“Lux Aeterna” Program Notes
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PROGRAM
Lux Aeterna – Sir Edward Elgar (1857-1934) and arr. by John Cameron (b. 1944)
choral setting of “Nimrod” from Enigma Variations
Kyrie – Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c. 1525-1594)
from Missa Papae Marcelli
Carols of Death – William Schuman (c. 1910-1992) and texts by Walt Whitman (1819-1892)
The Last Invocation
The Unknown Region
To All, To Each
Everyone Sang! – Roderick Williams (b.1965)
*Arranged for Phoenix Chorale, US premier performance
Two Penitential Motets – Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
from Quatre Motets pour un temp de Pénitence, FP 97
Timor et tremor
Vinea mea electa
Agnus Dei – Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
from Missa Papae Marcelli
INTERMISSION
Requiem, Op. 48 – Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)
I. Introitus – Kyrie
II. Offertorium
III. Sanctus
IV. Pie Jesu
V. Agnus Dei
VI. Libera me
VII. In Paradisum
