For our season opener, an assembly of composers who, by embracing pain, find solace, redemption, and clarity.
In our annual ‘Grace’ series exploring both the music of Grace Williams and modern women in music, this November we showcase works by living composers Salina Fisher, Anna Semple and Julia Wolfe, all under the baton of Stephanie Childress.
In our annual ‘Grace’ series exploring both the music of Grace Williams and modern women in music, this November we showcase works by living composers Salina Fisher, Anna Semple and Julia Wolfe, all under the baton of Stephanie Childress.
US composer Julia Wolfe’s new work unEarth receives its UK premiere, performed by the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Symphony Orchestra, ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Singers, Finchley Children's Music Group, and Danish soprano Else Torp.
US composer Julia Wolfe’s new work unEarth receives its UK premiere, performed by the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Symphony Orchestra, ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Singers, Finchley Children's Music Group, and Danish soprano Else Torp.
Grit courses through Julia Wolfe’s *Anthracite Fields*, her Pulitzer Prize-winning oratorio for choir and ensemble that serves as a musical memorial to American miners and their struggle. *‘I guess I have a bias towards the grit.'* – Julia Wolfe
Grit courses through Julia Wolfe’s *Anthracite Fields*, her Pulitzer Prize-winning oratorio for choir and ensemble that serves as a musical memorial to American miners and their struggle. *‘I guess I have a bias towards the grit.'* – Julia Wolfe
Wolfe was two blocks from the Twin Towers when the planes hit on September 11, 2001. *Big Beautiful Dark and Scary* is the sound of that aftermath: an ominous, awesome wall of sound.
Wolfe was two blocks from the Twin Towers when the planes hit on September 11, 2001. *Big Beautiful Dark and Scary* is the sound of that aftermath: an ominous, awesome wall of sound.