For choir and solo cello.
Choral arrangement of Natalia Tsupryk’s Kyiv (2022) for cello and electronics, based on the sound of air raid sirens recorded by Natalia in the capital of Ukraine on 24 August, Ukraine's Independence Day.
Commissioned by The Crossing and Donald Nally.
Premiered by The Crossing and Tommy Mesa (cello) at The Crossing @ Christmas 2025
December 19, 2025 – St. Mark’s Church, Philadelphia
December 20, 2025 – St. Peter’s Church, New York City
December 21, 2025 – Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia
On the arrangement:
“I sought to capture the unsettling stillness of Natalia's original work; voices drone, whisper, quake, pulse and eventually wail. Against this tense atmosphere the solo cello embodies the radiant fullness of the human spirit – its anxiety, perseverance, and sorrow – in the face of prolonged assault and an uncertain future. It is our attempt as Philadelphians to understand, through singing, the edgy anticipation felt by our fellow Ukrainians each not-so-silent night.”