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Program
David Lang: poor hymnal
Musicians
The Crossing; Donald Nally, conductor
A new look at one of the oldest and most beloved musical forms,
A meeting of spirituality and community through music,
A deep call to kindness and empathy:
the Houston premiere of award-winning composer David Lang’s poor hymnal brings the Grammy Award-winning chamber choir, The Crossing, to Houston’s world-renowned space for art, contemplation and social justice. A hymnbook for today.
Winner of the Pulitzer, Grammy, Bessie and Obie Awards, and an Academy Award nominee, David Lang is one of America’s most highly esteemed and prolific composers. In creating poor hymnal, Lang constructs the original text by stitching together lines from sources as varied as the Old Testament, Mahatma Gandhi and Tolstoy — to name just a few. As Lang explains: “This piece is trying to say: The reason we are coming together is to remember how important we are to each other, and to remember how important it is that we take care of each other.”
“one of those rare pieces that seamlessly and quickly moves from its first performance to icon”
— Opera Wire
“vocal writing of sublime, deceptive simplicity”
— The Los Angeles Times
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