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Demented coloratura and spiritual chant: John Zorn's Sacred Visions

By Jacob Slattery, 02 June 2015
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Reviewed at The Met Cloisters, New York City on 30 May 2015
Programme
Zorn, The Remedy of Fortune
Zorn, The Holy Visions
Zorn, Pandora's Box
Performers
JACK Quartet
Jane Sheldon, Soprano
Eliza Bagg, Soprano
Sarah Brailey, Soprano
Rachel Calloway, Mezzo-soprano
Kirsten Sollek, Contralto
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Jacob Slattery
Jacob Slattery
Jacob is a musician and raconteur based out of New York City. As a writer, he operates an online arts and culture blog with the goal of providing momentum for community-based arts projects in NYC. As an oboist, Jacob has performed internationally with orchestras from Vienna to Seoul. Born and raised in the lake-ridden, gopher empire of Minnesota, Jacob received a dual-degree in Music Performance and Marketing from Augsburg College in Minneapolis. His blog can be found here.