The Crossing shares David Lang’s Poor Hymnal

Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, New York City

from the Crossing

Why do some works demand we revisit them? 
The question is a larger one about how works become canonical – how they enter the culture and stay there. 
So, we offer a rare reprise of a work that, at its premiere, was already beloved by singers, and listeners. 

The question in David’s thoughtful, moving, inspiring work?
“How do we treat each other?”     

Still as the 
Stern
Profile of a 
Tree against
a winter tree –
   sunset tree –
   evening †

† Emily Dickinson, heard in the N. American premiere
of Linda Catlin Smith’s Folio, Feb 7.