Acrpost: A Project of the Pacific Association of Artist Run Centres

Event Description

Integrating poetry in twelve languages, the Requiem for Peace is an international call for reconciliation. The Requiem will be paired with a newly commissioned work by Canadian composer, Amir Koushkani. Bruce Pullan, conductor, Robyn Driedger Klassen, soprano, Grace Chan, mezzo soprano, Peter McGillivray, baritone, with the Vancouver Symphony. A symposium on the theme of Larry Nickel's Requiem for Peace will be held a few days before the concert. A group of speakers will examine relevant questions from varying points of view and the choir will sing excerpts from the work itself.