LUXAETERNA
LUMIÈRES ÉTERNELLES
50 artists on stage
With Ensemble ArtChoral under the direction of Matthias Maute
Thursday, May 25, 2023, 9 p.m.
Salle Claude-Champagne
Université de Montréal
220 Vincent-d'Indy Avenue, Montreal
Inspired by the meeting of the first light and the first sound in the universe, the Lux Aeterna (eternal light) concert presents a program of the most ravishing choral works from the Renaissance to today. This grandiose and out-of-the-ordinary concert features 50 exquisite voices and renowned guest soloists. Chaperoned by the digital art creations of Myriam Boucher, you are invited to embark on a sound journey that verges on the metaphysical. Let yourself be enveloped by the infinite sensitivity and expressiveness of the human voice as you are transported to the edge of the intangible!
Program
Edward Elgar
Lux Aeterna
Jaap Nico Hamburger
Tzimtzum
Maurice Duruflé
Requiem, op. 9: I. Introit (Requiem aeternam)
Pēteris Vasks
The Fruit of Silence
Gabriel Fauré
Requiem, op. 48: Vll. In Paradisum
Samuel Barber
Agnus Dei
Enya
“May it be” (Lords of the Rings)
Maurice Ravel
Pavane pour une infante défunte
Jóhann Jóhannsson
“A Pile of Dust”
Gabriel Fauré
Requiem: lll. Sanctus
Maurice Duruflé
In Paradisum
Airat Ichmouratov
Lux Aeterna
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Lord, Thou hast been our refuge