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Langen Gallery features exhibit of sculptures and poetry Robert [angel] Gallery at WLU wull host an exhibi, lion ut bronze sculptures and poetry titled The Spiritual Path: Images of the Human and Divine, from Feb. 27-March 17. The pub- lic can meet artist Lnda Kay Marie Wallace at a reception in the gallery from 46 pm, today (Feb. 28). The exhibition explores the artist’s Five-year spiritual journey and her selrtrans, Continued from page " this proved an ideal kind of sonority to complement the supple vocal blend of Dyck's 30-member ensemble. Philharmonic Chamber Singers combine beauty and reverence Palestrina's traditional Latin mass setting compris- ing Kyrie, Gloria, Credo. Sanctus. Benedictus and Agnus Dei - or the liturgical "propers" which do not change from one church season to another - was built on ancient chant melodies first heard as solo introductions. The ensuing blend of text, melody, har mony and counterpoint captured a dreamlike rever- ence along with the gently austere quality of cathedral spaces. It's perhaps the last sen- sation one might associate with the musically adven- turesome or radical, yet Palestrina in his day was at the forefront of a movement back to clarity in sacred music. where text would once again take precedence over the music written to express it. The average Catholic church-go" of the 1600s still could not under- stand a word of Latin. but he Saturday was. Sunday ll-S Itgr' $4.00 muss-on - saunonsAuoo _ " a. UNDER FREE - _ ()tg & Find March a 8: 4. P,gtee,,1e,1s 13!!) on. Smart I. formation along a spiral path. Drawmg on ancient and tribal legends, lunglan psychology. feminist litera- lure. archeological research Inlu goddess cultures and a myriad of artistic influences, Wallace plays modern, femi, nine depictions of spirituali- ty against classic male imagery, “Thiough years of can centrated work, sequestered m my studio, alone in medi- or she could now hear the sacred texts of worship in beautiful, uncluttered, and unpretentious settings. Ironically. more than four centuries later, ears no longer attuned to Sunday Latin can appreciate this music as much. if not more. than the Italian clergy and congregations for whom it was written. If plainchant was at the heart of Palestrina's church music. the German Chorale or hymn tune was at the heart of numerous sacred cantatas penned by Dietrich Buxtehude and his famous student, LS. Bach. One ofthe best-loved tunes used by both composers is lesu Meine Freude Jesus my true joy). 7 7 For Buxtehude's six-stan- za setting, the Chamber Singers moved forward into the sanctuary. giving Sunday's 80 or so listeners the experience of yet anoth- er sound texture; the more immediate. personal, and vertically layered character of music written roughly a century after the preceding mass. Art , 17th Annual ts [anon l sculpted and wrote my way through the terrify- mg black night of the soul," said Wallace, "My call was to depict sculptural and poeuc images of the psychological journey through Individual. tion." Wallace holds a MA and a MIS' from the University of roronto, Her poetry appears in magazines such as Vitality and The Spiritual Woman Soloists Kevin Bradshaw (bass) and Sarah Kramer (soprano) added deeply expressive highlights and dynamic variety to the can- tata's quintessentially Lutheran theme - a pas- sionate first-person evoca- tion of the soul's utter loyal- ty to Jesus, despite numer- ous assaults by the forces of darkness, sin and worldly evil. We may never know exactly how "music then" really sounded, but if early 17th-century listeners had experienced Sunday's per- $61)“;ng nu l 292 Sym? 3.1. w 30 Queen SI. N. 160 University Ree, Kitchener Walerloo la, 3-3639 856-861 0 HE ER’S Camera Shop ,0)Ir$L$18)ftlt , C am living: 621 4930 iiii'iiii 'om ak" Guelph 823-5521 and her artwork has appeared m five major shows She divides her tune between a home in Stratford, On., and a cottage in'Nscarty,italy. The Robert langen Gallery is located in the John Aird Centre and is open 10 a.m. to 5 part. from Tuesday to Friday and noon to 5 pm. on Saturdays. Admission IS free. formance, they too might have a hard time deciding whether it was gospel, or ar... or whether the differ- ence even matters. (Pauline Finch is a K-W area writer, amateur musician and student at Waterloo Lutheran Seminary.) 'l.'.'.. any: isiriuit"sri" _... . '.? 1' orae selecfion of maferni [admins (,rhettiiii';'t"/'i' 7'i'iriil'iti"ipe 75 King . tookreotofroor+etkteortdlrrrortd " tome selection of maternity fashions f 7 Baby Needs 1 Mud" '. ha. ihd, Fn , Sat Iirf, “ms " 0mm. ' Mon. 3.5.5 We. “at Pr.te.r.k9t.teq.h.'t Duffy Used (Edna’s ththiq t Toys lrill1iiirE_l Jtrthidsi, G’LASSICS RE_AL SUITS for RW, WOMEN St. S. . Waterloo Town s ALA 1999 SWIM WEAR 11mg: rneht shop 'quare . 74 7- f 424