NatPhil: The Blue Hour

Classical/Opera

NatPhil presents

The Blue Hour 

Deanna Tham, conductor
Shara Nova, soprano

The Music Center

Sat, May 9, 2026 | 7:30pm

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The Blue Hour

Please note this event is not presented by Strathmore and tickets are exempt from Strathmore’s refund/exchange policy.

Deanna Tham, conductor
Shara Nova, soprano

The Blue Hour is a “madly ambitious,” uniquely powerful song cycle with orchestra, written collaboratively by Rachel Grimes, Angélica Negrón, Shara Nova, Caroline Shaw, and Sarah Kirkland Snider, using text from Carolyn Forché’s poem, “On Earth.”

Program

The Blue Hour
Rachel Grimes, Angélica Negrón, Shara Nova, Caroline Shaw, and Sarah Kirkland Snider

This piece runs approximately 70 minutes without an intermission.