If you go
› What: “Northern Lights” by Chattanooga Bach Choir.› When: 3:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 20.› Where: St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 305 W. Seventh St.› Admission: $20 suggested donation; free for students.› Website: www.chattanoogabachchoir.org.The program› “Ave Maria” by Josquin des Pres (1450-1521)› “O Magnum Mysterium” by Morten Lauridsen (b. 1943)› “Nunc Dimittis Servum Tuum Domine” by Josquin des Pres› Two chorales from the St. Matthew Passion by J. S. Bach (1685-1750)— “Herzliebster Jesu, Was Hast du Verbrochen”— “Wie Wunderbarlich Ist Doch Diese Strafe”› “Victimae Paschali Laudes” by Josquin des Pres› “Northern Lights” by Ola Gjeilo (b. 1978)› “Lux Aeterna” by Morten Lauridsen
Choral masterworks from past and present will be featured in the Chattanooga Bach Choir’s “Northern Lights” concert Sunday, Nov. 20, at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church.
“Our concert takes its title from Ola Gjeilo’s ‘Northern Lights,’ which draws its inspiration from the northern lights or aurora borealis of his Norwegian homeland,” says conductor David Long, the choir’s artistic director.
“In fact, the composers on this program are all from Northern Europe or the Pacific Northwest region of the United States.”
Long explains that the music being performed features works by “two masters from the past and two masterful living composers,” spanning the centuries from the Renaissance and Baroque eras to the present.