Following their collaboration on Orlando di Lasso’s Lagrime di San Pietro, Peter Sellars, Grant Gershon, and singers of the Los Angeles Master Chorale reunite in a meditation on what it means to say goodbye during times of struggle. The music of Baroque composer Heinrich Schütz’s Musikalische Exequien (Music to Accompany a Departure) serves as inspiration for a fully staged ceremony of remembrance and devotion, performed by 24 singers accompanied by organ and viol da gamba. Schütz composed the work, an exploration of mortality and grief, in the 1630s, during the ravages of the 30 Years’ War, and it was dedicated to the memory of one of his dearest friends.
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Performers
Grant Gershon
Conductor
Peter Sellars
Director
James F. Ingalls
Lighting Designer
Danielle Domingue Sumi
Costume Designer