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Last Letter Home:
A Concert of Remembrance
Saturday, November 7, 7:30pm
St. Paul's Church, Charlottetown
Join Luminos Ensemble as we focus on music setting the poems and letters of people who have served on the front lines of conflict. Taking the famous poem In Flanders Fields as our starting point, the Ensemble will give voice and pay tribute to the experiences of soldiers serving in both past and modern conflicts, including poems on the experiences of Canadian soldiers at Passendale; the final letter of a US Private killed in action in Iraq; a meditation by the last soldier to leave the battlefield at Gallipoli; and culminating in Herbert Howells’ exquisite and virtuosic Requiem for unaccompanied double choir, composed in memory of those who died in World War I. With Leo Marchildon, piano.
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Mysterium
Saturday, December 19, 7:30pm
St. Paul's Church, Charlottetown
Experience the concert that has become a beloved Christmas tradition for audiences! In a candlelit setting, the hustle and bustle of the holiday season will fade away and the ethereal voices of Luminos Ensemble will draw you into a meditation on the meaning of Christmas, interweaving familiar carols with lesser-known historical and world-wide traditions, including audience favourite Ave Maria by Franz Biebl, in addition to traditional favourites including O Come Emmanuel and Silent Night. Unique and serene, this is a concert to soothe the hurried soul.
Choir Is Like A Box Of Chocolates
10th Anniversary Concert
Saturday, March 13, 7:30pm
St. Paul's Church, Charlottetown
Luminos Ensemble celebrates its 10th anniversary with a box of musical chocolates: singer and audience favourites from the last 10 years. Join us to experience an eclectic program featuring all styles of music from ancient to modern, a Choral Mad Lib, and Samuel Barber’s stunning and virtuosic Adagio for Strings re-imagined for human voices. This will be a party to remember!
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Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem
Saturday, May 29, 7:30pm
St. Paul's Church, Charlottetown
Brahms’ German Requiem is one of the most performed and beloved in the choral repertoire, a composition so exceptional that it cemented its creator as one of the "3 B's" of western music history - along with Bach and Beethoven. Luminos Ensemble will perform the Requiem in its “London” version, an arrangement created by the composer himself for piano 4-hands and chamber choir. Join us to experience this sweeping masterwork re-imagined as a truly intimate chamber work. With soloists Georgia Driscoll, soprano; Brodie MacRae, bass; and featuring Magdalena von Eccher and Glen Montgomery, piano.
