The Eternal Light: From Dawn to Starlight

The Israeli Vocal Ensemble
Saxophone: Eyal Isaac
Guest Conductor: Franz Herzog (Austria)

Concert duration: 1:18:13 hours.

Live recorded at Tel Aviv Museum of Art, in 28.2.17.

Program:

Dawn
Sunrise – The birth of a new day, of human being 

Robert White (1538-1574)
Christe, qui lux es et dies

György Ligeti (1923-2006)
Reggel (Morning)

Ola Gjeilo (b. 1978)
O magnum mysterium – Serenity

A New Day
We will sing a hymn to the creator of the light
Jesus, the light, the new day –
My love is like a new day…

Franz M. Herzog (b. 1962)
Missa Lux caelestis –

Kyrie
Gloria

Daylight
In the middle of our life we sometimes need help
“Send us your light”

Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1809-1847)
Psalm 43, “Richte mich Gott” (Op. 78 No.2)

Franz M. Herzog
Canticle of the Sun –
No.5, “Laudato si, mi Signore”

Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)
Ave Maris Stella

Traditional
Amazing Grace (arranged by Zvi Sherf)

Sunset
Evening comes – End of our lives – Peace

Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672)
Musikalische Exequien –
Herr, nun lässest du deinen Diener

Morten Lauridsen (b. 1943)
O nata lux

Josef Gabriel Rheinberger (1839-1901)
Abendlied

Ēriks Ešenvalds (b. 1977)
Stars