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Preparations for Uplifted are in their final stages, and it's going to be a great concert!

Here's a sneak peek at Chronos rehearsing Eric Whitacre's Alleluia, one of a trio of works on the program that feature music reworked from an instrumental piece to a sacred vocal work: Alleluia, Samuel Barber's Agnus Dei, and Zoltan Kodaly's Missa Brevis.

Join us to hear all three on Saturday, Feb 7 at 7:30 pm in All Saints' Anglican Cathedral, Edmonton!

Tickets and more info at chronosvocalensemble.com/uplifted

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Chronos Vocal Ensemble's "Uplifted" is just around the corner, including Eric Whitacre's "Alleluia" which shares several features with other works on the program: rich harmony, a memorable soprano solo, and an origin in music for instrumental ensemble.

Having assiduously avoided music that could have a liturgical function for most of his early career, Whitacre describes how the experience of singing services at Sydney Sussex College in Cambridge University in 2010 encouraged him to set a simple Alleluia to his earlier work for wind symphony, "October".

To prime your ears, here's the composer conducting this work:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SV-6DeSOY7U

Join us on Saturday Feb 7 for music spanning the ages, music chosen to soothe, inspire, and uplift the soul in troubled times, a celebration of the resilience of the human spirit and the power of music to transcend darkness.

Tickets at chronosvocalensemble.com/uplifted/

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