Complete details of Ars Nova Singers’ 2021-2022 Season will be announced later this month, but you can catch a sneak peek below. Join us for Sounds from the Soil: A Salon on September 25 (a virtual event) as we share exciting announcements about the new season, farm-recorded performances by Ars Nova Singers and special guests Trio Duende, and helpful info about what you can expect from Ars Nova in the coming year.
October 2021
For the initiated and the novice alike, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina’s Missa Brevis is something otherworldly. A prolific composer known as the “prince and father of music,” this program also features several of his (more than 300!) motets that are renowned for their serene beauty and clarity of line. Palestrina’s monumental sound is just as dynamic—towering, yet deeply intimate—as it is grounding, toiling along the edges of a most sublime musical canyon
December 2021
Rejoice in a festive meeting of old friends and new as you refill your creative reservoir heading into this wintery holiday season. Our halls are decked and our voices are warmed with traditional tunes and some new favorites… come fa-la-la-along with us!
January 2022
Our first return to the concert hall since the pandemic’s onset honors the uncertainty of our shared experiences and the trust we place in one another. We open with sinuous works by Indian-American composer Reena Esmail, riffing on the seemingly unordered yet hauntingly beautiful sounds of traditional Hindustani raga. Raga (or Raag), melodic frameworks in traditional Indian classical music which offer endless improvisation, rely on trust—between musician, listener, and space. They are a framework, not a mandate, much like the quivering faith of Fauré’s beloved Requiem.
March / April 2022 Tour
We’re hitting the road this spring in search of pure, unadulterated beauty. From William Byrd to Boulder’s own Bill Douglas, and from cinema darling Hans Zimmer to Estonian luminary Arvo Pärt, our Spring 2022 tour features contemporary and Renaissance works borne of delicacy, subtlety, and honesty. It’s a tranquil vision, and one we expect guest artists Sandra Wong (nyckelharpa, violin) and Ann Marie Morgan (viola da gamba) to help us illuminate amid the still and quiet landscapes of New Mexico and Colorado. There’s light in this listening if you let yourself see it.
June 2022
In our final program of the season, we turn to a longtime friend—the brilliant guitarist Nicolò Spera—to help us premiere a brand new work by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Christopher Theofanidis. Often celebrated for his colorful, inventive, and magnetic compositions, Theofanidis turns his musical spotlight in a new direction, applying all the communicative power of one obsessed with the world’s sonic texture to a dark and deepening reality: earth’s changing climate.
