Hailed as ‘a knockout’ by the  Philadelphia Inquirer, Kile Smith’s  The Waking Sun  opens a window into that “otherness” waiting patiently for each of us while we tend to our daily existence. It’s an ancient philosophy for the modern age. Carissimi’s Jephte, celebrated as one of the first masterworks of oratorio, is the ideal counterpart to Smith’s early music-inspired  tour de force.

Stephen Spinelli, conducting

Rebecca Myers, soprano

Pablo Kennedy, Theorbo

Back Bay Chorale String Ensemble