Presented by Death of Classical:
“We at Death of Classical have never repeated a program before, but last December’s performances of David Lang’s heartbreaking, Pulitzer-winning little match girl passion by Ekemeles were so soul-blastingly beautiful and transfixingly transcendent, that we decided we’re going to do it every year from now on.”
Lang’s singular choral work tells one of the darkest, most deeply human stories of hope and suffering ever put to paper. Taking Hans Christian Andersen’s bleak fairy tale about a poor girl freezing to death on New Year’s Eve, and fusing it with Bach’s St Matthew Passion, Lang creates a wrenching expression of empathy, and a reminder that every life matters, and every act of kindness is an act of grace.
Performing this transfixing score are the brilliant minds and voices of Ekmeles, a peerless new music vocal group who have made Lang’s masterpiece a staple of their repertoire.
December 4, 5, and 6
Two shows daily:
Performance #1 / Food & Drink Reception: 6:00 – 7:00PM / Concert: 7:00PM – 8:00PM
Performance #2 / Food & Drink Reception: 7:30 – 8:30PM / Concert: 8:30PM – 9:30PM