Our Resonance Chamber Orchestra and Chorus take center stage in February with two concert performances centered around Indian-American composer Reena Esmail’s 2016 work This Love Between Us: Prayers for Unity and Bach’s glorious Magnificat.
One of the most exciting voices in music today, Esmail works between the worlds of Hindustani and Western classical music traditions, aiming to bring communities together through the creation of equitable musical spaces. This Love Between Us reflects on the themes of unity and kindness, juxtaposing texts from seven different religious traditions (and in seven different languages!)
Building on the success of our “remarkable” (onStage Pittsburgh) Mass in B Minor last season, Bach’s sparkling Magnificat anchors the first half of the program along with Breaking Bread, a solo work by American composer Nkeiru Okoye, which serves as a kind of invocation for the mesmerizing sonic journey to come. Our spectacular group of soloists includes local favorite soprano Katy Williams (Mass in B Minor, St. John Passion), “velvet-toned” Pakistani-American soprano Samina Aslam, “impeccable” Sri Lankan-American mezzo-soprano Tahanee Aluwihare, Bach-specialist and Pittsburgh native tenor Gene Stenger, multi-disciplinary bass Paul Chwe MinChul An, and accomplished sitar player and West Mifflin native, Michael Griska.
Phone: (412) 501-3330
Email: info@resworks.org
2024/02/04 - 2024/02/04
Fox Chapel Presbyterian Church
384 Fox Chapel Road, Pittsburgh, PA
Accessibility: Entrance Option #1: There is a side entrance, just off Field Club Road before turning into the main parking lot, which will allow you to enter just outside the sanctuary. This is entirely flat, there are several accessible spots outside, and is the shortest route.
Entrance Option #2: If the spots above are taken, park in one of the accessible spots in the main parking lot (accessed from Field Club Road), enter through the doors facing the parking lot (we'll have a sandwich board outside), and proceed mostly straight, following the signs for the sanctuary. You'll pass through an atrium: the sanctuary entrance will be directly ahead of you. There are several inclines along the way.
Seating: If you'll be using a wheelchair, once in the venue you can either place it at the end of a pew in the center aisle, or there are four shorter pews about 2/3rds of the way up, where you can pull in next to the pew on the left or right of the space.
Questions: If you have further questions about accessibility, please do not hesitate to contact Brennan Sellner at brennan@resworks.org or 412-501-3330 (please note that this is an office number, and cannot receive texts).