Newman Center Presents

One of today’s most programmed composers, Eric Whitacre conducts Denver’s own Kantorei, one of the nation’s premier choral ensembles, along with the Lamont Symphony Orchestra Strings in a performance of “The Sacred Veil.” Co-presented by Kantorei.

“The Sacred Veil” is a 12-movement work and the most recent collaboration between Eric Whitacre and poet/lyricist Charles Anthony Silvestri. It tells a story of life, love and loss.  Silvestri’s wife, Julie, died of ovarian cancer at age 36 in 2005, leaving two young children.  

“‘The Sacred Veil’ is notable simply as one of the most deeply personal pieces of concert music heard in quite some time. Yet there is more to its profound effect than this. Whitacre responds to the texts with a sober language akin to but quite distinct from his usual style, something like the dark language cultivated by Renaissance composers for the requiem mass and other serious texts. Whitacre’s music is quietly tragic, and it brings his collaborator’s personal agony into the realm of the universal implied by the title.” - AllMusic 

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