Requiem

Valerie Coleman and Caroline Shaw are two of the great living American composers. Coleman’s Requiem Milonga offers a haunting, mournful vignette, while Shaw’s By and By uses texts and textures from southern Appalachian folk music to create an ecstatic meditation on death and the afterlife. Mozart’s Wind Serenade in E-flat then brings us from death to rebirth, with a solemn fanfare leading to cheerful Minuets, an intimately expressive Adagio, and festive finale.

Featured Artists

Ravenna Lipchik

Violin, Shattered Glass

Suliman Tekalli

Violin

Olivia Chew

Viola, Seattle Symphony

Austin Fisher

Cello, Chicago Freelance

John Taylor Ward

Baritone

Alicia McQuerrey

Flute, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra

Henry Kramer

Piano, Avery Fisher Career Grant

Titus Underwood

Oboe, Nashville Symphony

Kevin Pearl

Oboe, Milwaukee Symphony

Gabriel Campos Zamora

Clarinet, Minnesota Orchestra

JJ Koh

Clarinet, Madison Symphony

Catherine Chen

Bassoon, Milwaukee Symphony

Vincent Karamanov

Bassoon, St. Louis Symphony

Jaclyn Rainey

Horn, Atlanta Symphony

Dominic Rotella

Horn, Richmond Symphony