Musica Viva NY, New York City’s premiere chamber choir will continue its season with “Luminosity: Pärt, Whitbourn and Einhorn,” a one-night only concert on Dec. 6, 2026.

The program will span nearly nine centuries and will showcase music from Hildegard von Bingen and Arvo Pärt as well as Joanna Marsh and James MacMillan. James Whitbourn’s “Luminosity” will also be performed alongside the world premiere of Richard Einhorn’s “The Radiant Ground,” commissioned by Musica Viva NY.

In a statement, Alejandro Hernandez-Valdez, Conductor/Artistic Director of Musica Viva NY, said, “It is no surprise that impressive compositions in music history deal with the representation of light. The association of sound and light has been explored in millennia. Musica Viva NY is thrilled to add a newly commissioned piece to the repertoire by Richard Einhorn bringing the impressive natural event of sunlight in music. We hope audiences will enjoy and appreciate light as a source of wonder, renewal and connection.”

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