Border CrosSing Presents Oceana

Name: Border CrosSing Presents Oceana
Start: 2025-04-05T20:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-04-05T21:45:00-05:00
Location: Ordway Concert Hall

Schedule

Sat Apr 05 2025 at 08:00 pm to 09:45 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Ordway Concert Hall | Saint Paul, MN

Join Border CrosSing at the Ordway Concert Hall for a fantastic program of works by Golijov and Bach!
“Oceana” is a reinvention of the Bach cantata form for a modern age by the celebrated Argentine composer Osvaldo Golijov. It is a prophetic work, setting texts by Pablo Neruda where “crashing waves have disappeared, the seas and the songs of travelers have passed away.” It is a work that celebrates the mystery of the oceans and laments their demise using the same transcendental language and musical resources that Bach employed to celebrate God and the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus in his sacred music.
In this program, Border CrosSing pairs Bach's monumental motet "Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied" BWV 225 and watery cantata "Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam" BWV 7 with Golijov's cantata "Oceana" and motet "Demos Gracias," illuminating rarely highlighted connections and common ground on an epic scale. Friends from Singers in Accord and Unity Singers will join Border CrosSing for "Oceana."
This performance is made possible in part by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and by the City of Saint Paul Cultural Sales Tax Revitalization Program.