O Baha’u’llah - Light of Unity Festival: Music Concert

Recorded at Light of Unity Festival: Music Concert
Full Concert: www.youtube.com/watch?v=37IcN...
The Lincolnwood Chamber Orchestra and the Baha'i House of Worship Choir unite for a special musical performance: "Light of Unity" Concert, in celebration of the 200th Anniversary of the birth of the Founder of the Baha'i Faith.
For more information on the Baha'i Faith or the stories behind this special bicentenary, please visit www.bahai.us/bicentenary.
The concert on Friday, October 20 at 7:30 pm is the first joint performance of the Lincolnwood Chamber Orchestra and the Baha'i House of Worship Choir. Come for this exciting musical collaboration!
Program:
Ave Verum Corpus (All Praise Be To Thee) - Wolfgang Mozart
Ghol Allah (God Is Sufficient) - Nargas Fani & Tom Price
Sinfonia “al Santo Sepolcro” - Antonio Vivaldi
Celestial Fantasy - Alan Hovhaness
Passacaglia after Moos-tzur (Rock of Ages) - Siegfried Wurzburger
O Thou Compassionate Lord - Van Gilmer
O Baha’u’llah - Tom Price
In This Day - Fred Ward
with
Philip Simmons, Orchestra Conductor
Van Gilmer, Choir Conductor
Sandy Simmons, Alto
Ilya Levinson, Piano
ABOUT THE ORCHESTRA
The Lincolnwood Chamber Orchestra is a free-lance professional ensemble under the umbrella of American Music Festivals. Performing for over 25 years, it has appeared at diverse venues including the Harris Theater, Chicago Cultural Center, Copernicus Center, North Shore Center for the Performing Arts, Illinois Holocaust Museum and Educational Center, American Islamic College, Chicago Public Library Chinatown Branch, and throughout the Lincolnwood community.
American Music Festivals is a nonprofit promoting cultural exchange and American music. Its collaborative concerts bring people together, allowing ensembles to share their talents with diverse audiences. From the world's major stages to community events directed at outreach and education, American Music Festivals inclusive programs are often accompanied by humanitarian efforts and international goodwill. They highlight repertoire and artists representative of American heritage alongside other classical and folk traditions.
Philip Simmons is Artistic Director of American Music Festivals, Founder and Music Director of the Lincolnwood Chamber Orchestra, and Resident Conductor of the Orchestra of the Hawaiian Islands. He has conducted in twenty one countries, performing in the Great Halls of the Tchaikovsky Conservatory and Saint Petersburg Philharmonia, the Musikverein, Carnegie Hall, and Chicago’s Symphony Center. A former North Shore resident, he served as Chair of the Wilmette Fine Arts Commission.
ABOUT THE CHOIR
The multi-cultural repertoire of the Baha'i House of Worship Choir reflects the Bahá'í belief in the unity of humanity and includes classical choral works, contemporary choral compositions with lyrics from the Bahá'í Scriptures or other Sacred Writings, "Bahá’í Gospel" which are Bahá’í writings sung in Gospel style, Negro spirituals, and selections chanted in Persian or Arabic, the original languages of the Bahá’í Faith.
Van Gilmer, renowned vocal soloist, choral director and Gospel composer, serves as Music Director at the Bahá'í House of Worship. Gilmer revels in assembling choirs to sing scripture of the world’s religions celebrating God and inspiring audiences with rich, heavenly harmonies that reach the heart and soul. Gospel literally means “good news,” and Gilmer loves sharing the “good news” music of the Bahá'í Faith with the world.
In addition to singing regularly from the loft in the Baha'i Temple, the choir performs in diverse venues in Chicago's North Shore.
Free admission, ticket/reservation required. Call 847-853-2300 for more information.

[@Eeneemon]

❤ One of my favorite Baha'i songs❣️You all have Angelic voices❣️

[@alisonewing3538]

So absolutely gorgeous. What a tribute!

[@JoYa4eva]

Absolutely amazing. ❤️

[@roberiodamasiodossantos142]

Maravilhoso vídeo 😍!!!! O Brasil o Rio de Janeiro Copacabana . Feliz por esse Louvor a Sua Sanidade Baha 'u' Llah!!!

[@nasimmavaddat4545]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@esotosalatielu4690]

Yes true God come from lsrael

[@shanaasliean8089]

🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹

[@daivageeveerapen7337]

I FEEL SO EMOTIONAL,FIGHTING BACK TEARS.YES" BAHA'U'LLÀH. BEAUTIFUL SONG.

[@yaraneaziz]

It,s exciting and it touches the soul

[@naeimamin1436]

very nice

[@TruBlu89ers]

😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@shirinpanahi-bota2950]

Great and touching interpretation - thanks a lot 🙂