PYP & All Classical Portland Announce ‘Voices of Light’
Posted on November 21, 2017
PORTLAND, OR – In a landmark multimedia collaboration, Camerata PYP presents Voices of Light at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall on Friday, January 26, 2018. The 7:30 PM performance features multiple local vocal artists collaborating on the title oratorio by Richard Einhorn, to accompany a screening of Carl Dreyer’s iconic 1928 silent film, The Passion of Joan of Arc.
“Dreyer’s film is an important historical record that is still shocking and moving,” says Portland Youth Philharmonic Musical Director David Hattner, who leads Camerata PYP, the organization’s chamber orchestra. In 2006, Hattner conducted Voices of Light at New York City’s Winter Garden. “Einhorn’s music, while being a relatively “new work,” requires no previous appreciation for contemporary classical music. It speaks directly to everyone’s musical ear and soul.”
The film is screening in collaboration with Northwest Film Center, as part of their 34th Reel Music Festival. Voices of Light includes live performances by Camerata PYP, In Mulieribus women’s vocal ensemble, three Portland State University choirs, Chamber Choir, Vox Femina, and Man Choir, as well as celebrated vocal soloists Catherine van der Salm, Hannah Penn, Brian Tierney, and Anton Belov. All Classical Portland is the official media sponsor.
The Portland production and its auxiliary events are made possible in part by the Fred W. Fields Fund of the Oregon Community Foundation, an Art Works award from the National Endowment for the Arts, and local gifts from Ronni Lacroute and The Boeing Company.
Tickets range from $5 to $60, and are on sale now here on the PYP website.