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What happens when the natural order of things is upended?

Falling Out of Time is a new work from acclaimed composer Osvaldo Golijov for the Grammy-winning Silkroad Ensemble featuring vocalists Biella da Costa, Nora Fischer and Wu Tong. Rooted in David Grossman's novel of the same name, this infinitely nuanced story in voices narrates a profound journey of grief and solace, a journey "out of time" as parents grieve the death of a child, a quest to comprehend a loss with no name. This collaboration is born out of the conviction that, in the words of David Grossman "there is one place, or rather, one dimension, where we can feel, if only for an instant, both the absolute nihility of death and the full abundance of life. That dimension is art." It so happens that we all are, as a world, living in a moment in which the "natural" order of thing has been upended. More than ever, we are in need of stories that help us make sense of the broken pieces. Falling Out of Time is one such story.

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Sales Points

• Among them, the artists and production team on Falling Out of Time have 13 Grammy awards. 
• For fans of Yo-Yo Ma, Rhiannon Giddens, World Music, Delta Blues
• Rooted in Booker Prize winner David Grossman's eponymous novel, and featuring vocalists Biella Da Costa, Nora Fischer, and Wu Tong, Falling Out of Time is a milestone artistic exploration by Grammy-winners composer Osvaldo Golijov and Silkroad Ensemble
• Falling Out of Time is the first album by the Silkroad Ensemble since their Grammy award-winning Sing Me Home, and their soundtrack for Ken Burns & Lynn Novick's film, The Vietnam War. 

Press Quotes

'Harrowing and hallucinogenic, this song cycle about bereavement and isolation has unintended resonance in a year that has familiarized so many with trauma and loss.'

     —Corinna de Fonseca Wollheim, The New York Times

'Harrowing and hallucinogenic, this song cycle about bereavement and isolation has unintended resonance in a year that has familiarized so many with trauma and loss.'

     —Corinna de Fonseca Wollheim, The New York Times

'Told through the inconsolable emotions of a father having lost a son, this epic of sadness from every musical vantage point becomes like a never-ending folk song from the beyond. Consolation is irrelevant. Words once more disappear; they're too painful'

     —Mark Swed, The Los Angeles Times

'Superb'

     —Justin Davidson, New York Magazine