Resistance, protest, and solidarity echo down through the centuries in this concert. Gabriela Ortiz’s powerful new ballet score is pertinent and critical, expressing a multitude of emotions surrounding the topic of violence against women. Inspired by Mexico’s Glitter Revolution of 2019 and the 2020 International Women’s March, Ortiz’s music calls for revolution and unity. The St. Louis Symphony Chorus joins in with Haydn’s Mass for Troubled Times, itself a defiant and triumphant response to the trauma of war and invasion.

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Carlos Miguel Prieto, conductor
St. Louis Symphony Chorus | Erin Freeman, director

Joseph Haydn Missa in Angustiis (Mass for Troubled Times)
Gabriela Ortiz Revolución diamantina (Glitter Revolution)