Brentano String Quartet

"Into your hands I commend my soul." The Seven Last Words of Christ on the Cross is perhaps Haydn's most deeply spiritual work. Recognized for brilliant programming and exceptional musical intelligence, the Brentano String Quartet, winner of the Naumburg

Chamber Music Award, commissioned Pulitzer Prize winner and former National Poet Laureate

Mark Strand to write poems appropriate to the composer's depiction of Christ's final words. With Haydn's score, the ensemble's performance, and Strand's narration, Memorial Church will resonate with glory. Mark Steinberg, violin; Serena Canin, violin; Misha

Amory, viola; Nina Maria Lee, cello.

PROGRAM: Franz Joseph Haydn: The Seven Last Words of Christ on the Cross