Chiaroscuro: Reflections on the Light & Dark in our Lives

Saturday October 27, 2007 @ 3 pm
Christ Church Cathedral, 690 Burrard St (at Georgia), Vancouver BC
Reservations by phone or email: 604.732.0633 or info@callanish.org
Admission by donation ($20 suggested)

An afternoon of Poetry, Music and Song presented by Callanish Society, Chor Leoni and Christ Church Cathedral featuring:


Chor Leoni Men's Choir, Diane Loomer, C.M., Artistic Director
Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Rupert Lang, Director
Maryliz Smith, organist
Marisa Gaetanne, soprano
Steve Maddock, baritone
Meghan Black, speaker

Callanish Society provides healing retreats for people with cancer. Proceeds from this concert will provide support for the work of Callanish and Christ Church Cathedral.

Autumn brings with it shorter days and longer nights and a heightened awareness of our personal relationship to the light and the darkness in our lives. Some of us grieve the passing of summer and others look forward to the quiet of dark winter days. Just as seasons come and go in our outer world, seasons of light and darkness come and go in the inner landscape of our heart and soul. In the midst of summer we might enter the ‘dark night of the soul’ triggered by some personal illness or loss, or in the thick of winter we may feel a surprising “lightness of being.” Janie Brown, executive director of Callanish says, “Whatever our inner or outer experience is, at times, there is a desire to stop in the midst of the experience and enter fully into it. That’s what we want this concert to be.”

Chiaroscuro features performances by: Maryliz Smith, of Callanish, composer and organist who will premiere songs from her David Whyte Poetry Song Cycle. Cathedral Music Director Rupert Lang offers an excerpt from his stunning Magnificat (recorded by Chor Leoni) and some choral pieces with the award-winning choir of Christ Church Cathedral. Diane Loomer and Chor Leoni  will perform works from their Healing Voices CD and Meghan Black, 29 year old, 3-time cancer survivor will offer reflections on her journey through the Light and Darkness and the potential for healing that comes from entering fully into all the seasons of one’s life. This contemplative programme features the poetry of David Whyte and Eva Matsuzaki in song, Chor Leoni and Christ Church Cathedral Choir, soloists Marisa Gaetanne and Steve Maddock, and Rupert Lang and Maryliz Smith on organ and piano.

{"Chiaroscuro" from the Italian: chiaro: ‘clear, bright’; oscuro: ‘dark, obscure’}

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