PROGRAM

AIN’T I A WOMAN

Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179)
Nunc aperuit nobis (from the Riesencodex, 1180-1185), arr. A Far Cry

Meredith Monk (b. 1942)
Nightfall for Mixed Voices (1995), trans. Caitlin Lynch

Jessie Montgomery (b. 1981)
Strum for String Orchestra (2012)

Reena Esmail (b. 1983)
Teen Murti (2013)

I. Scherzo: Malkauns
II. Recitativo: Basant
III. Rondo: Jog

Teresa Carreño (1853-1917)
Serenade for Strings in E-flat Major (1895)

I. Introduction. Andante
II. Allegro vivace
III. Recitativo
IV. Tempo di marcia

A Far Cry’s season is generously supported by grants from the Barr-Klarman Massachusetts Arts Initiative, Massachusetts Cultural Council, the National Endowment for the Arts, and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Thank you to our partners!

This event is in collaboration with The Cathedral Church of Saint Paul, Longy School of Music of Bard College, and The Boston Athenæum. Sending a big thank you to The Cathedral Church of Saint Paul for allowing us to rehearse and record this concert in their space, and to Longy and Boston Athenæum for providing rehearsal space for Ain’t I A Woman.