Events

Past Event

Cosmic and Divine Audiations: new works in premiere

April 7, 2026
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
America/New_York
St. Paul's Chapel, 1160 Amsterdam Ave., New York, NY 10027

Anne Dorothy Harley, soprano
Stacey Fraser, soprano
Leo Sussman, flute
Yasmina Spiegelberg, bass clarinet

PROGRAM
Changing Light — Kaija Saarihaho (1952–2023)
Stacey Fraser, soprano
Leo Sussman, flute

Two arias from The Shores of Eternity (world premiere)— Jack Van Zandt (b. 1954), text by Rabindranath Tagore
The Messenger
The Stars Look On
Stacey Fraser, soprano & electronics

Song Cycle for Mother Ann Lee (2012) — Christine Southworth (b.1978)
1. Love Is Little
2. Hands to Work, Hearts to God
3. Mother Ann's Song #2 and other Paralingual Texts 
4. Once My Feet Walked
Anne Dorothy Harley, soprano with prerecorded tracks

Innumerable Suns (world premiere) — Martim Galvao (b. 1989)
Stacey Fraser, soprano

The name of the sound and the sound of the name (2024) (New York premiere) — Julian Bennett Holmes (b. 1991)
Anne Dorothy Harley and Stacey Fraser, sopranos
Leo Sussman, flute
Yasmina Spiegelberg, bass clarinet

Southworth and Bennett Holmes pieces were commissioned to texts by and about female mystics from all world traditions, for Voices of the Pearl: voicesofthepearl.org

Live at St. Paul’s Chapel — or, watch on YouTube.

If you don’t have a current Columbia ID, you MUST register by clicking the blue “register” button below. (Please do not use the same email address to register multiple people; this will confuse the system.) Registration will close at 11am sharp the day before the concert.

Contact Information

Julian Bennett Holmes