Sunday, October 29, 2023 | 4 PM

Church of the Covenant

67 Newbury Street

Boston, MA 02116

Our connection to loved ones lost remains one of our deepest human experiences. How do we keep their essence? How do we process grief? How do we honor a legacy? We remember. Where Gregorian chant meets the sumptuous soundworld of 20th-century France, Maurice Duruflé's Requiem encourages deep reflection on the human experience and the ultimate mystery of death.

American-Canadian composer Zachary Wadsworth brings us a newly commissioned work called Faces of the Past, complementing Duruflé's Requiem by exploring themes of Memory, Faith, and Time.

Unclouded Day
Shawn Kirchner (b.1970)

Faces of the Past
Zachary Wadsworth (b.1983)
text by Mercedes de Acosta
World Premiere

1. Memory
2. Faith
3. Time
4. Despair
5. Storm
6. Revelation
7. Dream

Jennifer Webb, mezzo-soprano

Requiem, Op. 9
Maurice Duruflé (1902–1986)

I. Introït
II. Kyrie
III. Domine Jesu Christe
IV. Sanctus
V. Pie Jesu
VI. Agnus Dei
VII. Lux æterna
VIII. Libera me
IX. In Paradisum

Lauren Guthridge, mezzo-soprano
James Liu, baritone