
America’s Requiem: A Knee on The Neck
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DateMarch 28, 2022
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Doors Open6:30PM
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VenueMain Theater
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Ticket PricesStarting at $39
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On SaleOn Sale Now
Event Details
Piotr Gajewski, conductor
Eugene Rogers, chorus master
with National Philharmonic Chorale and members of The Washington Chorus
America’s Requiem commemorates the life and tragic loss of George Floyd with the world premiere of Adolphus Hailstork’s A Knee on The Neck, composed around the backbone of the poetry of Dr. Herbert Martin and performed by the National Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorale along with featured vocalists J’Nai Bridges, Normal Shankle, and Kenneth Overton. The program concludes with Mozart’s seminal Requiem in D Minor, also featuring Soprano Aundi Marie Moore.
Guest Artists
Aundi Marie Moore, Soprano
J’Nai Bridges, Mezzo Soprano
Norman Shankle, Tenor
Kenneth Overton, Baritone
Program
Adolphus Hailstork, A Knee on The Neck (World Premiere)
INTERMISSION
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Süssmayr), Requiem in D Minor, K. 626
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