The Choirs of Christ Church Cathedral, Ottawa this year are once again presenting a musical offering for prayer and reflection on Good Friday. It will feature a wide variety of music, with evocative, expressive works by Brahms, Geistliches Lied; Barber, his own choral adaptation of his famous Adagio for Strings as an Agnus Dei; the modern master, Eric Whitacre; and historic masterpieces by Venetian writers, including a Miserere mei by Raphaella Aleotti, the first published woman composer in music history.

As this is a worship service, there is no admission fee, although donations are very welcome and will be shared amongst several worthy causes, including:

• St. Luke's Table: an important outreach program for hungry and homeless people downtown
• Restoration 120 initiative for the Cathedral structure (PDF)
• the choir's UK tour this summer to Gloucester Cathedral, Westminster Abbey, and St Alban's Cathedral, which is an exciting and rare opportunity for the youth of the choir especially

The cover image for this event is the official event poster, based on the White Crucifixion painting by Marc Chagall.