Sacra/Profana Presents: Romance Isn't Dead
Romance Isn’t Dead features a fresh perspective from living composers (both male and female) on love and romance, including several works by winners of their annual Composition Competition. Under the direction of Associate Artistic Director Juan Carlos Acosta, Romance Isn’t Dead spans from lush tonal pieces, to modernist tendencies, to popular music influences.
The program feature Grass Green Pillow (Joshua Shank), A Valentine for Hands (Dale Trumbore), If I Could Stop One Heart from Breaking (Charles West), Clair de Lune (Stephen Feigenbaum), End of Time (Zanaida Robles), Red, Red Rose (James Mullholland), Sing Me to Heaven (Daniel Gawthrop), Soneto de la Noche (Morten Lauridsen), This Marriage (Eric Whitacre), Set Me as a Seal (René Clausen), Sonnet No.64 (Dominick Argento), and If Music Be the Food of Love (David Dickau).