Month of Moderns I: works for choir and strings
            with the Philadelphia Virtuosi; Daniel Spalding, Director

In Concert at the Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill - Directions
Sunday June 27, 4pm

We return to the music of Bo Holten in Tallis Variations (1976 – a piece of ancient music by Crossing standards), demonstrating his extraordinary understanding of textures – both of today, in the string orchestra, and of yesterday, in voices recalling the 16th-c. music of Thomas Tallis.  Philadelphia composer Benjamin CS Boyle’s brilliant Cantata: To One in Paradise, on words of Edgar Allen Poe, uses an old structure in new and virtuosic ways.  Tarik O’Regan’s Triptych, is a moving, energetic, driven work that draws together diverse texts (William Penn, Wordsworth, Rumi, and Thomas Hardy are represented!).  His writing for strings could not be more different than Boyle’s! The profound, calm, ecstasy of Tavener’s mature musicfor women and strings in The Bridegroom (1999) is like one, long, exhale.  This concert’s central work is the first of our Levine Project – three new works commissioned by The Crossing on words of Philip Levine: David Lang’s new work for us promises to be a substantial addition to the repertoire. 

Program - Tickets
Bo Holten:  Tallis Variations (1977)
Benjamin CS Boyle:  Cantata: To One in Paradise (2005)
Tarik O’Regan:  Triptych (2005)
John Tavener:  The Bridegroom (1999)
David Lang:  Commissioned World Premiere: The Levine Project

This project has been supported by the Pew Center for Arts & Heritage through the
Philadelphia Music Project.