Eternal Light

Name: Eternal Light
Start: 2025-11-16T15:00:00-05:00
Location: 67 Newbury Street , Boston, MA, United States, Massachusetts 02116

Schedule

Sun, 16 Nov, 2025 at 03:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

67 Newbury Street , Boston, MA, United States, Massachusetts 02116 | Boston, MA

Coro Allegro, Boston’s LGBTQ+ and allied classical chorus, led by David Hodgkins, opens the season with Eternal Light—a program of three radiant works that offer reflection, beauty, and solace in uncertain times. From grand organ-powered masterpieces to an intimate a cappella prayer, this concert invites the listener on a journey of spiritual and emotional depth.
The program features two monumental choral works performed with award-winning organist Jerrick Cavangaro: Louis Vierne’s Messe solennelle and Morten Lauridsen’s Lux Aeterna. Vierne’s 1901 setting is a powerful blend of late Romantic fervor and shimmering impressionistic color.
Lauridsen’s Lux Aeterna—“eternal light”—provides a luminous counterpoint: a chant-inspired meditation on peace, remembrance, and transcendence. Composed in response to personal loss, it has become one of the most beloved and life-affirming choral works of our time.
Between these two pillars, Coro presents Ilyas Iliya’s Avoonan Dbishmayya, an evocative a cappella setting of the Lord’s Prayer in Aramaic. Rooted in ancient tradition, the work offers a moment of quiet reverence and spiritual connection.
Organist Jerrick Cavagnaro, featured on the Lauridsen and the Vierne, will also perform a solo organ work, Scherzo by Brenda Portman (b. 1980)
Join us for an afternoon of music that kindles hope, honors beauty, and offers light in dark times.
Eternal Light
Sunday November 16, 3 PM
Church of the Covenant, Boston
LOUIS VIERNE, Messe solennelle
MORTEN LAURIDSEN, Lux Aeterna
ILYAS ILIYA, Avoonan Dbishmayya
BRENDA PORTMAN, Scherzo
Guest Artist
Jerrick Cavagnaro, organ
A reception for all follows the concert.