The Crossing @ Longwood Gardens with Thomas Mesa, cello.

Tickets available via Ticket Philadelphia;
Or call 215.893.1999

Pēteris Vasks: Plainscapes (with cello and violin)
John Tavener: Svyati
Edwin Fissinger: Lux aeterna
Eriks Esenvalds: Stars
Esenvalds:  Northern Lights
Ko Matsushita: O lux beata Trinitas

The legendary beauty of Longwood is mirrored in the swirling sounds and provocative textures of works for cello and choir by John Tavener and Pēteris Vasks; the concert focuses on light - of this world and beyond - in additional works of Ko Matsushita, Edwin Fissinger, and Eriks Esenvalds, whose stunning timbres mixing tuned water glasses with voices bring a new dimension to musical depictions of light.