Choir's 2008-2009 Season Celebrates Shafer's 40th Anniversary.GRAMMY Award-Winning Conductor, Composer, Teacher Marks Event with World Premiere Noun 1. world premiere - (music) the first public performance (as of a dramatic or musical work) anywhere in the world performance, public presentation - a dramatic or musical entertainment; "they listened to ten different performances"; "the play ran for 100 WASHINGTON -- The City Choir of Washington's second season will celebrate the 40th anniversary of GRAMMY Award-winning conductor, Robert Shafer and his many contributions to the Washington, D.C. area's musical vitality. Shafer, who was recently honored for his 25 years as Artist-in-Residence at the Shenandoah Conservatory of Music in Winchester, Va., will conduct the world premiere of his new work, Lux Aeterna Lux Aeterna can refer to the following:
The City Choir of Washington's 2008-2009 season opens with a performance of Handel's Israel in Egypt Israel in Egypt (HWV 54) is a biblical oratorio by the composer George Frideric Handel. The libretto was compiled by Handel's collaborator Charles Jennens and, like Messiah is composed entirely of selected passages from the Hebrew Bible, mainly from Exodus and the Psalms. , which expresses the drama and grandeur of the Exodus, brought to life with double chorus, soloists, and orchestra. The concert takes place Saturday, November, 22, 2008, at 8:00 p.m. at the Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall and Arts Center in Alexandria, Va. The City Choir's holiday concerts, Rejoice! Music for Christmas, on Friday, December 19, at 8:00 p.m., and Saturday, December 20, at 3:00 p.m., also at the Schlesinger Center, will present treasures from the Renaissance to our time, including carols for the audience to sing and the stirring contemporary work, O Magnum Mysterium O Magnum Mysterium is a responsorial chant from the Matins of Christmas. A number of composers have reworked the chant into a contemporaneous setting; the settings by Victoria, Gabrieli, Palestrina, Poulenc and Lauridsen are particularly notable. by Jenifer Higdon. On April 19, 2009, The City Choir debuts in Washington, D.C., with a program that includes the world premiere of Shafer's Lux Aeterna, Haydn's Lord Nelson Mass, and Durufle's Requiem, all of the works making resplendent re·splen·dent adj. Splendid or dazzling in appearance; brilliant. [Middle English, from Old French, from Latin resplend use of the National Presbyterian Church's renowned Aeolian-Skinner organ. The City Choir of Washington, a 110-voice chorus, launched its inaugural season to critical acclaim in November 2007, with a performance of Handel's Solomon at the Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall and Arts Center in Alexandria, Va. In his review, The Washington Post's Stephen Brookes called the debut "a virtuosic performanceO.The chorus was really the star of the evening." The City Choir of Washington is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization Nonprofit Organization An association that is given tax-free status. Donations to a non-profit organization are often tax deductible as well. Notes: Examples of non-profit organizations are charities, hospitals and schools. , incorporated in the District of Columbia District of Columbia, federal district (2000 pop. 572,059, a 5.7% decrease in population since the 1990 census), 69 sq mi (179 sq km), on the east bank of the Potomac River, coextensive with the city of Washington, D.C. (the capital of the United States). . For more information, contact Evelyn Fine (202) 271-3116 or visit www.thecitychoirofwashington.org. |
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