Love's Pure Light

Premiered December 23, 2021 as part of In Mulieribus' 15th Anniversary concert season. Highlights from IM's annual holiday concert, "Love's Pure Light," performed at St. Mary's Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Portland, OR on December 19/20, 2021. The program featured an eclectic array of music that not only spanned the centuries, but also spanned IM's fifteen-year history. Included here are three compositions reflecting hope, faith in a brighter future, and joy of fulfilled promises – ideals that, in Christianity, are embodied in the Virgin Mary and in Jesus’ birth: "Gaude virgo virginum" (MS Wolfenbüttel 1099, 12th c.) "Misterium mirabile" (Nicola LeFanu, b. 1947) "Hodie Christus factus est" (Craig Kingsbury, b. 1952) Anna Song, artistic director/conductor Ben DeMarco, videographer/editor