Darkness into Light: Fauré & Vaughan Williams

For our return to live public performance, Illuminati Vocal Arts Ensemble will feature two profoundly religious works by avowed agnostics, Gabriel Fauré's Requiem in D minor, Op. 48, and Ralph Vaughan Williams' Five Mystical Songs. The former is an idiosyncratic setting of the Catholic Mass for the Dead, and the latter sets a series of poems by the deeply-pious seventeenth-century Anglican priest George Herbert. The sentiments they express transcend doctrine; their music offers meaning in dark times.

COVID POLICIES
Attendees must abide by the IVAE COVID-19 and ticketing policies. Please present a valid ID and either proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test result at the door. (Tests must have been taken within 48 hours of the concert.)

Attendees must wear a properly-fitted, certified N95, KN95 or KF94 face covering for the duration of the event. If you are unsure of the quality of your mask, independently-tested and highly-rated KN95 masks will be available free at the door.

We will stream this concert on April 3 at 7:00 PM. An invitation to the stream will be included in the ticket price. For those who don't feel safe attending in person, a virtual ticket is available for $10.00.

"The Fauré Requiem... was a set work for A-level and I took myself along to a local amateur performance to get to know it better. I remember experiencing an uncanny feeling that it would be a dear friend and companion on my life’s journey (it is). To this day tears come to my eyes when I conduct the In paradisum."

—John Rutter, Anthologising: Sacred Choruses, posted October 29, 2018

"Five Mystical Songs is, for this writer, one of those Vaughan Williams works that, when 1 play it, makes me feel like rushing into the street and dragging complete strangers into the living room and not letting them go until they admit that I got me flowers and Love bade me welcome are the most beautiful things they have ever heard."

—Stephen Connock, Journal of the RVW Society, No. 7, February 2000, p. 13