Kicking off Dessoff’s 2025-2026 season is a performance of Herbert Howells’s Requiem on Saturday, November 8, 2025 at 4:00 p.m. at Brick Church. The work for unaccompanied choir is paired with Adolphus Hailstork’s The World Called. Known for blending African, American, and European traditions, and influenced from his studies with Nadia Boulanger, Hailstork’s work is based on Rita Dove's poem, Testimonial, that evokes themes of nostalgia, youth, and promise.  

Herbert Howells, Requiem
Adolphus Hailstork, The World Called

Brick Church

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By Clive Barda - Original publication: Portrait photographImmediate source: National Portrait Gallery, Fair use, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=61862241

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