Sphinx Virtuosi with Border CrosSing
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About This Program
Approximate length 2:00
Xavier Foley: Ev’ry Voice
Florence Price: Andante Cantabile from String Quartet No. 2
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Selections from Four Noveletten
Jessie Montgomery: Banner
Andrea Casarrubios: Seven
Ricardo Herz: Inocente
Ricardo Herz: Mourinho
Carlos Guastavino: Selections from Indianas for Chorus and Strings
Leo Brouwer: Cántico de celebración
Alberto Ginastera: Finale furioso from Concerto for Strings
Led by Sphinx Virtuosi and Border CrosSing
Thomas Mesa, cello
A chamber ensemble comprised of the nation’s top Black and Latinx classical string soloists, Sphinx Virtuosi returns to Saint Paul for the first time since the pandemic. With this program titled “Tracing Visions,” the orchestra sets out to challenge the canon by illuminating a new pathway for listening, sharing and fostering artistic expression with works by Alberto Ginastera, Xavier Foley, Jessie Montgomery and more. Local Minnesota-based choral ensemble Border CrosSing will perform a solo piece by Leo Brouwer and join Sphinx Virtuosi for a Carlos Guastavino selection.
About Sphinx Virtuosi
Since its founding in 2004, Sphinx Virtuosi has defined itself as the most diverse professional chamber orchestra in the country. This ensemble’s dynamic approach to music-making offers an experience of unmatched vibrancy for seasoned and new audiences alike. Comprised of 18 talented soloists, these artists tour annually as cultural ambassadors to communities far and wide.
About Border CrosSing
Founded in 2017, Minnesota-based choral ensemble Border CrosSing envisions fundamental change in classical music culture, working to ensure that the community’s true cultural reality is reflected onstage and in audiences. The organization provides opportunities for people from different communities to understand each other in new ways through work like their multi-lingual Puentes concert series, educational programs in schools, and collaborations with Minnesota’s most important cultural organizations.
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