Vancouver Chamber Choir takes audience on a reflective journey with PATH OF MIRACLES
Inspired by the Camino de Santiago, Path of Miracles is a pilgrimage in composition
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Vancouver Chamber Choir. Photo by Diamond’s Edge Photography
The Vancouver Chamber Choir is thrilled to return to St. Andrew’s-Wesley United Church, Vancouver’s largest sanctuary, with PATH OF MIRACLES on April 22 at 7:30 pm.
Led by Vancouver Chamber Choir artistic director Kari Turunen, this concert features a 60-minute ambitious a cappella performance of Path of Miracles by Joby Talbot.
Inspired by the Camino de Santiago, the historic pilgrimage that leads to the sacred city of Santiago de Compostela, Path of Miracles is a haunting contemporary choral masterpiece that will take the audience on a self-reflective journey.
British composer Joby Talbot (1971), has written for a wide variety of purposes and an accordingly broad range of styles, including instrumental and vocal concert music, film and television scores, pop arrangements, and works for dance. One of his most notable choral works to date is Path of Miracles (2005), composed for the Tenebrae Choir of London.
Path of Miracles is a pilgrimage in composition that took Talbot over three and a half years to complete. The piece consists of four movements (Roncesvalles, Burgos, León, and Santiago), each named for a main post along the Camino de Santiago, which serve as the musical arc of this work.
The piece incorporates various texts by English poet Robert Dickinson as well as from Miragres de Santiago, Carmina Burana and Roman Catholic liturgy. With the multilingual texts paired with the impressions left by these spiritual spaces, this piece functions as a healing experience for the listener.
Path of Miracles features 17 individual vocal lines and is demanding for every member of the choir. The Vancouver Chamber Choir is thrilled to take on the musical vigour demanded of this monumental work.
Although provincial audience capacity restrictions and vaccination scans have been lifted, Vancouver Chamber Choir welcomes patrons to take whatever health measures they deem necessary in order to feel safe during this performance.
For tickets and more information, see Vancouver Chamber Choir.
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