A Far Cry – Boston’s Grammy-nominated, self-conducted string orchestra – is back with a series of online concerts to kick off its 2021 Spring Season. Join us for the Live Watch Party of Horizons, premiering Saturday, Jan. 23 at 8pm!
"Horizons" sweeps listeners along panoramic landscapes of plains, tundra and wind. Lei Liang’s Gobi Gloria captures the dance and rituals of Southern Mongolia through long-chant and regional folk songs born out of a mesmerizing single melody intertwined with gentle silences that open the work. In John Luther Adams’ The Wind in High Places we hear the Aeolian harp strummed by the winds of the Alaskan tundra, with the quartet treated as a single shivering and shimmering 16-string instrument. Finally, the wind picks up to the rhythmic whirls and whispers of Thomas Sleeper's String Quartet No. 2. Sleeper considered the sound and pulse in the natural world as "the grand improvisation of our brief lives." A moment of stillness in the second movement is joined by the murmurs of a Tibetan prayer bowl.
Musical Program:
Lei Liang | Gobi Gloria for String Quartet
John Luther Adams | The Wind in High Places
Thomas Sleeper | String Quartet No. 2, “Bergonzi”
Purchase a digital Event Pass (this year’s version of a traditional concert ticket) to join us for the Live Watch Party of the premiere of Horizons on Saturday, Jan. 23 at 8pm, and enjoy new Video On Demand features that allow you to watch the concert again and again!
Debut Pass – $8 (includes unlimited streaming for 24 hours from the first time you click to view)
30-Day Pass – $20 (includes unlimited streaming for 30 days from the first time you click to view)
Infinity Pass – $40 (includes unlimited streaming for 1 yr from the first time you click to view, plus a permanent download)
Discounts:
Students: $5 Debut and 30-Day Passes
Seniors: 20% off Debut and 30-Day Passes
EBT, ConnectorCare and WIC Card holders: FREE Debut Passes, $5 30-Day Passes
Email ali@afarcry.org for the discount codes and to learn more!
Phone: 617-553-4887
Email: boxoffice@afarcry.org
Additional time info:
Purchase a digital Event Pass to join us for the Live Watch Party of the premiere of Horizons on Saturday, Jan. 23 at 8pm, and enjoy new Video On Demand features that allow you to watch the concert again and again!
2021/01/23 - 2021/01/23
Pickman Concert Hall, Longy School of Music (Bard College)
27 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138