music of Ayanna Woods, Michael Gilbertson, Ēriks Ešenvalds, and James Primosch
with Ted Babcock, percussion
Saturday, September 11, 2021 @ 7pm
The Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia
on the 20th anniversary of 9/11
Pre-concert talk with Donald @ 6pm in the Burleigh Cruikshank Memorial Chapel
Post-concert homecoming gathering in the front lawn
We are currently Sold Out – there will be no additional ticket sales at the door.
Please note: Masks and proof of vaccination is required to attend "Returning." Masks must be worn at all times while indoors at the Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill. Vaccination card will be checked by front of house staff prior to entry into the Sanctuary. The choir will sing unmasked. Our post-concert homecoming gathering will be outdoors.
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"Earth teach me quiet – as the grasses are still with light."
So begins Ēriks’ Earth teach me quiet: a prayer, a meditation, an invitation. All nouns we associate with Returning, as we begin to emerge with this long-awaited family gathering, following a twenty-month exile from our home. A short concert, followed by a long party, of works we love, sung with artists we love, for people we love, marking a time, a passing, of isolation, grief, confusion, hope, and returning.
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