Three of Westminster’s Choirs will present concerts featuring a wide range of repertoire April 22 through April 24 in Lawrenceville, Princeton and Philadelphia.

Westminster Kantorei, conducted by Andrew Megill, will present "Tenebrae," a celebration of light and darkness featuring choral settings for the Tenbrae service.  Sung by candelight, this concert features Carlo Gesualdo's haunting and strange Tenbrae Responsories, as well as Tenebrae settings of Francois Couperin and Thomas Tallis.  The program will be performed Friday, April 22 at 8 p.m. in Gill Chapel on Rider University's Lawrenceville campus and Saturday, April 23 at 8 p.m. in Bristol Chapel on the Westminster campus in Princeton.  Learn more.

Also on Friday, April 22 at 8 p.m., The Westminster Williamson Voices, conducted by James Jordan, will present a concert entitled Music of the Human Spirit at The Philadelphia Cathedral.  Centerpiece of the evening will be a performance of Eric Whitacre’s Leonardo Dreams of His Flying Machine with the Spiral Q Puppet Theater of Philadelphia.  The program will also include three works by John Tavener, including the haunting Song for Athene, which was sung at the funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales.  In addition, the ensemble will perform works by Mozart and Duruflé, as well as contemporary works by Pärt and Tarik O’Regan.  Learn more.

Sunday, April 24 at 4:00 p.m. the Westminster Concert Bell Choir, conducted by Kathleen Ebling-Thorne, will present its annual spring concert in Bristol Chapel on the Westminster campus in Princeton.  The program is a preview of the ensemble’s national concert tour, which begins on May 15.  It will include original works for handbells, as well as transcriptions of works written for other instrumentation.  Learn more.

Admission to each of these performances is $15 for adults and $10 for students and seniors.  For tickets call the box office at 609-921-2663 weekdays between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m.