The Music of This Love Between Us Pictured: Last night's rehearsal for Reena Esmail's This Love Between Us Orchestra rehearsals are underway for This Love Between Us , and last night we had the incredible experience of bringing together our chorus, vocal soloists, and tabla and sitar guest artists with our Resonance Chamber Orchestra for the first time, which was electrifying. We are falling more in love with this program every day, and can’t wait to share it with you in just two days! Do you have your tickets yet? J.S. Bach ’s ebullient Magnificat is a landmark in the composer’s impressive output, foreshadowing the scope and grandeur of his largest works despite its comparatively concise nature. Soloists, chorus, and orchestra all have opportunities to shine in dazzling melismatic textures and triumphant fanfares, with a text that offers a message of hope for the future of humanity. Reena Esmail ’s This Love Between Us: Prayers for Unity was designed to ...
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