Recording: Little Match Girl Passion Ensemble

Artist: Little Match Girl Passion Ensemble

Song: When It Is Time For Me To Go

Recorded at The Music Gallery, December 20, 2013.

Little Match Girl Passion Ensemble - When It Is Time For Me To Go

Full review to follow. This adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's grim New Year's tale was pitched as a seasonal alternative to the ubiquitous Messiah. Arranged by Bang on a Can's David Lang, the music fuses twentieth century minimalism with much older church-y choral traditions. Accompanied only by some spare percussion, the quartet (Katherine Hill, Patricia O'Callaghan, Lucas Marchand, Dallas Bergen) did a rather beautiful job of it.