[NEohioPAL]Save The Date, March 31st, 2007 – TrueNorth Cultural Arts performs Lux Aeterna

[Carol Cordova]

TrueNorth Cultural Arts will be presenting “A Lenten Journey” on Saturday, 
March 31st at 7:30 p.m. The concert will feature the TrueNorth Chorale and 
Symphony performing Lux Aeterna by Morten Lauridsen and be join by the 
TrueNorth Community Chorus, Junior Symphony Drama Troupe and Dance Team.

Lux Aeterna has become perhaps the most frequently performed modern American 
choral work. It examines the "universality of light" as a symbol for many 
things, including "beauty, hope and erudition." Composer Morton Lauridsen 
says Lux Aeterna mixes religious and non-sacred philosophy. The composer’s 
quest for texts that express “hope, reassurance, faith and illumination in 
all of its manifestations,” results in a free compilation from various 
liturgical observances or feasts: the Introit from the Requiem; select 
verses of the Te Deum, sung at the end of Matins on Sunday or in 
thanksgiving for a special blessing, interpolated with a verse from the 
Beatus vir (Ps. 111:4); verses from O nata lux, the Lauds hymn for the feast 
of the Transfiguration; Veni sancte spiritus, the sequence for Pentecost; 
and the Agnus Dei and Communio from the Mass for the Dead with an “Alleluia” 
tag added by the composer.

Mark your calendars for Saturday, March 31st and stay tuned for location 
information.

Tickets are $8 in advance and $5 for students/seniors and can be purchased 
through any TrueNorth musician or through the TrueNorth Gallery located at 
33491 Lake Road, Avon Lake next to the Avon Lake Theater. Gallery hours are 
12noon-7pm, Monday-Friday and 9am-4pm on Saturday. Tickets will also be 
available at the door for $10 or $8 for students/seniors. Further 
information can be found at TrueNorth’s web-site, www.TNCArts.org, or by 
calling TrueNorth Cultural Arts at (440) 933-7771.

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