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Concerts & Events / Season Concerts & Tickets

The Mystic Song

Date:Sunday, November 07, 2010
Time:5:30 PM
Location:Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall
Directions
Featuring:Pacific Chorale
Pacific Symphony
Kimo Smith, organ
John Alexander, conducting

Soloists:Nina Warren
Nina Warren, soprano
Buy Tickets:
GREEN - Box Circle $125.00
NAVY - Orchestra Rows G-R $75.00
NAVY - Orchestra Terrace Center $75.00
NAVY - Box Circle (Boxes 6-9 and 22-25) $75.00
BLUE - Orchestra Rows D-F $65.00
BLUE - Dress Circle $65.00
RED - Dress Circle Sides $60.00
BURGUNDY - Orchestra Terrace Sides $50.00
PURPLE - Orchestra Rows A-C $40.00
PURPLE - Promenade Circle $40.00
ORANGE - Orchestra Rows AA-CC $25.00
ORANGE - Grand Tier Rows A-E $25.00
YELLOW - Promenade Circle Sides $15.00
YELLOW - Grand Tier Rows F-G $15.00

Program:

Seating Chart

Choose your own seat at the Orange County Performing Arts Center's website.

Fain would I move to the music of holy souls! — from The Hymn of Jesus

Gustav Holst was so fascinated by a hymn in the apocryphal Acts of John that he learned Greek in order to make his own translation for his musical setting. Francis Poulenc, shaken by the death of a friend, renewed the Catholic faith of his childhood during a pilgrim to the Shrine of the Black Virgin in Rocamadour, France. And Florent Schmitt melded the musical languages of France and Germany to give exultant voice to Psalm 47. In some of the most glorious music ever written, each composer invoked the mystic spirit, the pursuit of spiritual union with the divine.

Two Psalms Gustav Holst
The Hymn of Jesus, Op. 37 Gustav Holst
Litanies à la Vierge Noire Francis Poulenc
Psalm 47, Op. 38 Florent Schmitt



More reading about The Hymn of Jesus from The Holst Journal.

Recommended Recordings:
• Holst, Two Psalms: Richard Hickox, The Britten Singers, City of London Sinfonia; Chandos
   Britten  Amazon.com
• Holst, The Hymn of Jesus: Sir Charles Groves, London Philharmonic Orchestra; EMI Classics
   Holst:  Amazon.com
• Poulenc, Litanies à la Vierge Noire: John Rutter, Cambridge Singers; Collegium
   Poulenc:  Amazon.com
• Schmitt, Psalm 47: Thierry Fischer, BBC National Orchestra & Chorus of Wales; Hyperion
   Schmitt:  Amazon.com