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Artiste: Donald Nally

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Raising flags and questioning promises at Philadelphia’s Highmark Mann

The Crossing and the Philadelphia Orchestra © Jordan August Photography, Courtesy of Highmark Mann
Peter Boyer’s oratorio A Hundred Years On, commemorating the centenary of the 1876 World’s Fair, softens the blow of jingoism, looking to an earlier era of hope and broken promise.

Text and textures in New York premieres by The Crossing at Zankel Hall

Donald Nally conducts The Crossing © Richard Termine
Donald Nally’s much vaunted chamber choir The Crossing give a program of three New York premieres at Zankel Hall. 

Earth songs: Stravinsky and John Luther Adams in Philadelphia

Meigui Zhang, John Luther Adams and the Philadelphia Orchestra © Margo Reed
Personnel changes plague the world premiere of Vespers of a Blessed Earth, which sounds an urgent musical alarm on the harms of climate changes.

Philip Glass and David Byrne's Knee Plays

The Knee Plays was an unusual selection to kick off a Philip Glass celebration, but the engaging production spoke to a time and associations in the composer's career.

The Fifth Century as a window to eternity

The reprise of The Fifth Century marks the beginning of an extended partnership between Bryars and the Crossing.