National Arts Centre Orchestra

“Atwood’s precise, heartfelt language elicited a profoundly empathetic score from Heggie; the music — tender and twinkling, haunted and sad — embodies a sibling’s love being forced to incorporate sorrow.” – The New Yorker

Canadian baritone Joshua Hopkins performs Songs for Murdered Sisters, a deeply personal new song cycle that conveys the tragedy of lives needlessly lost, composed by Jake Heggie based on original poetry by Margaret Atwood.

Bookending the concert program is the Faust-Overture by Emilie Mayer and Brahms's furiously passionate Symphony No. 4.

Co-commissioned by the National Arts Centre and Houston Grand Opera, Songs For Murdered Sisters is dedicated to the memory of Hopkins's sister Nathalie Warmerdam, Anastasia Kuzyk and Carol Culleton, and victims of gender-based violence.

Doors open at 7pm, show starts at 7:30pm.
This event is open to all students, faculty, staff, and the public.

Tickets: Public $45-$64, Queen's Faculty/Staff $41-$60, Queen's Students $10-$31.
Online Access: FREE - Isabel Digital Concert Hall

Survivors of gender-based violence and their allies may be interested in attending this concert from Ottawa's Natonal Arts Centre Orchestra, performing on Tuesday night at The Isabel. Students can also register to attend online if desired (free).

Register/learn more here: https://www.queensu.ca/theisabel/whats-on/national-arts-centre-orchestra