05/10/2026
Here’s a bit of Sarah Kirkland Snider's “No. 9, Early summer's green plums,” from ‘The Blue Hour,' a song cycle by composers Rachel Grimes, Angélica Negrón, Shara Nova (My Brightest Diamond) Caroline Shaw, and Snider, set to excerpts from Carolyn Forché’s epic poem ‘On Earth.’ You can hear the song and pre-order the album, performed by A Far Cry and singer Shara Nova and due October 14 on New Amsterdam / Nonesuch Records, at https://thebluehour.lnk.to/album
The new song follows yesterday’s release of an album track by Negrón and precedes songs by the other composers to come this week.
