Two Philadelphia composers explore sacred themes on Now Is the Time, Saturday, April 4th at 9 pm. Holy the Firm is the song cycle by James Primosch on texts by Denise Levertov, Annie Dillard, Susan Stewart, and the 7th-century John Climacus, whose monastic treatise The Ladder of Divine Ascent takes its inspiration from the angels in Jacob’s dream. From the Sacred Songs CD, this is magical and colorful writing for soprano and small orchestra.
Curt Cacioppo’s Women at the Cross, from his recent CD Ritornello, is a suite for string quartet and piano focused on the week of the Passion of Christ. The movements are Maria gratia plena (Mary, full of grace), Procula, Veronica, Maddalena, La terza Maria, Salome, and Sons of Thunder; the finale refers to James and John, called “Boanerges” or “Sons of Thunder” by Jesus, and thought to be the sons of one of the women disciples, Salome.
from Curt Cacioppo: Women at the Cross
PROGRAM:
James Primosch: Holy the Firm
Curt Cacioppo: Women at the Cross
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