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SUMMARY:Timeless Comfort, Modern Witness
DESCRIPTION:\n		\n	\n		\n			\n				\n\n	Brahms composed A German Requiem for the living — wrapping grief in comfort, hope, and the enduring human spirit. Conspirare pairs this timeless masterwork with Joel Thompson’s Seven Last Words of the Unarmed.  Thompson asks us to hold the names and final words of Black men killed by authorities in a spirit of remembrance and renewed compassion. These two extraordinary works reach across 150 years to meet us exactly where we are, inviting us to feel  the weight of this moment and find in music the courage to carry one another through it.\nTogether, these intensely personal pieces create a sacred space for reflection, healing, and the transformative power of music to speak what words alone cannot express. Performed by the Conspirare Symphonic Choir.\nProgram:\nSeven Last Words of the Unarmed (2015)\nJoel Thompson (b. 1988\nEin Deutsches Requiem, Op. 45 (A German Requiem) (1868)\nJohannes Brahms (1833-1897)\nwith soloists Chelsea Helm ( https://conspirare.org/company-of-voices/chelsea-helm/ ), soprano, and Tim O’Brien ( https://conspirare.org/company-of-voices/tim-obrien/ ), bass\n\n\n\n\n\n			 \n		\n	 \n\n		\n	\n		\n			\n				\n\n	About the Music\nSeven Last Words of the Unarmed  A meditation on the lives of seven Black men and an effort to focus on their humanity, experience Joel Thompson’s powerful music in this version for voices, string quartet, and piano.  Learn more.\nEin Deutsches Requiem, Op. 45 (A German Requiem)\n“As for the title, I must admit I should like to leave out the word ‘German’ and refer instead to ‘Humanity.'”\n– Johannes Brahms\nClassical Requiems: Brahms’s “Human” Requiem via the Houston Symphony\nRecommended Listening\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n	Artistic Personnel\nCraig Hella Johnson, conductor\nConspirare Symphonic Choir\n\nViolin I: Patrice Calixte, Concertmaster, Megan Zapfe, Johyun Min and Luis Cuevas\n\n\nViolin II: Mariama Alcantara, Principal, Caleb Polashek, Abigail Bellorin, and Andrés Carrero\n\n\nViola: Bruce Williams, Principal, Ames Asbell, and Martha Carapetyan\n\n\nCello:  Doug Harvey, Principal, and  Anna Park\n\n\nDoulbe Bass: Jonathan Rouse, Principal and Chris Flores\n\n\nFlute: Adah Toland Jones\n\n\nOboe: Ian Davidson\nClarinet: Vanguel Tangarov\n\n\nBassoon: Kristin Wolfe Jensen\n\n\nFrench Horn: Pat Hughes\n\n\nTimpani: Tom Burritt\n\n\nHarp: Elaine Barber\n\n\n\n\n\n\n			 \n		\n	 \n\n	\n		\n			\n				\n\n	Concert Sponsors\n\nThis project is supported in part by an Elevate Grant of Austin Arts, Culture, Music and Entertainment\nSteve and Nicole VanderVoort\nRonald Jernigan\n\n\n\n\n\n			 \n		\n	 \n\n
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