The Crossing @ Christmas
The Crossing @ Christmas
Philadelphia, PA
The Crossing @ Christmas sings of motherhood from the perspective of home, looking out across the landscapes and timespans over which our children must travel. Poignant reflections on the Nativity are interspersed with contemporary works by Gavin Bryars, Gabriel Jackson, Robert Convery, and Toiv...
Sunday, December 17 2017
5:00 PM
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6:30 PM
the national anthems
the national anthems
Philadelphia, PA
David Lang’s the national anthemsCaroline Shaw’s To the HandsTed Hearne’s Consent Caroline’s 2016 Seven Responses study on displacement and immigration is balanced with David’s meditation on the nature of national anthems: “I had the idea that if I looked carefully at every national anthem I mig...
Monday, November 13 2017
7:00 PM
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8:30 PM
MoM 3 2017: Anonymous Man
MoM 3 2017: Anonymous Man
Philadelphia, PA
Anonymous Man is a concert-length work from Bang on a Can composer Michael Gordon. The text is drawn from real life—Gordon's experiences living in a changing neighborhood in Lower Manhattan, meeting his future wife (the composer Julia Wolfe), raising a family, and especially encounters with two h...
Saturday, July 1 2017
8:00 PM
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9:30 PM
MoM 2 2017: in search of ourselves
MoM 2 2017: in search of ourselves
Philadelphia, PA
An evening of world premieres by Brown, Fujikura, Minakakis The U.S. premiere of a work by Dai Fujikura and a greatly expanded version of Efstratios Minakakis’ breathtaking Crossings (2015) – his musical response to the experience of observing Syrian refugees on the Isle of Lesbos – are balanced...
Saturday, June 24 2017
8:00 PM
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9:30 PM
MoM 1 2017: 'mid the steep sky's commotion
MoM 1 2017: 'mid the steep sky's commotion
Philadelphia, PA
‘mid the steep sky’s commotion (world premiere)by Joshua Stamper ‘mid the steep sky’s commotion is the second chapter of Joshua Stamper’s four-part Elements series, exploring the enigmatic and impenetrable quality of wind, its singular and intimate relationship to the detritus of a city, and the...
Sunday, June 11 2017
4:00 PM
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5:30 PM
Zealot Canticles
Zealot Canticles
Philadelphia, PA
Based on Nigerian Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka’s Twelve Canticles for the Zealot – a strangely beautiful and terrifying look into the minds of fanatics – Lansing’s Zealot Canticles is a concert-length choral ‘oratorio’ for clarinet, string quartet, and choir. Soyinka’s texts and Lansing’s response...
Sunday, March 19 2017
4:00 PM
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5:30 PM
The Crossing @ Christmas - Wilmington
The Crossing @ Christmas - Wilmington
Wilmington, DE
We look at the role of the mother, at the Nativity and far beyond - in our inner and outer lives, in the world, and in time. Music that asks questions - from David Lang's hauntingly beautiful where you go (after the Book of Ruth, 2015), to Toivo Tulev's soaring And then in silence there with Me b...
Saturday, December 17 2016
7:00 PM
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8:30 PM
Canticles of the Holy Wind - John Luther Adams
Canticles of the Holy Wind - John Luther Adams
Philadelphia, PA
These are among the fourteen atmospheric titles that comprise this hour-long magnum opus of Pulitzer-laureate John Luther Adams. Commissioned by The Crossing in 2012, the work has lived in our minds and hearts, awaiting its revival – a unique aural kaleidoscope in which four choirs surround the a...
Sunday, October 30 2016
6:00 PM
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7:30 PM
Jeff Quartets
Jeff Quartets
Philadelphia, PA
Jeff Quartets Friday July 8, 2016, 8 pm @ The Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill Dedicated to the memory of Jeff Dinsmore. The commissioning of Jeff Quartets was made possible by the support of the Ann Stookey Fund for New Music. How do we honor a legacy of generosity and an unequaled commit...
Friday, July 8 2016
8:00 PM
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10:00 PM
Seven Responses (6/25 ONLY)
Seven Responses (6/25 ONLY)
Philadelphia, PA
Seven Responses Note: This ticket is for June 25th ONLY. To purchase a ticket for both nights, click here. A two-night event: Friday June 24, 2016, 8 pm and Saturday June 25, 8 pm @ Philadelphia Episcopal Cathedral Major funding provided by The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage with Quicksilver B...
Saturday, June 25 2016
8:00 PM
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10:00 PM
