Stabat mater

Featuring Léa Moisan-Perrier, conductor NSO Chamber Choir Yukichi Hattori, dancer Nathan Cook, cello Heather Kao, violin Kate Read, viola On the Program Pēteris Vasks: Grāmata Čell

Featuring Léa Moisan-Perrier, conductor NSO Chamber Choir Yukichi Hattori, dancer Nathan Cook, cello Heather Kao, violin Kate Read, viola On the Program Pēteris Vasks: Grāmata Čellam, II. “Pianissimo” – 7 minutes Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata No. 4, “Christ lag in Todesbanden” – 20 minutes Lera Auberbach: Sogno di Stabat Mater (Dream of Stabat Mater) – 12 minutes Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 44 in E minor “Trauer” – 22 minutes Pēteris Vasks: Musica serena – 10 minutes The evening opens with Pēteris Vasks’s Grāmata Čellam, featuring solo cellist Nathan Cook, followed by Johann Sebastian Bach’s Cantata No. 4, where choir and strings bring a sense of solemn ritual and expressive depth. For the Cantata we also welcome Yukichi Hattori, dance who will present beautiful world premiere choreography. Lera Auerbach’s Sogno di Stabat Mater adds a contemporary meditation on the Stabat Mater tradition through solo violin and viola featuring our own Heather Kao, violin and Kate Read, viola, creating an intimate, searching sound world. Franz Joseph Haydn’s Symphony No. 44 “Trauer” follows, its restrained drama and darker tone offering one of Haydn’s most inward symphonic statements. The program closes with another work by Vasks, Musica serena, a piece that turns toward calm, sustained sonorities and a sense of stillness. Yukichi returns once more to interpret this piece through dance. Together, these works shape an evening focused less on spectacle and more on contemplation, texture, and emotional resonance. Venue D.F. Cook Recital Hall, Burtons Pond Rd, St. John’s, NL A1C 5S7, Canada