Event Details

Eternal Light
featuring Lauridsen's Lux Aeterna & works by Mozart and Schubert

Hosting Ensemble: Seattle Choral Company
Event Type: Concert
Ticket Prices: $27 (general), $22 (senior), $5 (student), child 6-10 free. At the door: $30 (general), $24 (senior)
Event Dates:
Saturday, March 16, 2024Mar 16, 2024, 8:00pm at St. Mark's Cathedral, Seattle, WA

Description

Lux Aeterna - by Morten Lauridsen
Mass No. 2 in G Major - by Franz Schubert
Misericordias Domini, K 222 - by W. A. Mozart

The Seattle Choral Company’s mid-season concert brings back to the repertory a true masterpiece of the 20th century – Morten Lauridsen’s “Lux Aeterna.” The SCC presented the first Seattle performance of this beloved contemporary work in May of 2000, with the composer (a Washington native) in attendance. About the performance, Seattle Times music critic Melinda Bargreen wrote, “The audience was already on its feet, with a standing ovation for the Seattle Choral Company's first Seattle performance of Morten Lauridsen's ‘Lux Aeterna’.”

Since its world premiere in 1997, Lauridsen’s luminous “Lux Aeterna” has made a lasting international impact. Lauridsen’s music remains a powerful magnet for choral ensembles as well as music lovers around the world.

This concert will also feature two choral works from the 18th and 19th centuries: “Misericordias Domini, K. 222,” by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; and the “Mass No. 2 in G Major,” by Franz Schubert. Both of these works, written when the composers were quite young, express youthful energy and early genius. Mozart penned his “Misericordias Domine” when he was 19 years old, and Schubert composed his “Mass in G Major” at the age of 18.

Joining the Seattle Choral Company for the performance of Schubert’s Mass No. 2 in G Major” will a trio of accomplished Seattle soloists: Ellaina Lewis, soprano; Brendan Tuohy, tenor; and Darrell Jordan, baritone. Once again, members of the North Corner Chamber Orchestra will complete the roster of guest artists for this concert of choral masterworks spanning three centuries.

Eternal Light. collage of images
Eternal Light. collage of images

Ensemble Photos

Seattle Choral Company. The Seattle Choral Company is a Resident Artist at Saint Mark's Cathedral. Photo by Danielle Barnum.
Seattle Choral Company. The Seattle Choral Company is a Resident Artist at Saint Mark's Cathedral. Photo by Danielle Barnum.