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PhiladelphiaBlessed EarthWorld premiere
Adams, Stravinsky
The Philadelphia Orchestra; Donald Nally; Meigui Zhang; The Crossing; Marin Alsop; Austin Chanu
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Earth songs: Stravinsky and John Luther Adams in Philadelphia
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.
Jazz, tragedy and a Julia Wolfe premiere
The New York Philharmonic premieres Julia Wolfe’s remembrance of the victims of the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire and plays an elegy to LBJ and an Aaron Copland jazz concerto.
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.