Catalog Item Occasion/Theme: solstice

A Winter Breviary

Program Notes I. We Look for You (Evensong – Raag Hamsadhwani)II. The Year’s Midnight (Matins – Raag Malkauns)III. The Unexpected Early Hour (Lauds – Raag Ahir Bhairav) This set of three carols, on new texts by poet Rebecca Gayle Howell, traces a journey through the solstice, the longest night of the year. The texts follow … Read more

The Tipping Point

Program Notes The Tipping Point is explores the return of light. It is set in Raag Vibhas, a Hindustani raag (p/d) that is characteristically performed at daybreak. Amy Fogerson’s text is rooted in the solstice (as metaphor for a larger social struggle between darkness and light) — exploring the return of light in yearly cycles.  … Read more