America’s Requiem – A Knee on The Neck

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 under the direction of Maestro Piotr Gajewski, 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; The Washington Chorus with Chorusmaster Eugene Rogers

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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