Musical Program

Caroline Shaw: Punctum  (arr. Ben Murphy and Caroline Shaw)
Komitas: Armenian Folk Songs (arr. Aslamazyan)
Osvaldo Golijov: Tenebrae 
Benjamin Britten: Variations on a Theme by Frank Bridge

Curated by Crier Alex Fortes
Memory doesn’t sit still–it blends, blurs, and blooms in unexpected ways. A Far Cry’s season opens with music that transforms recollection into revelation.

Caroline Shaw’s Punctum folds a centuries-old hymn, quoted by everyone from Bach to Simon and Garfunkel, through layers of harmony and distortion, rendering it strange, tender, and urgently present. Osvaldo Golijov’s Tenebrae suspends time entirely– recontextualizing some of Couperin’s most beautiful vocal music in a piece that contrasts the chaos of earthly conflict with the serenity of the stars above. Armenian folk songs collected by Komitas preserve cultural memory in vivid color, echoing a lineage nearly silenced by genocide. And Benjamin Britten’s brilliant Variations on a Theme by Frank Bridge, a portrait of his beloved mentor, finds infinite emotional shades within a single musical idea.

This program explores how the past endures–not as a fixed point, but as something we carry, question, reshape, and ultimately, reanimate.

All programs subject to change. Single tickets go on sale August 2025.