Illumina le tenebrae

Composer: SZYMKO, Joan
  • This is an a cappella choral work which Szymko wrote in 2008. 
  • Szymko composed this piece for the Chamber Choir of First Unitarian Church in Portland. At the time, she was serving as that ensemble’s Interim Director. 
  • Visit this page to read the Italian text (by St. Francis of Assisi) and translation and to read Szymko’s program notes on this piece. 
  • The title translates as “lighten the darkness.”1

Sources

  1. Joan Szymko, “Illumina le tenebrae,” JoanSzymko.com (2021), accessed February 25, 2022, https://www.joanszymko.com/works/ind/illumina-le-tenebre.

Cut IDs

22329