Resonance Works is set to perform “Requiem for Water,” a choral and orchestral program that explores its relationship with the natural world, including one another.

The concert will be performed on March 6 at the Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall in Carnegie, PA and March 8 at the First Unitarian Church of Pittsburgh in Shadyside.

“Requiem for Water” will feature the regional premiere of composer Reena Esmail’s “A Requiem for Water.”

Written in 2023, during a time of extreme drought in California, Malhaar weaves together the Latin Requiem, Hindustani musical tradition, and the poetry of Wendell Berry and William O’Daly to reflect on water as both a physical necessity and a shared human inheritance.

Malhaar features Hindustani vocalist Vidita Kanniks, making her Resonance Works debut.

The program will also include Nancy Galbraith’s Flute Concerto, a Resonance Works commission that was given its world premiere in 2019, featuring acclaimed flutist Lindsey Goodman.

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