronos in rehearsal:

Irish Tune from County Derry - Grainger - set for brass band and sung without words ... come hear the rest at Silence Illuminated tonight! (Sun Nov 16 at 7:30)

https://youtu.be/AJFNiYjb5FM

Tickets and more info at https://chronosvocalensemble.com/silence-illuminated/

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Chronos in rehearsal:

A lighthearted moment in Edmonton composer Stuart Beatch's "What She Gave Me" from "Chosen Family" using texts by John Barton.
... come hear the rest of this tender and moving work at Silence Illuminated tonight! (Sun Nov 16 at 7:30)

Tickets and more info at https://chronosvocalensemble.com/silence-illuminated/

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Chronos in rehearsal:

My Lord, what a Mornin' - Harry T. Burleigh ... come hear the rest at Silence Illuminated tonight! (Sun Nov 16 at 7:30)

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Chronos in rehearsal:

A little Bruckner to start your day... come hear the rest at Silence Illuminated tonight! (Sun Nov 16 at 7:30)

Tickets and more info at https://chronosvocalensemble.com/silence-illuminated/

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Chronos in rehearsal:

Rachmaninoff from the All-Night Vigil

All Saints' Cathedral, Edmonton.

Join us tomorrow at Silence Illuminated in All Saints' Cathedral, to hear more!

Tickets and more info at https://chronosvocalensemble.com/silence-illuminated/

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Chronos in rehearsal:

Kyrie from the Pope Marcelli Mass by Palestrina in the beautiful All Saints' Cathedral, Edmonton.

Join us tomorrow at Silence Illuminated to hear the rest of a program that spans choral music from ancient to today.

Tickets and more info at https://chronosvocalensemble.com/silence-illuminated/

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Silence Illuminated is tomorrow! Rehearsals have moved into the gorgeous acoustics of our concert space in All Saints' Cathedral, Edmonton

Here's the final Amen of "Ubi Caritas et amor" by Duruflé taking advantage of that lovely resonance, join us tomorrow (Sun Nov 16) at 7:30 to hear more!

Tickets and more info at https://chronosvocalensemble.com/silence-illuminated/

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Chronos is rehearsing hard with Silence Illuminated just around the corner - Sun Nov 16 7:30 at All Saints' Cathedral, Edmonton.

The program will include this gem: an "Irish Tune from County Derry" better known as "O Danny Boy". This version arranged for brass band by Percy Grainger (1882–1961) and sung here without words.

Join us on Sunday to hear the whole work!

Tickets and more info at https://chronosvocalensemble.com/silence-illuminated/

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