Performances
September 5-7
*There are two performances each evening*
Performance #1: 6:00 - 8:15 PM
Reception - 6:00 - 6:45 PM
Walk/Trolley to the Catacombs - 6:45 - 7:15 PM
Show - 7:15 - 8:15 PM
Performance #2: 7:30 - 9:45 PM
Reception - 7:30 - 8:15 PM
Walk/Trolley to the Catacombs - 8:15 - 8:45 PM
Show - 8:45- 945 PM
Each performance includes an 45 minutes long spirits tasting, followed by a twilight walk through the cemetery to the Catacombs.
Caroline Shaw's Pulitzer Prize-winning Partita for 8 Voices is a work of profound emotional beauty, a timeless expression that feels at home in any musical era. For these performances, the groundbreaking vocal talents of Fourth Wall Ensemble will weave together a program that begins with improvised medieval chant, flowing seamlessly through the Renaissance and Baroque periods, before arriving at Shaw's staggering sonic suite.
Hear the remarkable harmonies of eight voices reverberating throughout the Catacombs, in a program that echoes across centuries.
Improvisations on Medieval chant
William Byrd: Mass for Four Voices - Agnus Dei
Monteverdi: Lagrime d’amante al sepolcro dell’amata
Caroline Shaw: And the Swallow
Caroline Shaw: Partita for 8 voices
I. Allemande
II. Sarabande
IV. Passacaglia
Christopher Allen, Conductor
Zoe Allen, Soprano
Olivia Greene, Soprano
Tomas Cruz, Alto
Heather Jones, Alto
leiken, Tenor
Emerson Sieverts, Tenor
Jared Swope, Bass
Paul An, Bass
Fourth Wall Ensemble is quickly emerging as New York’s premiere vocal ensemble. They are dedicated to storytelling and bringing new works to life while simultaneously exploring the earliest roots of vocal music.
Launched in the fall of 2023, Fourth Wall Ensemble’s first season includes performances at Carnegie Hall and Merkin Hall at The Kaufman Center, Death of Classical, a residency series at Power Station at Berklee NYC, and a residency with Avaloch Farm Music Institute. They recently released their debut album AD MANUS which features GRAMMY Award-winning® trio, Time for Three, and five-time EMMY Award-winning composer of House of Cards, Jeff Beal. Their second studio album Awake which features the works of ASCAP Morten Gould Young Composer Award and LA Phil Composing Fellow, Samuel Siskind was released on August 29th. Future releases include “Fourth Wall: Live from Power Station,” featuring instrumentalist Stuart Bogie, a collaborative album with DJ and sound designer, Phil Moffa, and Jeff Beal's The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. This March they will make their Zankel Hall debut performing with the leading tenor of Celtic Thunder.
The ensemble is led by award-winning Artistic and Creative Director, Christopher Allen and Executive Director and producer Johnathan McCullough.