5 Things to Know About The Blue Hour Song Cycle

Five women composers wrote it together Rachel Grimes, Angélica Negrón, Shara Nova, Caroline Shaw, and Sarah Kirkland Snider collaborated on the piece.

It is a song cycle The work is a series of connected songs, not a single standalone piece.

The chamber orchestra A Far Cry performs it This Boston-based string ensemble is the accompanying group for the cycle.

Each composer contributed individually The five women wrote distinct sections that form the complete work.

The title refers to twilight The Blue Hour describes the period of dusk or dawn when the sky is deep blue.