FIAT LUX

The Pacific Symphony presents Fiat Lux by composer Sir James MacMillan and librettist Dana Gioia, Poet Laureate of the State of California. The world premiere performances and commissioning of Sir James MacMillan’s Fiat Lux were made possible by a generous grant from Howard and Roberta Ahmanson, Fieldstead and Company, and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Fiat Lux serves as a invocation, blessing, and benediction to the glory of God's creation, salvation, and the resilience of nature and man in California.

Let there be light, In each morning’s new splendor, In the signature of stars.
Let there be light, In the white blaze of noon, In the quiet phases of the moon
Let there be light, In the radiance of August sky. In the bright globe of the human eye

Specifically, the piece rededicates the Christ Cathedral - the "Crystal Cathedral":

Fragile as glass, bright as the air, the angled walls folded in prayer...
Rededicate this crystal spire built in a land of quake and fire.

Carl St.Clair, music director and conductor of the Pacific Symphony, leads the orchestra, who is joined by frequent collaborators Pacific Chorale (Rob Istad, artistic director) and soloists Elissa Johnston, soprano, and Christopher Maltman, baritone.

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