Christopher James Lees, conductor with University Choir “From Darkness to Light” The last concert of the term juxtaposes redemption in music, moving seamlessly from the mournfully gorgeous Pavane pour une infante defunte (Pavane for a dead Princess) to the joyously ecstatic Gloria by Francis Poulenc featuring the University Choir (Paul Rardin, director). Written at only age 25, Strauss’ monumental tone poem Tod und Verklarung describes a similar journey - the death of the artist, and his desired transfiguration bestowed from “the infinite reaches of heaven.”PROGRAM: Ravel - Pavane pour une infante defunte; Poulenc - Gloria; Strauss - Tod und Verklarung