It is wonderful to be in Philadelphia for the Seven Responses Project - a beautiful passion project of conductor Donald Nally that has been in the planning for a long time. The project is about to take place this coming weekend, on June 24th and 25th. There will be 7 premieres by composers Caroline Shaw, David T. Little, Hans Thomalla. Lewis Spratlan, Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen, Santa Ratniece & myself, along with a performance of Buxtehude's Membra Jesu Nostri. The works will be performed by the Crossing Choir, International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE) and Quicksilver Baroque under the direction of Donald Nally.

Get your tickets for Seven Responses: http://thecrossing.ticketleap.com/seven-responses-both-evenings/details Join us for The Crossing's Seven Responses with International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE) and Quicksilver baroque - June 24th and 25th at the Philadelphia Episcopal Cathedral. Featuring Dieterich Buxtehude's 'Membra Jesu Nostri' and 7 world premieres from 7 of the world's foremost composers: Lewis Spratlan, Hans Thomalla, Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen, Caroline Shaw, Santa Ratniece, Anna Thorvaldsdottir, and David T.

It has been a great pleasure taking part in this project - it was truly heartwarming to work with the text by Guðrún Eva Mínervudóttir who wrote beautiful lyrics for me to put music to, and to have the piece as part of this larger project is really something special.

With warmth
Anna

For more information about the project see here
The Seven Responses program
Who is Seven Responses?