Juxtapositions
Carol Barnett combines the Latin Mass with new poetry and a bluegrass band, while Steven Stucky moves from an iconic Byrd motet to Whitman poetry, employing his own plangent harmony.
Friday, March 2, 2012 at 8 p.m.
Sunday March 4, 2012 at 4 p.m.
The Church of the Holy Trinity
316 East 88th Street (between 1st and 2nd Avenues)
Songs of Birds and Angels
Six composers, from Brahms through Matt Harris, use poetry on the lark, the falcon, the bat, and a caged bird, while Rautavaara evokes angelic sounds in a setting of Rilke’s first elegy.
Thursday, May 31, 2012 at 8 p.m.
Saint Ignatius of Antioch Episcopal Church
552 West End Avenue at 87th Street