Reverence and Renewal brings together beloved choral works that honor life’s sacred moments—those of quiet devotion, radiant joy, longing, and transformation. Spanning the Romantic tradition to voices of today, this program reflects on the human spirit’s capacity for awe, faith, love, and renewal through poetry both sacred and secular.

Program

Gerald Finzi (1901-1956) – My Spirit Sang All Day

Anton Bruckner (1824-1896) – Os justi

Caroline Shaw (b.1982) – and the swallow

Joan Symko (b.1957) – Illumina le tenebre

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) – Shaffe in mir, Gott

Ed Frazier Davis (b.1989) – Wild Nights

Morten Lauridsen (b.1943) – Chansons des Roses

Contre qui, rose
De ton rêve trop plein
En une seule fleur 
La rose complète 
Dirait-on 

Daniel Elder (b.1986) – Willow-Wood

Samuel Barber (1910-1981) – The Coolin

(program order and content subject to change)