Combined Choruses & Symphony

A Mass for Our Time

Geoffrey Boers leads the combined Chamber Singers, University Chorale, and University Symphony in a series of works portraying relevant themes for our times. Utilizing movements of the traditional Roman Catholic Mass, the concert features Kyrie, by Maurice Duruflé; Gloria, by Francis Poulenc; Eternal Sun, by John Tavener; the premiere of a new Sanctus by Robert Kyr; and movements from Dona Nobis Pacem, by Ralph Vaughan Williams. New responsories by UW choral conducting student Eric Barnum will be interpersed among the movements, with dance choreographed by Elizabeth Lentz.