Symphony Orchestra and combined Moores School Choruses May 1, 2009

Verdi's Requiem: A Defiant Requiem
Murray Sidlin (guest), conductor
Franz Anton Krager, orchestral direction
Betsy Cook Weber, Richard Robbins, Justin Smith, choral direction
Cynthia Clayton, soprano
Melanie Sonnenberg, mezzo-soprano
Joseph Evans, tenor
Hector Vasquez, bass-baritone

Distinguished guest conductor Murray Sidlin leads the school's combined forces in a moving version of the Verdi Requiem inspired by prisoners of Nazi concentration camp Terezin who gave 16 performances, singing "libera me" and "salva me" boldly and directly to their captors. Illuminated by video footage and narration by prisoners, this is, indeed, a "Defiant Requiem".

In collaboration with the University of Houston Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts.

Reserved Seating

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