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Welcome Joy and Welcome Sorrow

  • Leaven Community Center 5431 NE 20th Ave. Portland, OR (map)

In the spring of 2026, Radix has a very special project planned: a rare performance of Welcome Joy and Welcome Sorrow by British composer Imogen Holst (1907-1984). This multi-movement work for treble choir and harp was commissioned for the 1950 Aldeburgh Festival by Benjamin Britten, who described the set as “six little treasures.” Long overshadowed by her famous father, Imogen Holst is just now beginning to receive more attention from performers and audiences for her significant talents. Radix is proud to present this beautiful work as the centerpiece of our spring 2026 concert, a program devoted to the interplay of opposites: joy and sorrow, night and day, life and death, mourning and celebration. 

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Heavenly Bodies