Mozart Requiem, a World Premier by Kiegan Ryan and Beethoven's 5th Symphony

About this event

Mozart Requiem

Saturday, November 21, 2026

2pm

Abbey Memorial Chapel, Mount Holyoke College

Pre-Concert Talk with David Schneider

1pm

In partnership with Multi-Arts . Families with children are invited to our concert, where the children will enjoy a short introduction and a musical performance by the orchestra before joining the hands-on art workshop, giving parents time to relax and enjoy the rest of the concert.

The art workshop is designed for children ages 5 and 12. Complimentary childcare is available for ages 2-4.

Kiegan Ryan - New Work *World premiere

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Requiem in D Minor, K.626

Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No.5 in C Minor

The Pioneer Valley Symphony travels to Mount Holyoke College's historic Abbey Memorial Chapel for an afternoon centered on Mozart's unfinished masterpiece, the Requiem in D Minor, with a completion by Süssmayr. The program opens with a new work by composer Kiegan Ryan, freshly commissioned by the St Paul Chamber Orchestra, Ryan intends to write a new piece that is an intimate portrait of people nearest and dearest to his heart. The concert finishes with Beethoven’s iconic fifth symphony with its renown knocks of Fate.