Westminster Choir examines life and faith from different views.
Astronauts speak of the “overview effect” — what happens when you see planet earth from space. This wisdom didn’t come as a surprise. In 1948, English astronomer Fred Hoyle wrote, “Once a photograph of the Earth, taken from the outside, is available, a new idea as powerful as any in history will be let loose.” A new idea: something that trains our energy and attention on wonder not wounding; on awe, not war.
This program, using Kile Smith’s The Consolation of Apollo, focuses on the role perspective provides by looking at the earth from space, examining the major issues of life and faith from different views. Smith’s epic setting of the radio transmissions of the Apollo 8 astronauts on Christmas Eve 1968, will be surrounded by a kaleidoscopic examination of life through the music of Howells, Messiaen, Ešenvalds, Brahms, Lauridsen, Forrest and Ames.
Westminster Choir
James Jordan, conductor
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