A new take on Rumi, the popular Persian mystic poet, from Dallas's Verdigris Ensemble this weekend

Rumi was a 13th-century Muslim, but he's the most downloaded poet in America. Now a Dallas chorus - with an Iranian composer and a Syrian digital artist - has created a rapturous version of Rumi's poetry.

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