The signature piece of our 2015 holiday concert is "Northern Lights" by Latvian composer Ēriks Ešenvalds. Ešenvalds uses choir, handchimes, and tuned water glasses to evoke the aurora borealis. We've fallen in love with the sound so much that we decided to try it with a well known song...
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Northern Lights - music of the Baltics and Scandinavia
Saturday, December 12, 2015 – 7:30 pm
First Baptist Church – 1111 Harvard Ave, Seattle
Saturday, December 19, 2015 – 3:00 pm & 7:30 pm
Chapel at Bastyr University – 14500 Juanita Drive NE, Kenmore
Our holiday concert "Northern Lights" showcases music that evokes the shimmering beauty of the aurora borealis. The program spans a thousand years of Baltic and Nordic choral music, from medieval chant and traditional carols to contemporary works by Einojuhani Rautavaara, Jaakko Mäntyjärvi, Cyrillus Kreek, and Veljo Tormis. The centerpiece is Northern Lights by Ēriks Ešenvalds, one of today’s most sought-after young composers. With voices, chimes, and tuned water goblets, Ešenvalds recreates the wonder of the northern lights in sound.
Tickets and more info: www.seattlepromusica.org
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