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SUMMARY:Ancient Liturgies
DESCRIPTION:The Choral Arts Society of Philadelphia, led by Matthew Gl
 andorf, presents ANCIENT LITURGIES, a unique program explores how musi
 c and ritualism unite as a common expression towards a spiritual trans
 cendence.\n\nThis exploration is highlighted with a performance of “
 Ancient Liturgy” for chorus, narrator, prepared piano, string orches
 tra and percussion, by a prominent Philadelphia composer Joseph Castal
 do marking the 10th anniversary of his death.\n\nCastaldo was presiden
 t of the Philadelphia Academy of Music 1966-1983. During his presidenc
 y, PAM grew to become first the Philadelphia College of the Performing
  Arts and then The University of the Arts as we know it today.\n\nCast
 aldo coined the phrase “Avenue of the Arts” defining a diverse con
 glomerate of the arts institutions located along Philadelphia’s Sout
 h Broad Street, a central avenue in the city.\n\nCommissioned and prem
 iered by The Music Group of Philadelphia in 1990, Castaldo’s “Anci
 ent Liturgy” was inspired by Mithraism, a religion popular at the ti
 me of the Roman Empire, whose followers believed that after death the 
 soul went to the sphere of the fixed stars and on to Paradise.\n\nThis
  performance is also dedicated to the memory of Seán Deibler who died
  in 2009. Deibler is the founder of The Music Group and founding artis
 tic director of The Choral Arts Society of Philadelphia.\n\nAlso inclu
 ded in this program: Jonathan Harvey’s Come, Holy Ghost for unaccomp
 anied choir; Te Deum by Estonian composer Arvo Pärt, and Eric Whitacr
 e’s Cloudburst, an evocative piece popular with the choral communiti
 es and audiences around the globe.\n\nFor more information visit http:
 //www.thesingerlink.com/events/ancient-liturgies
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20100314T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20100314T200000
CATEGORIES:concert
LOCATION:The Philadelphia Cathedral
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ORGANIZER:The Choral Arts Society of Philadelphia
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