Season 13: Ascension
Sun, Feb 23
|Newport Beach
Ascension captures both spiritual and sacred transformations. Featuring world and West Coast premieres, this program delves into themes of enlightenment and transcendence through works by Juhi Bansal, Alexander Levine, Osnat Netzer, and more.
Time & Location
Feb 23, 2025, 4:30 PM PST
Newport Beach, 2200 San Joaquin Hills Rd, Newport Beach, CA 92660, USA
About the event
Ascension takes audiences on a deeply emotional and spiritual journey, exploring themes of loss, resilience, and renewal. The program opens with Ave Verum Corpus Reimagined, a modern reimagining of the sacred Latin text that bridges centuries, reminding us of life’s fleeting yet sacred nature. James Keller’s If I Could Only Weep then gives voice to unspoken grief, expressing the aching vulnerability of loss. Kevin Hartnett’s De Profundis offers a raw cry for hope and deliverance from the depths. Alexander Levine’s Canticum Graduum (Songs of Ascent) propels the program upward with its interwoven themes of joy, unity, and faith, charting a journey of spiritual elevation. Juhi Bansal’s Aurora reflects on the transformative beauty that can arise from destruction, made even more powerful given her recent loss of home from the recent Los Angeles wildfires. The program culminates in Osnat Netzer’s Paths of Stone and Water, a poignant meditation on humanity’s relationship…