The Crossing

Sun., June 27, 4 p.m., $22.50-$25, Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill, 8855 Germantown Ave., crossingchoir.com.

by Peter Burwasser

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Published: Jun 23, 2010

classical

Pulitzer Prize-winning composer David Lang has had good exposure in Philadelphia, including a major work for saxophone quartet that was on the last concert by Prism Quartet; and an extraordinary setting of the final letter of a Union officer in the Civil War to his wife, performed during last season's Hidden City festival. Both of those works showed off a knack for using highly complex language in the service of very accessible and very expressive pieces. That's how you win the Pulitzer. More from Lang this week, the world première of Statement to the Court, a Philip Levine poetry-inspired interpretation of the words of the American socialist Eugene Debs after he was convicted of violating the Sedition Act. The superb chorus The Crossing, directed by veteran choral director Donald Nally, will also present music by Bo Holten, Benjamin C.S. Boyle, Arvo Prt and John Tavener.

Too Much Beauty
Who's The Boss
Islands
Carolyn Leonhart and Wayne Escoffery
Men
The Shondes
Floor
Holy Ghost!
Rufus Reid Trio
Tim Berne's Los Totopos
Sun Airway
Sage Francis