Ancient & Ecstatic

8:00pm Friday May 27, 2022
3:00pm Saturday May 28, 2022*
7:00pm Saturday May 28, 2022

Free! Reservations recommended. Masks and proof of COVID-19 vaccination required.
Fort Washington Collegiate Church
729 W. 181st St.
New York, NY 10033

*3:00pm Saturday also streaming freely on our website.

Music inspired by the ineffable and the divine | Christopher Theofanidis’ work from Visions and Miracles is taken from the words of Timothy Leary and inspired by Spanish medieval music. Sufjan Steven’s wordless song cycle is an “aural environment” for the animals of the Chinese zodiac arranged for string orchestra by Michael P. Atkinson. Clarice Assad’s Dreamscapes is a dazzling meditation on the workings of the unconscious mind featuring violinist Stephanie Zyzak; Stacy Garrop’s Lo Yisa Goy is a wordless utterance of the Hebrew prayer for peace. The program concludes with Adolphus Hailstork’s “Church Sonata,” inspired by the composer's fascination with cathedrals.

Program

Christopher Theofanidis: Peace Love Light YOUMEONE from Visions & Miracles
Sufjan Stevens: Suite from “Run Rabbit Run” arr. by Michael P. Atkinson
Stacy Garrop: Lo Yisa Goy
Adolphus Hailstork: Sonata de Chiesa
Clarice Assad: Dreamscapes featuring Stephanie Zyzak, Violin
J.S. Bach: Contrapunctus 1-4 from The Art of the Fugue, BWV 1080

Washington Heights Chamber Orchestra
Stephanie Zyzak, Violin
Chris Whittaker, Music Director

Program will last approximately 70 minutes.