The Esoterics: CŌNSŌLŌ | The reimagined requiem | The balm for sorrow
$25 / $18 ($22 / $15 in advance)
Ily Matthew Maniano — Sa pampang [along the shore]
Anna-Karin Klockar — Forever Hurts
Eric William Barnum — Requiescat
Rodney Sharman — Requiescat
Kevin Puts — In castle wood
Dale Trumbore — How to go on
Anna-Karin Klockar – Forever hurts (world premiere)
Sarah Rimkus – Uprooted (world premiere)
Ily Matthew Maniano – Sa pampang [along the shore] (world premiere)
Eric Barnum – Requiescat
Rodney Sharman – Requiescat
Kevin Puts – In castle wood
Dale Trumbore – How to go on
This program includes world premieres of Forever hurts by Anna-Karin Klockar; Uprooted by Sarah Rimkus; and Sa pampang [along the shore] by Ily Matthew Maniano. We’ll sing two settings of Oscar Wilde’s poem Requiescat, by Eric Barnum (2007) and Rodney Sharman (2015), and Kevin Puts’ In castle wood. Finally, The Esoterics will present Dale Trumbore’s secular requiem How to go on, using the words of three living poets: Barbara Crooker, Amy Fleury, and Laura Foley.
Tickets: $25 general admission ($22 in advance); $18 student/senior ($15 in advance)