The Song Through the Land – November 11 at
3p.m. (Sunday) Back by popular
demand, Washington Heights’ composer and cellist Paul Brantley marks his second appearance at MOSA with a concert of
his vocal and chamber music as well as works by Monteverdi and Ravel. Appearing with Brantley will be soprano Jeanine De Bique,
mezzo soprano Abigail Fischer, and baritone Alexander Hurd.
Commenting on his choice of texts by James
Joyce, Rilke and Rumi, Brantley said, “I feel not only a deep affinity with the poets I choose to set, but also a great
responsibility in respecting these poems -- which after all were created as artistically autonomous things. There is behind
each of these poets and works a tradition deeper than those of time and place we normally associate – one that has to
do with an essentially archetypal response to living and creating.”
Complimentary reception with the performers following the concert.
