Contemporaries | Contemporary
Site-specific installation (2011)
16th Century Modern
Contemporaries | Contemporary is a site-specific performance installation crafted for the Eero Saarinen-designed MIT Chapel. The work includes texts of English Metaphysical poet John Donne as set to music by his 16th Century contemporaries; and also placed in world premiere compositions by Alecia’s modern-day peers. New works include: song cycle Four Poems by John Donne, composed by National Opera Association award recipient and Fulbright scholar Dan Shore; and settings of “The Computation”, “To Mr. B.B.” and “The Broken Heart” by organist and author Leonardo Ciampa.
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