![]() “In addition, the choir voices are often doubled by the strings to achieve an intensely rich and warm sound,” Gregg said. ![]() In commenting about them, Gjeilo says that he wanted to make the choir and piano equal “as if in a dialogue.” The first part of the program concludes with “Dark Night of the Soul” and its sequel, “Luminous Night of the Soul.” Although often performed as separate pieces, they were conceived by Gjeilo to be two movements of the same work and will be performed as such by KCS. Next comes “The Ground,” the melodious, and inspiring culmination to Sunrise Mass. ![]() “The choir is divided into as many as sixteen vocal parts in places,” Gregg said, “with voices overlapping in dissonance before resolving into new chords.” The mood changes significantly in “The Spheres,” from Gjeilo’s Sunrise Mass, which gives the audience and performers a sense of floating in space surrounded by stars and planets. ![]()
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