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SUMMARY:To Be the Sun
DESCRIPTION:\n		\n	\n		\n			\n				\n			 \n		\n	 \n\n		\n	\n		\n			\n				\n\n	Please note the Saturday, January 24 concert is cancelled.  All ticket holders will receive an update on Friday, January 23 with information on refunds and exchanges.\nLearn more about the music\n“Piedra de sol invites listeners and performers alike on a journey of infinite dimensions – a voyage whose course bends, advances, recedes, comes full circle and arrives forever.”  – Joby Talbot\nPreview the To Be The Sun Program booklet ( https://conspirare.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/To-Be-The-Sun-Program-WEB.pdf ) for the sung text. Joby Talbot’s composer note, and the cultural and historical significance of Octavio Paz and Piedra de Sol.  We encourage you to preview the sung text ( https://conspirare.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/To-Be-The-Sun-Sung-Text-Doc.pdf ) before the concert to make the most of your concert experience.\nReview all concert details at Know Before You Go ( https://conspirare.org/kbyg/ ).\n\n\n\n\n\n\n	Mexican Poet Octavio Paz was a Nobel Prize winning author and diplomat. The Nobel Prize organization described his Piedra de Sol (Sunstone) this way in a press release ( https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/1990/press-release ) announcing the honor:\n“One of the high points of Paz’s poetry is the long poem Sun Stone (1957). This was inspired by a magnificent calendar stone, which still stands as an heirloom from the Aztecs, whose calendar was based on the conjunctions of Venus and the sun. The 584 days of this cycle are matched by the 584 lines of the poem. This suggestive work with its many layers of meaning seems to incorporate, interpret and reconstrue major existential questions, death, time, love and reality.” \nLearn more about the poem, the influences of Aztec cosmology and surrealism in this article ( https://library.csun.edu/sca/peek-stacks/sunstone ) about one of the available English translations.\nListen to Octavio Paz read  ( https://www.loc.gov/item/93842718/ )Piedra de Sol beginning at1:02:30.\n\n\n\n\n\n			 \n		\n	 \n\n	\n		\n			\n				\n\n	Recommended Listening\nJoby Talbot and Craig Hella Johnson on Classical Connections\n\nComposing Myself: Joby Talbot This engaging short film provides a rare window into the mind and inspiration of this highly acclaimed composer. From the hugely popular Ballet Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland to the sublime pathos of the large scale choral work Path of Miracles, Talbot is at the top of his game, writing music that truly communicates to audiences on every level.\n\nThis overview of Ocatvio Paz’ highlights the cultural and events that shaped his life and writing.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n			 \n		\n	 \n\n		\n	\n		\n			\n				\n\n	Artistic Personnel\nCraig Hella Johnson, conductor\nSOPRANO\nEmily Yocum Black – Paducah, KY\nChelsea Helm – Washington, DC\nGitanjali Mathur – Austin, TX\nElijah McCormack – Bridgeport, CT\nSavannah Porter – London, England\nKathlene Ritch – Santa Fe, NM\nTiana Sorenson – Chicago, IL\nALTO\nAna Baida – Atlanta, GA\nLauren McAllister – Cincinnati, OH\nLaura Mercado-Wright – Austin, TX\nKatrina Saporsantos – Austin, TX\nZerrin Agabigum Martin – Tampa, FL\nTENOR\nHaitham Haidar – Montreal, QC\nNoah Horn – Amherst, MA\nDavid Kurtenbach Rivera – San Francisco, CA\nWilson Nichols – New York, NY\nDann Coakwell – Ithaca, NY\nBASS\nRobert Harlan – Austin, TX\nHarris Ipock – Columbus, OH\nEnrico Lagasca – New York, NY\nGlenn Miller – Birmingham, MI\nTim O’Brien – Austin, TX\nJohn Proft – Austin, TX\nJonathan Woody – New York, NY\nPaul Max Tipton – New York City, NY\nINSTRUMENTALISTS:\nTom Burritt, Percussion  – Leander, TX\nJoseph Choi, Rehearsal Pianist – Austin, TX\n\n\n\n\n\n			 \n		\n	 \n\n
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