The history of humanity has been a continuous struggle between light and darkness, and the endless shades between them. Centered around the singular musical mind of cellist and composer Andrew Yee, this program reminds us how, in spite of our insatiable capacity for destruction, we can still find hope amidst despair, joy after suffering, and light in darkness.

With music entirely by living composers, Yee and the players of NOVUS guide you through the full spectrum of shadow and illumination - from Osvaldo Golijov’s shimmering Tenebrae, in which he juxtaposes his son’s awe at the cosmos with the shock of a terrorist bombing in Israel, to David Lang’s spiritual reflection after joy, to Juni Bansal’s hopeful, heartful Cathedral of Light, to Yee’s piece which gives the program its title.