Heather Christian's Oratorio For Living Things at Ars Nova

In this sweeping world premiere, composer Heather Christian infuses the classical oratorio with blues, gospel, jazz and soul. Oratorio for Living Things unfolds the complex layers of what it means to be alive and our relationship to time. Staged by Obie Award-winning director Lee Sunday Evans and featuring eighteen virtuosic singers and instrumentalists, the experience surrounds and uplifts, celebrating our curiosity, our wonder, and what were capable of becoming when in communion with each other. The resulting music-theater event heralds Christian as an undeniable artistic force.