Composers have been writing about nature’s light and the celestial landscape for centuries. The sun and the moon and the stars, the aurora borealis and lightning have been the inspiration for many choral compositions. Whether we look at the sky during the day or more prominently during the hours of darkness, there is always an impressive display of light, unless, of course, it is cloudy. Taking their inspiration from this light, poets have lauded the magnificence of this light that can create such beauty, and composers have so often taken those words and used them as inspiration to better depict that light. This concert contains music that addresses all these possibilities for light. What better place to view all these natural phenomena than in Saskatchewan – the land of living skies?

James Hawn, Artistic Director