A Far Cry Season Premiere: Then Is Now

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Dates:	Sat from 9/20/25 - 9/20/25
Hours:	7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Ages:	Teens, Adults
In/Outdoor:	Indoor
Cost:	$ see below
Category:	Music & Concerts

Memory doesn’t sit still – it blends, blurs, and blooms in unexpected ways.

A Far Cry’s season opens with music that transforms recollection into revelation.

Caroline Shaw’s Punctum folds a centuries-old hymn, quoted by everyone from Bach to Simon and Garfunkel, into layers of harmony and distortion, rendering it strange, tender, and urgently present.

Osvaldo Golijov’s Tenebrae suspends time entirely – recontextualizing some of Couperin’s most beautiful vocal music in a piece that contrasts the chaos of earthly conflict with the serenity of the stars above.

Armenian folk songs collected by Komitas preserve cultural memory in vivid color, echoing a lineage nearly silenced by genocide.

And Benjamin Britten’s brilliant Variations on a Theme by Frank Bridge, a portrait of his beloved mentor, finds infinite emotional shades within a single musical idea.

*Did you know?

A Far Cry’s recording of Benjamin Britten: Variations on a Theme by Frank Bridge—featured on our Visions and Variations album—was nominated for Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance at the 2018 GRAMMY® Awards.

Musical Program

Caroline Shaw: Punctum (arr. Ben Murphy and Caroline Shaw)
Komitas: Armenian Folk Songs (arr. Aslamazyan)
Osvaldo Golijov: Tenebrae
Benjamin Britten: Variations on a Theme by Frank Bridge

Curated by Crier Alex Fortes

All programs subject to change.

COST

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$5 - $30

WEBSITE

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www.afarcry.org/all-concerts/then-is-now

LOCATION

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30 Gainsborough St, Boston, MA, 02115 map
Phone: 6175534887