Crossing Suite
2017 / For vocal soloists and orchestra
The Crossing Suite is a 30-minute suite, for vocal soloists and orchestra, drawn from my opera Crossing. You can read more about Crossing here.
The suite is intended to be modular: its five movements include sections both for vocal soloists (two baritones) and for chorus, but it is fine to excerpt certain movements based on the forces at hand. For example, if one baritone is available, an effective excerpt might consist of the “Prologue,” “The Sleepers,” and “Crossing Brooklyn Ferry.”