New Choral Work: The Keeper of Sheep
When
Saturday, 19 December 2026
5:00 pm
Where
Saint Peter’s Church, 619 Lexington Ave, New York, NY 10022, United States
Event Website
Premiere of a brand new work written for Grammy Award-winning choir The Crossing, a long-standing collaborator of Gavin Bryars, with conductor Donald Nally, for the Jeffrey Dinsmore Memorial Concerts.
'The Keeper of Sheep' on poems by Fernando Pessoa. Gavin Bryars’ new work is a gift from the composer to The Crossing.
Programme:
David Lang – the little match girl passion
Gavin Bryars – The Keeper of Sheep (new work on poems by Fernando Pessoa)
Jacob Mühlrad – Anim Zemirot
Time: 5pm (local time)
Tickets: buy tickets · The Crossing
Also performed:
Friday 18 December, 7pm – St Mark’s Church, Philadelphia
Sunday 20 December, 5pm – The Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill, 8855 Germantown Ave, Philadelphia
