Psalm Fragments (2021)

Composed for the Philadelphia Episcopal Cathedral for the liturgy of the Way of the Cross, Good Friday, April 2, 2021
Linked to images of Virginia Maksymowicz Stations of the Cross (click here for further background on the original sculptures)

Click here for complete texts for the liturgy and music.

I composed and recorded these settings at home during the 2020-2021 Covid-19 pandemic. It was the first new writing for me in a year since composing the short choral anthem Crux Vitae for Good Friday 2020, which came shortly after cancelling the first performances of Appearances two weeks after the March 2020 lockdown. In the spirit of the times and Virginia’s compellingly spare settings, the music is also intentionally fragmentary.

MUSIC AND IMAGES IN CONTEXT OF COMPLETE WAY OF THE CROSS LITURGY: MUSIC AND IMAGES ALONE WITHOUT LITURGY: