The choir was the resident choir of the Spoleto Festival, Italy, in 2007; appeared at Miller Theatre of Columbia University in the American premiere of James Dillon's Nine Rivers with the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE); joined Bang on a Can's first Philadelphia Marathon; and has appeared with the American Composers Orchestra, Network for New Music, Quicksilver Baroque, Lyric Fest, Piffaro, red fish blue fish, Tempesta di Mare Baroque Chamber Orchestra, PRISM Saxophone Quartet, Toshimaru Nakamura, Dolce Suono, and in the summer of 2013, The Rolling Stones. Month of Moderns 2012 was centered on Modern Vespers, works fashioned after the ancient evening prayer service, cast in modern themes and musical languages. Memories of Earth begin to warp. The Crossing is a professional chamber choir conducted by Donald Nally and dedicated to new music. After six relentless years, it breaks down. The ship then heads to Europe, setting down later this summer in Finland and the Netherlands. His ensembles have twice won Margaret Hillis Award for Excellence in Choral Music: in 2002 with the Choral Arts Society of Philadelphia and in 2015 with The Crossing. With the stage off limits, Wilma Theater tries something new: a radio play. The Crossing choir’s latest project, The Forest, premiered in the wooded thickets of Bowman’s Hill Wildflower Preserve in New Hope on Saturday, was among the few clear-cut successes on every level, a piece that’s not a make-do for lack of traditional concerts, but something that couldn’t have been imagined in other time and is fully realized on a high level. The theme for Month of Moderns 2009 was The Celan Project, works based on the poetry of Paul Celan. The two-day program was premiered at the Philadelphia Episcopal Cathedral and later reprised at Merkin Concert Hall as a part of the 2016 Mostly Mozart Festival in Lincoln Center. As the doom sets in, so do social and existential problems. Robert Maggio and the Finnish theater company Klockriketeatern to make a theatrical choral piece based on a novel by Swedish poet Harry Martinson, a Nobel laureate. The Winners In Classical, Jazz, and More at the 60th Annual Grammy Awards! The Crossing is a GRAMMY-winning professional chamber choir from Philadelphia, conducted by Donald Nally and dedicated to new music. Since 2009, The Crossing has presented the Month of Moderns, an annual festival in early summer featuring three programs of new music. This situation is caused by man himself. “It’s a story about loneliness and people without a home. It focuses on new music, commission and premiere works, and collaborates with various venues and instrumental ensembles. It is committed to working with creative teams to make and record new, substantial works for choir – most often addressing social issues – with the possibility of changing the way we think about writing for choir, singing in choir, and listening to music for choir. An onboard artificial-intelligence computer, named Mima, was designed to keep up the spirits of passengers for the quick hop to Mars. It won a Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance in 2018 for Gavin Bryars: The Fifth Century, and was nominated the year before for its recording of Thomas Lloyd's, Bonhoeffer. The Crossing at Crane Arts in Northern Liberties, Philadelphia. The Grammy Awards were handed out Sunday at Madison Square Garden, and Philadelphia artists cleaned up! Coming up on June 30, at the Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill, is the third program in this year's festival featuring a world premiere by Kile Smith, The Arc in the Sky. But your ship veers off course. The Crossing recorded live from the WRTI 90.1 Performance Studio on June 14, 2018. The population starts to form cults. The choir frequently commissions works and has presented over 70 world premieres. Join us on Sunday at 4 pm for The Crossing chamber choir's first concert in their annual Month of Moderns choral festival, recorded live at The Icebox at Crane Arts Center in the Northern Liberties section of Philadelphia on June 11th, 2017, and conducted by Donald Nally. [2], Formed by a group of friends in 2005, the ensemble has since grown and according to The New York Times in 2014, "has made a name for itself in recent years as a champion of new music".[3]. Among its other honors, The Crossing with Donald Nally is the American Composers Forum's 2017 Champion of New Music. Social hierarchies break down. Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were presented, for works released in the previous year. Theater artists speak out against PlayPenn leadership. “Aniara” was published in 1956, during the height of the Cold War. The Crossing has released 14 recordings. Watch the performance recorded live on the WRTI Facebook Page! Here’s a rundown of this year’s best recordings in classical music, jazz, and more. Projects for the 2017-18 season include commissions with Michael Gilbertson, Aaron Helgeson, Benjamin C.S. In June 2016, the organization launched an ambitious commissioning project called Seven Responses, the purpose of which was to perform Dieterich Buxtehude's Membra Jesu Nostri (BuxWV 75) juxtaposed with commissioned responses by Caroline Shaw, Hans Thomalla, Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen, Anna Thorvaldsdottir. Now some are exploring what they can. Boyle, and Kile Smith. The Swedish science fiction drama has also been made into a movie, though it is not yet playing in regional cinemas. Members of The Crossing chamber choir rehearse "Aniara" at Christ Church Neighborhood House. An organization that helps playwrights develop new work has come under fire with accusations of racism and sexual harassment. Consistently recognized in critical reviews, in 2014, the ensemble was hailed as "ardently angelic" by the Los Angeles Times[1] and "something of a miracle" by The Philadelphia Inquirer. That’s what we have been doing for the last 70 years.”. “We have 18 people on the floor, and very little physical contact with each other,” said Henriksson. Poet Laureate Philip Levine. Month of Moderns 2014 included five major commissioned world premieres loosely based around Novalis's poem Astralis questioning our existence and eternity. The ensemble subsequently established The Jeffrey Dinsmore Memorial Fund. Join us this Sunday, August 28th from 4 to 6 pm to hear The Crossing perform Jeff Quartets: a concert-length set of 15 new works for four voices. The Crossing, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. “I don’t think there’s any attempt on our part to imply hope,” said Donald Nally, conductor of The Crossing choir, which developed “Aniara” and performing its premiere this weekend. Sign up for our weekly newsletter. This included over 300 performances of David Lang's Lifespan as well as monthly performances of In the Midst of Things, a fifteen-minute unaccompanied re-imagining of moments from Franz Joseph Haydn's The Creation (1798). See the list of GRAMMY Awards Winners & Nominees for the Best Choral Performance, Classical. 4K likes. It won a Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance in 2018 for Gavin Bryars: The Fifth Century, and was nominated the year before for its recording of Thomas Lloyd's, Bonhoeffer. WHYY connects you to your community and the world by delivering reliable information and worthwhile entertainment. The ensemble gave the world premiere of those works on July 8, 2016 in Philadelphia. He has served as chorus master at Lyric Opera of Chicago, Welsh National Opera, Opera Philadelphia, and, for many seasons, at the Spoleto Festival in Italy. After 2014, the ensemble moved away from a theme solely surrounding the Month of Moderns alone and more towards a theme for each season. Its recording of Thomas Lloyd's Bonhoeffer was nominated for Best Choral Performance for the 59th Grammy Awards. You are part of the last group of people to leave a dying planet, and are headed out to colonize Mars. The Month of Moderns festival continues to be a signature part of the organization's season, regardless of theme, with each concert featuring at least one or more world premiere. “Characters were expressing things in which love wanted a destination, and it didn’t have it.”. Want a digest of WHYY’s programs, events & stories? “It’s not science fiction,” said Dan Henriksson, director of the Klockriketeatern. Donald Nally is artistic director of The Crossing and the John W. Beattie Chair of Music at Northwestern University. Conducted by Donald Nally, The Crossing is committed to presenting and recording new, substantial works, most of which address social issues, and has presented over 70 world premieres since its founding in 2005. "Seneca Sounds" was the focus for Month of Moderns 2011, with works based on the words and philosophy of Seneca the Younger. The sold-out performances on Friday night and Saturday afternoon will be live-streamed here. The Crossing Choir on WRTI: The First "Month of Moderns" Concert, August 27 at 4 PM, The Crossing on WRTI: Jeff Quartets, 15 Works for 4 Voices, August 28th at 4 PM, The Crossing Choir in Concert on WRTI: Seven Responses, Part 2, July 24th at 4 PM, The Crossing’s Ambitious Two-Night Project: Seven Responses.
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