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Concerts

Vox Philia has been performing several concerts annually in the

Spring and Winter. 

Past Concerts

ANNELIES

October 15, 2022

Reform Congregation Oheb Sholom

THE STRUGGLE FOR EQUALITY

October 16, 2021

Virtual Performance

 

WHAT SWEETER MUSIC

December 20, 2020

Virtual Performance

WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS

February 15th & 16th, 2020

Immanuel UCC; Shillington

Lincoln University; Oxford

ON CHRISTMAS NIGHT

Dec 15th, 2019

Immanuel UCC; Shillington

MOZART'S REQUIEM

Oct 19th, 2019

Christ Episcopal; Reading

NOW IS THE MONTH OF MAYING

May 17th, 2019

Trinity Lutheran; Reading

AMERICANS ALIVE!

April 7th, 2019

Atonement Lutheran; Wyomissing

THE WAILING WOMAN

February 16th & 17th, 2019

Immanuel UCC; Shillington

Lincoln University; Oxford

WAR AND RECONCILIATION

May 19th, 2018

Immanuel UCC; Shillington

MUSIC FOR PASSIONTIDE

March 25th, 2018

Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church;

Reading

 

MUSIC FOR PASSIONTIDE

March 25th, 2018

Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church;

Reading

O RADIANT DAWN

December 16th, 2017

Immanuel UCC; Shillington

A REFORMATION CELEBRATION

October 29th, 2017

Atonement Lutheran; Wyomissing

CHRISTMAS IS HERE

December 17th, 2016

Immanuel UCC; Shillington

A TIME TO DANCE

May 20th, 2017

Immanuel UCC; Shillington

WILL TODD WEEKEND

May 20th-22nd, 2016

Immanuel UCC; Shillington

MAGNIFICAT

December 18, 2015

St. John's Lutheran Church; Allentown

December 19, 2015

Immanuel UCC; Shillington

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VOX PHILIA PRESENTS

THE LIGHT OF LOVE

MAY 21, 2023 AT 7:30PM

IMMANUEL UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST

Join us on Sunday, May 21 at 7:30 pm for Vox Philia’s The Light of Love. The performance includes two major works by living composers: James Whitbourn’s Luminosity and Jake Runestad’s The Hope of Loving, in its regional premiere. The choir will also present the world premiere of Berks County composer David Himes’ Euclid.

Luminosity is a multi-media work that premiered at the Philadelphia Cathedral in April 2008. Its text, compiled and edited by the composer, centers on the transcendent beauty of creation expressed by luminaries down the ages, with texts by St. John, St. Teresa of Avila, Ryonen, St Augustine, Julian of Norwich, and St Isaac of Nineveh. The concert includes dance, choreographed by Jennifer Parker Scott.

Euclid is an energetic, rhythmic a cappella SATB choral piece by David Himes. The text, a children's poem by American Nicholas Vachel Lindsay, tells of Euclid and his grey-bearded friends drawing circles on a beach and arguing about geometry. All the while, a child stands nearby and tries to figure out why they are drawing pictures of the moon.

Jake Runestad’s The Hope of Loving is written for chorus, solo voices, and string quartet. The composer writes that the texts he sets are “writings inspired by spiritual mystics throughout history to explore the idea of love and its manifestation in our lives…I have endeavored to capture various ways we, as humans, respond to and act on our idea of love; hopefully creating opportunities for introspection and realization.”

Join Vox Philia and members of Berks Sinfonietta for an evening of inspired music that explores themes of light and love. All ticket revenue will be donated to Helping Harvest. Tickets are $15/Adult and $5/Students, and can be purchased in advance at https://buytickets.at/voxphilia/876835 or at the door.

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