Musical experience of Easter Vigil coming to Princeton
July 29, 2019 at 12:37 p.m.
From Staff Reports
Tim Keyes Consort will present Resurrexi, the complete oratorio, a musical experience of the Readings and Psalms from the Easter Vigil, at 8 p.m. June 17 in the Richardson Auditorium, Princeton.
Resurrexi represents a 25-year journey by Keyes to set the eight scriptural readings and their accompanying Psalms to music. The readings from the Easter Vigil tell of Christianity's salvation history beginning with Genesis from the Old Testament and culminating with the revelation at the empty tomb from the New Testament. Multiple choirs, soloists and orchestra help to illuminate the drama represented in these texts and take the listener through a historical understanding of the revelation of the New Testament.
Keyes is a New Jersey-based composer and conductor. An accomplished church musician and choral director, he has composed sacred music oratorios: Resurrexi (1996-2017), Nativitas (1999), Crucifixus (2000), Meditation on the Passion of Christ (2005), St. Patrick’s Breastplate (2006), Requiem (2008), as well as a Psalter, In Psalmis Davidis (1997-2004). He also has composed the scores to the films Unrepentant (2012), Peepers (2013).
Keyes directs the consort, which is composed of both professional and amateur singers and instrumentalists from throughout Central New Jersey and eastern Pennsylvania.
Tickets range from $30 to $35; $15 for students. For tickets or information, call 609-258-9220 or visit www.princeton.edu/utickets.
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Tim Keyes Consort will present Resurrexi, the complete oratorio, a musical experience of the Readings and Psalms from the Easter Vigil, at 8 p.m. June 17 in the Richardson Auditorium, Princeton.
Resurrexi represents a 25-year journey by Keyes to set the eight scriptural readings and their accompanying Psalms to music. The readings from the Easter Vigil tell of Christianity's salvation history beginning with Genesis from the Old Testament and culminating with the revelation at the empty tomb from the New Testament. Multiple choirs, soloists and orchestra help to illuminate the drama represented in these texts and take the listener through a historical understanding of the revelation of the New Testament.
Keyes is a New Jersey-based composer and conductor. An accomplished church musician and choral director, he has composed sacred music oratorios: Resurrexi (1996-2017), Nativitas (1999), Crucifixus (2000), Meditation on the Passion of Christ (2005), St. Patrick’s Breastplate (2006), Requiem (2008), as well as a Psalter, In Psalmis Davidis (1997-2004). He also has composed the scores to the films Unrepentant (2012), Peepers (2013).
Keyes directs the consort, which is composed of both professional and amateur singers and instrumentalists from throughout Central New Jersey and eastern Pennsylvania.
Tickets range from $30 to $35; $15 for students. For tickets or information, call 609-258-9220 or visit www.princeton.edu/utickets.
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