Dive deep into the sonorous sounds of the orchestra as we discover the ways that music can portray remembrance through sound. Tilson-Thomas’ Shówa/Shoáh evokes the resonance of tolling bells in remembrance of two memorial events; the bombing of Hiroshima in Japan, and the Day of Remembrance of victims of the Holocaust in Israel.

In Memoriam: The Colored Soldiers Who Died for Democracy was dedicated by composer William Grant Still in honor of black soldiers who died in WW II and uses brass fanfares, woodwind melodies, and soaring strings which wakens the senses and stirs the soul.

Stravinsky’s signature sharp edges, off-beats, clean and clear sonorities in his self-described “war symphony” were a direct response to the events of WW II in Europe and Asia. The music of this evening is guaranteed to be a soul-stirring, heart-wrenching foray into the very souls of mankind.