Journeys: Celebrating our 25th Anniversary
Come with us as we journey into the past and back to the future. Starting at our roots with a concert devoted to Bach and Mozart, then to the upper regions of Norway, using color, sound, and video to bring the listener a northern lights experience, and finally back in time to experience the drama of the story of Judith.
Judith: Of Resistance and Resilience
Detrick Concert Hall, PRAx (OSU Campus)
Spem in Alium by Thomas Tallis
A Vision Unfolding by Kyle Pederson
Songs of Judith by Melissa Dunphy
Luminous Night of the Soul by Ola Gjielo
Our final concert features the world premiere of Judith, choral music as resistance, a newly composed work in recognition of our 25th year, by internationally recognized composer Melissa Dunphy. The work sets the story of Judith, as set in the Old English dramatic poem. The new work is accompanied by Thomas Tallis’ Spem in Alium, a towering 40-voice polychoral motet, A Vision Unfolding, a work rooted in themes of compassion, freedom, inclusivity, and justice, by Kyle Pederson, and Luminous Night of the Soul, a shimmering ode to the resilience of the human spirit, by Ola Gjielo.
Past Concerts
Beginnings
Detrick Concert Hall, PRAx (OSU Campus)
Great Mass in C minor, K. 427 by W.A. Mozart
Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 140 by J.S. Bach
To open our 25th year, the Corvallis Repertory Singers returns to our beginnings, performing our first work, Wachet auf, by J.S. Bach, followed by Mozart’s remarkable work, the Great Mass in C minor, a work clearly showing Bach’s influences on Mozart, and like Mozart’s Requiem, includes some mystery. Mozart Soloists: Taylor Hulett, soprano; Emma Palioca, soprano; Bryce Tomlin, tenor; Paul Denison, bass-baritone.
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Candlelight & Carols: Nordic Light
Detrick Concert Hall, PRAx (OSU Campus)
Nordic Light by Erik Esenvalds
Nordic Light, a multimedia work dedicated to the aurora borealis, immerses the audience in the northern lights through the folklore of Nordic peoples. The multimedia symphony combines chorus and orchestra with pre-recorded audio and video projections of storytellers and musicians, as well as film sequences by Norwegian visual artist, Kjetil Skogli.
The chorus returns in the second half of the concert to perform carols of the season.
The Venue
PRAx is located at 470 SW 15th Street on the campus of Oregon State University in Corvallis, with free and convenient parking in adjacent lots on weekends and after 5 p.m. on weekday performance nights. Daytime parking can also be found in the OSU Parking Structure or spaces to the east of the building served by pay stations. More parking information can be found at prax.oregonstate.edu/visit/directions-parking
