Westminster Williamson Voices, conducted by James Jordan, will present “Spiritual Lights” on Nov. 15 at 8 p.m. in the Bristol Chapel of Westminster Choir College.
The program will explore the spiritual experience through chant, highlighting Arvo Pärt’s choral masterwork Salve Regina, Whitbourn’s Missa Carolae and works by Poulenc, Stanford, Duruflé and Bruckner, as well as premieres of works by Matthews and LaVoy.
The Westminster Williamson Voices has been acclaimed for its creative programming and collaborations with other art forms. The ensemble’s newest recording, Annelies, by James Whitbourn was nominated for a Grammy Award in 2013. Gramophone has described that recording as “exhilarating” and praised the ensemble’s singing “with a precision and finesse normally found in the best of the UK’s large chamber choirs.” London’s Guardian newspaper wrote of the recording “The performance … is well prepared and palpably committed as befits a premiere recording.” It has recorded more than 30 choral masterworks on the Teaching Music through Performance CD collection that is used by conductors around the world. The ensemble can also be seen and heard in the DVD The Empowered Choral Rehearsal: Choral Masterclasses with Simon Carrington.
One of the country’s leading choral artists, James Jordan is professor of conducting and senior conductor at Westminster Choir College of Rider University, where he conducts the critically acclaimed Westminster Williamson Voices and Westminster Schola Cantorum, and teaches undergraduate and graduate choral conducting.
Admission is $20 for adults and $15 for students and seniors. Tickets can be purchased through the Box Office at 921-2663 or online at rider.edu/arts. Westminster Choir College is located at 101 Walnut Lane in Princeton.
