Watch & Listen

Turas arranges, composes, and commissions works for our unique blend of vocal timbres and menagerie of instruments. As passionate about old music as we are new music, we commission contemporary composers to write new works and work with visual artists to create our program artwork.

LET BEAUTY AWAKE
Matt Boehler (2023)
Written for Turas and premiered in Juneau, AK.

SHORES of LOUGH BRAN
trad. after Dolores Keane
My thoughts shall be with you while life's course is spanned.

LAST FAREWELL TO STIRLING
Tasmanian folk song
Though far away my heart’s with you.

NÄHE des GELIEBTEN
Franz Schubert (1821)
I think of you when sunlight glints from the sea.
[Live recording]

MONDNACHT
Robert Schumann (1840)
A song to bring you home.
[Rehearsal recording]

BIST DU BEI MIR
G.H. Stölzels (1718)
If you are with me, then I will go gladly unto rest.

CONVICT MAID
Australian folk song
A tale from Bethany’s homeland, Tasmania.

FAIREST of the SEASONS
Nico (1967)
Do I stay or do I go? It is finally I decide.

ULTREIA (Pilgrim Song)
Jean-Claude Benazet
Everyday the road calls to us.