“renowned for their elevated programming as well as their crystalline sound” - BBC Radio 3
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Take FlightSkylark takes to the skies to celebrate its avian roots in a program exploring music inspired by the wonder of flight. The centerpiece is Benedict Sheehan’s new commission Songbird Antiphons, featuring poetry by Charles Anthony Silvestri and Talia Sheehan, which celebrates American songbirds while highlighting threats to their habitats. The program features Eric Whitacre’s thrilling Leonardo Dreams of His Flying Machine alongside works by Caroline Shaw, Abbie Betinis, Ravel, Vaughan Williams, and Stanford.
For our New York City performance at the Hispanic Society Museum and Library, concertgoers can seamlessly experience Aviary, a captivating sound installation located just across Audubon Terrace at the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Artist Raven Chacon’s soundscape of native Hudson Valley birdcalls creates a fascinating complement to the concert. THURSDAY, March 13, 2025 | 7PM
John Wesley United Methodist Church Falmouth MA Pre-concert talk 6:15pm FRIDAY, March 14, 2025 | 7 PM
St. Paul's Episcopal Church Newburyport MA Pre-concert talk 6:15pm SATURDAY, March 15, 2025 | 3PM
Church of the Redeemer Chestnut Hill MA Pre-concert talk 2:15pm SUNDAY, March 16, 2025 | 4PM
The Hispanic Society Museum & Library New York NY |
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Benedict Sheehan, ComposerGRAMMY®-nominated conductor and composer Benedict Sheehan has been called “a remarkable musician” (Choral Journal). He is Artistic Director of the Saint Tikhon Choir and the newly-founded Artefact Ensemble, as well as Director of Music at St. Tikhon’s Monastery and Seminary in Pennsylvania. His Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom (2020), on which he conducts the Saint Tikhon Choir, has garnered critical acclaim as “simply beyond praise for excellence” (Fanfare), “radiant...superb...a masterstroke” (MusicWeb International), and “a new standard for excellence in the American choral landscape” (The Living Church Magazine). His innovative choral “story score” was featured on Skylark’s 2021 GRAMMY®-nominated album Once Upon A Time, and has been hailed as “evocative” (Gramophone), “quite extraordinary” (Limelight), and “otherworldly” (Boston Musical Intelligencer). Benedict’s new Vespers was recorded in 2021 by the Saint Tikhon Choir under the composer’s direction, and was also released in November of 2021. Sheehan’s music is published by Oxford University Press, Artefact Publications, and others. Benedict lives in Pennsylvania with his wife Talia and their seven daughters.
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This program is supported in part by grants from the Falmouth Cultural Council, Newburyport Cultural Council, and Newton Cultural Council, local agencies which are supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency. Support also comes from the New York Council on the Arts and Institution for Savings.
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