Choral Festival ``Behold, and Be Radiant''- 450 Local Singers to Participate.Business Editors & Religion Writers MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 5, 2003 Nine downtown Minneapolis churches will hold their biennial choral festival on Sunday, February 9, 2003 at 3:00 p.m. at Central Lutheran Church, 333 South Twelfth Street in Minneapolis. This year's event, entitled "Behold, and Be Radiant" will focus on music highlighting the theme of light. The choirs of Central Lutheran, Gethsemane Gethsemane (gĕthsĕm`ənē), olive grove or garden, E of Jerusalem, near the foot of the Mount of Olives. In the Gospels, it is the scene of the agony and betrayal of Jesus. Episcopal, Hennepin Avenue Hennepin Avenue is a major street in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, running from Lakewood Cemetery (at 36th Street) in the Uptown District of Southwest Minneapolis, through the Warehouse District in the city center, to Northeast Minneapolis and the city's eastern boundary. United Methodist, Plymouth Congregational, St. Olaf Catholic, Wesley United Methodist and Westminster Presbyterian Churches, the Basilica of St. Mary and the Cathedral Church of St. Mark will join forces (over 450 voices) in music of Vaughan Williams Vaughan Williams, Ralph 1872-1958. British composer who was influenced by folk tunes and Tudor music. His works include nine symphonies, the ballet Job (1930), and the opera The Pilgrim's Progress (1951). Noun 1. , Jacobus Gallus Jacobus Gallus Carniolus (Jacob Handl or Jacob Handl-Gallus) (July 3, 1550 – July 18, 1591) was a late Renaissance composer of Slovene origin. He lived and worked in Moravia and Bohemia during the last decade of his life. , Dominick Argento Dominick Argento (b. October 27, 1927, York, Pennsylvania) is an American composer, best known as a leading composer of lyric opera and choral music. Among his most prominent pieces are the operas Postcard from Morocco, Miss Havisham’s Fire, and , and Randall Thompson. A new work "lumen de lumine" by composer Gerald Near and poet Susan Palo Cherwien, commissioned for the event, will receive its premier. In addition each choir will perform an individual piece. Congregational singing and the Basilica's brass ensemble will also be a part of the program. Free will offering. A reception will follow in Central's Fellowship Hall. For more information contact Central Lutheran Church at (612) 870-4416. Contact evenings and weekend: Mark Sedio 612-870-4454 ext 623 or 624 |
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