At Grace Cathedral, the 2022 Pulitzer Prize-winning work has its Bay Area premiere on a program that’s powerfully contemplative.
San Francisco is the connecting thread through this concert, from the featured composers to the stellar student and alumni performers.
Omar Offendum’s storytelling, rapping, and singing weave together past and present in a closely observed whole.
Rhiannon Giddens and Michael Abels’s work is bold and beautiful and couldn’t be timelier.
The collaborative work involves L.A.’s recent poet laureate, composer Sarah Hennies, and a women’s whistling group.
The players give strong performances of Adolphe’s piece and the Romantic music filling out the concert.
