Join us for a spectacular choral and orchestral event combining the Cathedral Choirs, guest singers and soloists, the Professional Choristers of the Choir School of Newport County (Rhode Island), and the Rhode Island Festival Orchestra

of twenty players. Anglican cathedral grandeur (C. H. H. Parry's Jerusalem,

John Ireland's Greater love), modern solace (Judith Weir's Vertue, John Tavener's Song for Athene), and plaintive cries for peace (Ned Rorem's What if some little pain, Max Janowski's Sim Shalom) prepare us for the second half, the 45-minute A Poet's Requiem by Peter Berton, directed by the composer. With the backdrop of fall foliage through the massive south window, and a candlelit conclusion, you won't want to miss this journey of the soul—from birth through love, praise, reflection and death to eternal life—in poetry and song.

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The printed program is available here, and it is possible to go back in time to the 2014 premiere of the featured work to hear a bit about the texts and see a few excerpts here.