Online Concert

Purchase a digital Event Pass to join us for the Live Watch Party of the premiere of Keep Calm and Carry On on Sunday, May 23rd at 2pm, and enjoy new Video On Demand* features that allow you to watch the concert again and again!

*Because this performance will be streamed LIVE on May 23rd, the Video-On-Demand feature will not be available until 1 week after the Live Watch Party Premiere.

Keep Calm and Carry On is our UK-inspired season finale tribute to the entire A Far Cry family. For your heroic support, we offer up a playful homage to those best-loved British television series, from The Crown to Downton Abbey. Exploring both the ‘high’ and ‘low’ music of England, the program reflects our favorite characters and landscapes from the screen. Purcell’s ‘The Gordian Knot Untied,’ a poised and (dare we say) snooty work evocative of royalty, takes us on a tour of the finest Elizabethan estates. Then, by stark contrast, we dive straight into a set of spirited lowcountry fiddle tunes and British drinking songs. Framing these selections we have Wallen’s Photography and Walton’s Sonata for Strings, both string orchestra works that portray the entire varied cast: the Wallen through a contemporary lens, and then the Walton with its dramatic display of styles from ‘proper’ boy chorister influences to folksy roots in the rural English countryside. 

Thank you for everything you have done to help us maintain a spirit of fortitude and that classic British ‘stiff upper lip’ during this time.

Musical Program

Errollyn Wallen | Photography

Henry Purcell | Incidental Music from “The Gordian Knot Untied” 

Traditional | Set of English Fiddle Tunes, arr. Dana Lyn

William Walton | Sonata for String Orchestra

All programs and dates are subject to change.

Photography by Josh Reynolds for A Far Cry’s season opener Treasure Hunt