Choral Artistry performs with FGCU’s University Choir and Symphony.

Francis Poulenc’s Gloria text is from the mass ordinary. Completed in 1960, the 6 piece movement opens with brass with the choir following. The second movement is to be sung joyfully and with revelry. A soulful soprano solo follows, and the last three movements move between a return to the joyfulness of movement 2, capturing the mysteriousness of All-mighty, and ending with the brass and a triumphant and grand finale.

Leonard Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms was composed for the Southern Cathedrals Festival in 1965. Bernstein chose employ the original Hebrew translated into the Roman letters. Movement I is a psalm of praise to God, Movement II Adonai ro-i, lo ehsar features a boy soloist representing the boy David - future King of Isreal. Movement III highlights the blessing of humble trust in God and the unity of brothers who dwell together in the peace of God.

Concert is FREE and Open to the Public.