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Morten Lauridsen Event
SHINING NIGHT FESTIVAL
A day with musical mystic Morten Lauridsen
Saturday, October 25, 2014
Morten Lauridsen, the renowned award-winning American choral composer comes to Toronto for an exclusive and exhilarating day-long festival of his incomparable music, Saturday, October 25, 2014.
Referred to as a ‘heartening rarity', Morten Lauridsen's deeply moving choral works have gained him international recognition. Musicologist and conductor Nick Strimple describes Lauridsen as "the only American composer in history who can be called a mystic, and whose probing, serene work contains an elusive and indefinable ingredient which leaves the impression that all the questions have been answered."
Sponsored by Yorkminster Park Baptist Church, as part of their artistic outreach, along with the assistance of the Faculty of Music, University of Toronto and the Orpheus Choir of Toronto, Shining Night Festival will be a unique encounter with the uplifting music of Morten Lauridsen.
The Shining Night Festival will include:
Gala Concert: Sure on this Shining Night
A Lauridsen-Fest with the combined choirs of the U of T MacMillan Singers, Orpheus Choir of Toronto, Yorkminster Park Baptist Church Choir, Exultate Chamber Singers and Cawthra Park Secondary School Chamber Choir and featuring Lauriden's evocative Lux Aeterna, accompanied by chamber orchestra,
and several shorter works, including O Magnum Mysterium and Sure On This Shining Night sung by the massed choirs.
Location: Yorkminster Park Baptist Church, 1585 Yonge Street, 7:30 pm
PLUS –
Shining Night Film Screening
The highly acclaimed film Shining Night-A Portrait of Composer Morten Lauridsen
Location: Christ Church Deer Park, 1570 Yonge Street, 3:30 pm
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One-On-One
Morten Lauridsen in Conversation – hosted by CBC Radio host, Robert Harris
Location: Christ Church Deer Park, 1570 Yonge Street, 5:00 pm
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Tickets
Festival Pass: (Movie + Concert): General $45; Student $25
Movie Only: General $15; Student $10
Concert Only: General $35; Student $20
Tickets can be purchased online. They can also be purchased in person at the Yorkminster Park Church office, or by calling 416-922-1167 x225 (weekdays only). Some tickets will be available at the door.
Tickets can be purchased online. They can also be purchased in person at the Yorkminster Park Church office, or by calling 416-922-1167 x225 (weekdays only). Some tickets will be available at the door.
Festival Pass:
(Movie + Concert):
General $45; Student $25
Movie Only:
General $15; Student $10
Concert Only:
General $35; Student $20
YORKMINSTER PARK BAPTIST CHURCH
1585 Yonge Street (2 blocks north of St. Clair Avenue N/E corner of Yonge and Heath)
Toronto, ON, M4T 1Z9 Canada Tel: (416) 922-1167
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