This year marks the 80th anniversary of the end of WWII and the Holocaust.
As the world remembers one of the darkest moments in history, New World Symphony presents a series of concerts that commemorate and reflect.
Learn more and get tickets at nws.edu/peace
Learn more and get tickets at nws.edu/peace
Saturday, October 5, 2024 at 7:30 PM Sunday, October 6, 2024 at 2:00 PM
Tilson Thomas: From the Diary of Anne Frank Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5
DON’T MISS THIS: New World Symphony and Artistic Director Stéphane Denève open the season with the first South Florida performance of MTT’s Grammy-winning From the Diary of Anne Frank in over 30 years. At once solemn and optimistic, the musical melodrama was originally written for Audrey Hepburn.
These concerts are made possible with support from Ira M. Birns and Arlenis Birns and World Kinect Corporation.
Learn more and get tickets at nws.edu/peace.
Saturday, October 19, 2024 at 7:30 PM Sunday, October 20, 2024 at 2:00 PM
Ullmann: The Kaiser of Atlantis Weill: The Seven Deadly Sins
DON’T MISS THIS: Persecuted by the Nazi regime, Ullmann and Weill wrote defiantly satirical works that endure to this day. In this opera double bill, theater and technology come together in a haunting tribute to those lost to the horrors of war and fascism.
This performance is funded in part by the Kurt Weill Foundation for Music, Inc., New York, NY.
Saturday, November 9, 2024 at 7:30 PM
Sunday, November 10, 2024 at 2:00 PM
Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man
Haas: Mvt. II from Symphony No. 2
Shostakovich: Mvt. IV from Symphony No. 7, “Leningrad”
Still: In Memoriam: The Colored Soldiers Who Died for Democracy
Williams: Hymn to the Fallen from Saving Private Ryan
R. Strauss: Four Last Songs
DON’T MISS THIS: Join conductor Lidiya Yankovskaya and best-selling author and historian James Holland for a commemorative concert honoring veterans. From the beaches of Normandy and Iwo Jima to the skies of the Tuskegee Airmen, explore the sounds of the Second World War.
These concerts are made possible with support from
Sunday, December 22, 2024 at 2:00 PM
Eötvös: The King in Yellow W.A. Mozart: Piano Quintet in E-flat major Messiaen: Quartet for the End of Time
DON’T MISS THIS: Pianist Anne-Marie McDermott joins NWS for an afternoon of chamber music culminating in Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time, written and premiered in a prisoner-of-war camp during World War II.
Saturday, January 18, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Korngold: Main Title from Between Two Worlds
Waxman: Elegy for Strings
Orbón: Pavana from Tres versiones Sinfónicas
Schoenberg: A Survivor from Warsaw Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances
DON’T MISS THIS: Shortly after fleeing a war-ravaged Europe for America, Rachmaninoff composed his expansive Symphonic Dances. Schoenberg’s sevenminute memorial to Holocaust victims culminates with a men’s choir singing the “Schema Jisroel” prayer.
Sunday, January 26, 2025 at 2:00 PM
García: prohibido (world premiere)
Yi: Suite for Cello and Chamber Winds
Desenne: Pizziquitiplas
Brahms: Piano Trio No. 1
DON’T MISS THIS: Dancers from Miami City Ballet join Fellows and cellist Oliver Herbert for a world premiere honoring the resilient children of Terezín.
Saturday, February 8, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Sunday, February 9, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Still: Festive Overture
Perry: Stabat mater
Dawson: Negro Folk Symphony
DON’T MISS THIS: Explore the rich artistic output of Black American artists who bridged the Harlem Renaissance to the Civil Rights Movement, creating musical beauty during a war-torn era while finding greater acceptance in Europe than their own country.
Learn more and get tickets at nws.edu/peace.
Saturday, March 15, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Britten: War Requiem
DON’T MISS THIS: Three of the world’s most celebrated singers—Christine Goerke, Ian Bostridge and Roderick Williams—join forces for Benjamin Britten’s antiwar magnum opus. “If you’re searching for a piece imbued with timeless meaning, one that carries particular poignancy during our own war-torn era, look no further” (NPR).
NWS is extremely grateful to the following donors* who have made philanthropic commitments to the Resonance of Remembrance series. If you would like to learn more about how you can support this series, please contact support@nws.edu.
Executive Producers: Anonymous; Karen Bechtel and Will Osborne; Adam and Chanin Carlin; John and Mary Lou Dasburg
Senior Producers: Matthew Budd and Rosalind E. Gorin; Kleh Family Foundation, William and Patricia Kleh; Robert Rosenberg and Mary Wolfson; Dr. Michael Zinner, MD
Producers: Bank of America; Alan Bernstein; Ira M. Birns and Arlenis Birns and World Kinect Corporation; Leonard and Fleur Harlan * as of August 8
Learn more and get tickets at nws.edu/peace.
