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The Charles J. & Mary Runyon Gibbs Spring 2026
Featuring collaboration with the acclaimed Nova Singers
Present:
Duruflé Requiem
conducted by Laura Lane
Saturday, April 25th
First Lutheran Church - Galesburg, IL
*and*
Sunday, April 26th
St. Paul Lutheran Church-Davenport, IA
The spring concert marks a celebratory reunion: Dr. Laura Lane will conduct GCC and the professional choir she founded, Nova Singers, in two performances of composer Maurice Duruflé’s Requiem.
Duruflé’s profound work has its antecedents in Gregorian Chant and its somber yet ethereal motets dazzle like lambent lightning brightening a lowering sky. Composed in France between 1941 and 1947, the piece’s tone reflected the tumultuous emotional arc of that era and at last signaled the emergence into light from darkness.
*Writing credits to Liz Carlin-Metz
SPRING CONCERT SPONSOR: BLICK ART MATERIALS
ALL 2025-2026 SEASON CONCERTS MADE POSSIBLE BY SUPPORT FROM THE ILLINOIS ARTS COUNCIL
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