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Requiem – “But Joy Comes In The Morning Light”

March 2, 2017

Dan Forrest’s choral masterwork Requiem For The Living, which inspired our next concert with its magnificent music and uplifting message is truly unique, and departs in many ways from the traditional requiem.

In the composer’s own words, it starts simply and builds on long, floating melodic lines, ultimately moving towards an exhilarating closing section that portrays light, peace, and rest.

One of the loveliest lines of the concert—“But joy comes in the morning light”— isn’t in the requiem. Instead, as our artistic director Mike Horanski explains, you will hear music about life’s total journey. Of all its hopes and dreams and adventures. Because music helps us express emotions in ways that words and individuals may not be able to, building community when we help each other celebrate life’s joys and giving comfort to one another. [Read more…]

Tagged With: blume haiti, concert for a cause, dan forrest, flute, harp, horn, joy, melvin goodwyn, mike horanski, oboe, organ, percussion, requiem, requiem for the living

The Balance Of Joy And Sorrow

January 26, 2017

Say the word “requiem” and we tend to think of a beautiful but sombre event, funereal even. But that is not always the case. The word requiem comes from the Latin for “rest.” Our next concert, REQUIEM FOR THE LIVING starts and builds from that place of repose.

As our artistic director, Mike Horanski puts it, this concert is “the experience of life that exists in a balance of joy and sorrow.” For that moment when everything is pregnant with what has been and what can be. Of all that we have gone through, but all that sustains us before we get back up. [Read more…]

Tagged With: dan forrest, living, requiem, rest, vienna, vienna choral society

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