This haunting program is a fully immersive voyage of the soul, where Romantic-era fascination with the supernatural mirrors a poignant sense of grief and healing for the modern world. Schubert’s landmark “Death and the Maiden,” with its seductive storyline and kaleidoscopic variations, sets the stage. Two works by contemporary Iranian composers frame a reimagining of Syrian folk music and Fauré’s Piano Trio, a refined and lyrical work written in the twilight of his career. Filled with subtexts and hidden meanings, avant-garde composer George Crumb intended his Black Angels as a protest against the war in Vietnam, and “a kind of parable on our troubled contemporary world.”

Franz Schubert

String Quartet in D minor, D. 810, “Death and the Maiden” (Mvt 2)

Arshia Samsaminia

In Eternity

Kareem Roustom

Syrian Folk Songs

Gabriel Fauré

Piano Trio in D minor (Mvt 1)

Hooshyar Khayam

Maah (Moon) from “Roya”

George Crumb

Black Angels: Thirteen Images from the Dark Land

CASH BAR open from 6:30-7:30PM and directly following the concert.