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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251107T193000
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URL:https://www.earlymusicamerica.org/events/mozarts-requiem-a-tapestry/
SUMMARY:Mozart’s REQUIEM: A Tapestry
DESCRIPTION:Mozart’s Requiem\, interwoven with selections from:\nDamien 
 GETER: An African American Requiem (2019)\nEric GOULD: 1791: Requiem for t
 he Ancestors (World Premiere)\nJessie MONTGOMERY: Five Freedom Songs (2020
 )\n\n-----\n\n1791: Against the backdrop of worldwide unrest and revolutio
 n\, Mozart composed his masterful Requiem – as he lay dying. Struggles
  for democracy were unfolding around him\, in France\, Haiti\, and the fle
 dgling United States. As the 35-year-old Mozart raced to finish his Requi
 em\, death overtook him. He laid bare his soul in a work that remained inc
 omplete.\n\nApollo’s Fire and Artistic Director Jeannette Sorrell premie
 re a bold new program reflecting the vibrant tapestry of today’s society
 . In this journey through grief to hope and joy\, Sorrell interweaves the 
 movements of Mozart’s unfinished Requiem with selections from related 
 spiritual works by three leading Black composers of our time. Sorrell lead
 s 70 of the nation’s finest period-instrument specialists and early musi
 c singers in these concerts.\n\n“An ensemble at the peak of their powers
 \, making vital statements about the world…. Jeannette Sorrell is a mast
 erful musical storyteller.” – Seen &amp\; Heard International\n\nThe 
 commission for Eric Gould’s 1791: Requiem for the Ancestors was genero
 usly underwritten by SONJIA SMITH\n\nThis program is made possible with g
 enerous support from the National Endowment for the Arts.\n\nFeatured Arti
 sts\nSonya Headlam\, soprano\nGuadalupe Paz\, mezzo-soprano\nJacob Perry
 \, tenor\nKevin Deas\, bass-baritone\nwith Elora Kares\, soprano\nand Ap
 ollo’s Singers
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