Requiem for the Enslaved: A Black History Month Memorial and Reconciliatory Concert

The Missouri Symphony presents an evening experience that includes a discussion and the performance of Carlos Simon’s Requiem for the Enslaved, a piece for spoken word artist and a chamber ensemble. The performance, featuring Rev. Dr. Clyde Ruffin, is about reconciliation, yet it is done in a way that does not shy away from an atrocious past. The librettist Marco Pavé explored the history of Georgetown, both the university and the city, in its da...