Requiem
CSO Sessions - Episodes • 24-Jun-2021
The second of two programs curated by Mead Composer-in-Residence Missy Mazzoli brings a season of streamed performances to a poignant close. It features the debut of award-winning composer Courtney Bryan’s ethereal and reflective Requiem, which Mazzoli calls “a requiem for a new era.” Vocal quartet Quince Ensemble joins as special guest for this moving work. Also on the program are two a cappella performances by Quince of works by Gilda Lyons and Chicago’s own David Reminick, and a string quartet by Chicago-based cellist Tomeka Reid.
PROGRAM
Curated by CSO Mead Composer-in-Residence Missy Mazzoli
LYONS Bone Needles
REMINICK The Pub from In Dreams [World Premiere]
REID Prospective Dwellers
BRYAN Requiem [World premiere, MusicNOW commission made possible through the generous support of Helen Zell]
SPONSORS
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra thanks the following donors who provide major support for new music programming: the Zell Family Foundation, Cynthia M. Sargent, the Sally Mead Hands Foundation and the Julian Family Foundation.
The Mead Composer-in-Residence is endowed through the generous support of Cindy Sargent and the late Sally Mead Hands.
Sponsorship support for CSO Sessions is generously provided by the Zell Family Foundation; an anonymous donor; Kenneth C. Griffin Charitable Fund; JCS Arts, Health and Education Fund of the DuPage Foundation; the Julian Family Foundation, in honor of Cristina Rocca; Cynthia M. Sargent; Megan and Steve Shebik; Betty W. Smykal; TAWANI Foundation; National Endowment for the Arts; ITW, and PNC.
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