There will be music by George Crumb, Jay Reise, and myself (pictured above, left to right) at the September 26 concert advertised above. Ekaterina Kichigina, soprano, and Mikhail Duboc, piano will perform excerpts from my Holy the Firm. A bit more about the program here.
I just learned from my colleague Jay Reise that our vocal music is to be heard in Moscow this coming September 26 in a concert at the Myaskovsky Hall of the Moscow Conservatory. Ekaterina Kichigina, soprano, and Mikhail Dubov, piano, will offer Jay’s Satori and excerpts from my own Holy the Firm. Works by George Crumb will also be heard.
The title of my piece is translated as “Holy Mighty” in the concert announcement, which is interesting because it brings to mind a traditional prayer in the Orthodox tradition called the Trisagion:
Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal, have mercy on us.
Though I wasn’t thinking of the Trisagion (my title is borrowed from that of a book by Annie Dillard), perhaps the person preparing the announcement intended to recall it.
Ms. Kichigina performed my songs in Moscow last season, read more about that here.
James Primosch, composer 