Concert Archives
2010-2024
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2024
- Nov 23, 2024 We Build in Air Nov 23, 2024
- Apr 20, 2024 To the Brilliant Sky Apr 20, 2024
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2023
- Dec 2, 2023 Ask the Winter Moon Dec 2, 2023
- Apr 29, 2023 The Passing of the Year Apr 29, 2023
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2022
- Nov 19, 2022 Stand in That River Nov 19, 2022
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2020
- Mar 6, 2020 – Mar 8, 2020 Always Singing Mar 6, 2020 – Mar 8, 2020
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2019
- Nov 15, 2019 – Nov 17, 2019 World Without End Nov 15, 2019 – Nov 17, 2019
- Jun 1, 2019 – Jun 2, 2019 The Silent Forest Jun 1, 2019 – Jun 2, 2019
- Mar 15, 2019 – Mar 17, 2019 Behind Closed Doors Mar 15, 2019 – Mar 17, 2019
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2018
- Nov 9, 2018 – Nov 11, 2018 We Who Believe Nov 9, 2018 – Nov 11, 2018
- Jun 1, 2018 – Jun 3, 2018 For Cherishing Jun 1, 2018 – Jun 3, 2018
- Mar 24, 2018 – Mar 25, 2018 Where the Truth Lies Mar 24, 2018 – Mar 25, 2018
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2017
- Nov 18, 2017 – Nov 19, 2017 The Northern Wild Nov 18, 2017 – Nov 19, 2017
- Jun 3, 2017 – Jun 4, 2017 Mother Tongue Jun 3, 2017 – Jun 4, 2017
- Mar 25, 2017 – Mar 26, 2017 Divinity Breathed Forth Mar 25, 2017 – Mar 26, 2017
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2016
- Nov 12, 2016 Search for Home Nov 12, 2016
- May 15, 2016 flourish: reckless hope rises May 15, 2016
- Jan 10, 2016 gather: in the stillness born Jan 10, 2016
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2015
- Nov 1, 2015 fray: as shadows fall Nov 1, 2015
- May 17, 2015 As Birds Do Sing: A Fifth Anniversary Concert May 17, 2015
- Mar 14, 2015 – Mar 15, 2015 40 Voices Singing: Masterworks for Massed Choirs Mar 14, 2015 – Mar 15, 2015
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2014
- Nov 9, 2014 The Elements of Song Nov 9, 2014
- Jun 1, 2014 As One Jun 1, 2014
- Mar 16, 2014 To Arms Mar 16, 2014
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2013
- Nov 17, 2013 For Keeps Nov 17, 2013
- Oct 13, 2013 In His Care Oct 13, 2013
- Jun 2, 2013 Ahoy, Stranger! Jun 2, 2013
- Mar 10, 2013 Whither, Fairy? Mar 10, 2013
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2012
- Nov 4, 2012 Sing, Muse! Nov 4, 2012
- May 6, 2012 Songs to the Midnight Sun May 6, 2012
- Mar 11, 2012 This Green and Pleasant Land Mar 11, 2012
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2011
- Nov 6, 2011 Axis of Medieval Nov 6, 2011
- Jun 12, 2011 I Hear America Singing Jun 12, 2011
- Mar 20, 2011 The Food of Love Mar 20, 2011
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2010
- Oct 24, 2010 Sex, Drugs, and Madrigals Oct 24, 2010
- Jun 6, 2010 Music to Hear Jun 6, 2010
The Northern Wild
The Northern Wild
Saturday, November 18 at 8 PM
Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill
8855 Germantown Avenue in Philadelphia
Sunday, November 19 at 5:30 PM
First Unitarian Church of Philadelphia
2125 Chestnut Street in Philadelphia
In programming The Northern Wild, we searched for a musical kernel that would make a concert of a wide range of styles hold together in a compelling way. In that search, we realized that our favorite music by composers like Veljo Tormis, Jean Sibelius, and Eriks Ešenvalds simply sounds like it couldn’t come from anywhere else in the world. This is not to say that all the music we’ll sing sounds the same—far from it. Tormis’ folk roots could not be more different than the cerebral soundscapes of R. Murray Schafer, while Sibelius and Elgar teeter on the threshold between the late romantic and early modern. But despite all the differences, the wild North is the irreplaceable central character in all of the pieces. This music is grounded in visceral explorations of what it’s like to be in the North, to have the wild earth beneath one’s feet and to be in the unwavering watch of the same celestial bodies for months on end.
There is a loneliness in the way much of this music stretches out like the untouched lands and vast skies it evokes. But in regions still dominated by primal forces, there is great joy in making singular human connections—with a neighboring cowherd across acres of pasture, with a lover thought lost over the hillside, or simply with oneself in the stillness of the pines. These connections are why we sing together, and why we’ll be so glad to have you join us.