INDIANAPOLIS – The Indianapolis Symphonic Choir‘s final performance of the 76th season combines a choral classic with a newer composition by a much-celebrated living composer. J. S. Bach’s Magnificat and Morten Lauridsen’s Lux Aeterna will be performed by the 180-voice Indianapolis Symphonic Choir, the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra and guest soloists all with Hoosier connections on Friday, April 12, 2013, 8 p.m. at Clowes Memorial Hall. Tickets range from $15 to $75 and are available at www.indychoir.org, in-person at the Clowes Memorial Hall box office, or by calling Ticketmaster at (800) 982-2787. Limited tickets may be available for purchase at the door, beginning one hour prior to the performance.
Title Sponsor Barnes & Thornburg LLP presents the annual Sacred Masterworks series of performances, which includes California-based composer Morten Lauridsen’s most famous choral work, Lux Aeterna. On the faculty at University of Southern California, and having served as the composer-in-residence for the Los Angeles Master Chorale (a sister organization to the Indianapolis Symphonic Choir), Lauridsen will serve as the scholar-in-residence in Indianapolis for the week leading up to the performance. He will teach master classes at Butler University, workshops with area churches and community choirs, and will participate in pre-concert activities open to the audience.
“We’ll unite two compositional gurus. The musical minds of Bach and of Lauridsen are stunning: writing music that invigorates the performer just as much as it sets aflame the hearts of the audience,” says Eric Stark, Artistic Director of the Symphonic Choir. “On top of it all, these composers know precisely how to write for the voice, for a chorus. Total choral mastery.”