Sun, 21 June


Appearing from afar, singers Jeffrey Gavett and Megan Schubert entered the outdoor pavilion in Sakura Park with solemn faces and matching black, vaguely-religious outfits.  Participating in the Make Music New York! festival, the two sat cross-legged and facing each other to perform "Am Himmel wandre Ich..." ("In the sky I am walking..."), a partially theatrical work for two unaccompanied voices by German composer Karlheinz Stockhausen. 

Beyond the skilled use of voices in song and other various sounds, the performance featured Native American poetry, the strewing of flower petals, and a brief period of rapturous dancing (passionately performed by Gavett).  The chirping birds, as well as the rain that began to pour halfway through the concert, felt as if they were part of the piece's orchestration. 

At the end of the performance, the two singers---still singing---got up and walked off through the rain, and could be heard continuing to sing a block after they disappeared from sight.