Symphonic Wind Ensemble and Combined Choirs
Sacred and Profane
Saturday, May 2, 2026 at 7:30pm CDT
Pick-Staiger Concert Hall
Andrew Megill, A. J. Keller, and Robert Taylor, conductors
Combined Bienen School choirs and the Symphonic Wind Ensemble join forces for a unique collaboration exploring music of awe, reverence, and fate. The program opens with Randall Thompson’s stirring The Last Words of David and Anton Bruckner’s monumental Mass No. 2 in E Minor. Brahms’s noble Begräbnisgesang (Burial Song) offers a moment of reflective solemnity, setting the stage for the raw energy of Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana in its thrilling arrangement for chorus and wind ensemble. This unforgettable night showcases the full expressive spectrum of voices and winds from the sacred to the elemental.
Randall Thompson, The Last Words of David
Anton Bruckner, Mass No. 2 in E Minor, WAB 27
Johannes Brahms, Begräbnisgesang (Burial Song), Op. 13
Carl Orff (trans. Juan Vicente Mas Quiles), Carmina Burana, Part 1
Tickets are $12 for the general public and $6 for students with valid ID.
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Pick-Staiger is a 972-seat hall located in the Arts Circle on the Evanston campus of Northwestern University. The main lobby entrance for concerts is on the west side of the building (revolving and regular doors). Since its inception in 1975, the hall has functioned as both a classroom and performance facility for Bienen School of Music performing ensembles, faculty recitals, festivals, and professional guest artists.