French composer Maurice Duruflé’s Requiem illuminates a peaceful passing into paradise. The concert continues with seven actors, projected images, and the words of immigrants to create a moving account of the hopes and fears of those who arrived in America in search of a utopian world through Peter Boyer’s Ellis Island – Dream of America (featuring Mayor Wilmot Collins, Italian actress Christine Mayn, and others!).
Saturday, 20 October 2018
7:30 p.m.
Helena Civic Center
DURUFLÉ
Requiem, Op. 9
BOYER
Ellis Island – The Dream of America
Allan R. Scott
Conductor
ISABEL POMERLEAU
Actor (Helen Cohen, Poland)
ERSUN ÖZER
Actor (James Aponmith, Greece)
KATY WRIGHT
Actor (Lillian Galleta, Italy)
WILMOT COLLINS
Actor (Lazarus Salamon, Hungary)
CHRISTINE MAYN
Actor (Helen Rosenthal, Belgium)
MICHAEL “MOKEY ” McNEILLY
Actor (Manny Steen, Ireland)
ALEXANDRA “SASHA” FENDRICK
Actor (Katherine Beychook, Russia)
HELENA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA & CHORALE