Join us for a literal night at the theater as Phoenix Prime returns in person for the first time in over 18 months. We’re excited to be one of the very first groups to play in the fantastically renovated Crystal Ballroom at Davis Square’s iconic Somerville Theater. The night’s program is (you guessed it) all about the theater! We open our season with a premiere of an arrangement of Tom Wiggins’s theatrical Battle of Manassas by Boston’s own Jonathan Bailey Holland, then we’re joined by 99.5 CRB’s Christopher Voss for Igor Stravinsky’s two-act parable: L’Histoire du Soldat.

Battle of Manassas
Thomas WIGGINS arr. Jonathan Bailey HOLLAND
World Premiere, Phoenix Commission

We are so pumped to be kicking off our first live performance in so long with a Phoenix commission: A brand new arrangement of Tom Wiggins’s amazing Battle of Manassas by Boston’s own Jonathan Bailey Holland. The piece uses impressionistic musical descriptions to take us through the narrative of the battle. From marching column and cannon shot to retreats and even the background noise of ducks and trains.