May
13
8:00 PM20:00
CANCELLED - Concerts at St. Ignatius: Giuseppe Verdi, Requiem (Ensemble)
Giuseppe Verdi, Messa da Requiem
Choir and Orchestra of St. Ignatius Loyola
K. Scott Warren, conductor
We close our 31st season triumphantly with sensory overload in the form of Verdi’s Requiem, which is scored for four soloists, double choir, large orchestra, and offstage instrumental forces. At once consoling and utterly terrifying, this massive testament of spiritual gravitas premiered on May 22, 1874 at another San Marco, this one in Milan. It is fitting that this music will once again find a home within the grand Italian Baroque architecture of St. Ignatius Loyola.