Christopher Cerrone - The Branch Will Not Break
February 2, 2020
In The Branch Will Not Break (2015), Christopher Cerrone sets words of James Arlington Wright, whose raw poetry acknowledges despair and searches for meaning. Donald Nally conducts the Bienen Contemporary/Early Vocal Ensemble with a chamber ensemble.
- Lying in a Hammock at William Duffy’s Farm in Pine Island, Minnesota
- Two Horses Playing in the Orchard
- Two Hangovers, Number One
Kira Neary, soprano - From a Bus Window in Central Ohio, Just Before a Thunder Shower
- Having Lost My Sons, I Confront The Wreckage Of The Moon: Christmas 1960
- Two Hangovers, Number Two
Christopher LaMountain, tenor - A Blessing
Olivia Prendergast, soprano
Kathryn Riopel, soprano
Aryssa Burrs, mezzo-soprano
Lucy Evans, mezzo-soprano