Hear works commemorating the 9/11 attacks, by Pulitzer Prize-winning composers Julia Wolfe, Steve Reich, and John Adams, and a choral requiem by Robert Moran.

Both Steve Reich and John Adams used an almost documentary approach to the events of 9/11 with recorded sound and the setting of poignant text; hear excerpts from both of their works written in response to the attacks of September 11, 2001. There’s also Julia Wolfe’s piece for solo piano, “Compassion,” also written in response, as played by pianist Lisa Moore.

Also, hear music based on the Morse code sequence of an S.O.S. by the late French-born New York composer Elodie Lauten. And listen to some of Robert Moran’s beautiful “Trinity Requiem” written for the nearby Trinity Church choir, cellos, and harp. 

Program #4535, Works Commemorating 9/11 (First Aired 9/10/2021)

ARTIST: Steve Reich
WORK: Steve Reich: City Life [1:00]
RECORDING: Works 1965-1995
SOURCE: Nonesuch #79451
INFO: nonesuch.com

ARTIST: John Adams, New York Philharmonic, Brooklyn Youth Chorus, New York Choral Artists, Lorin Maazel, conductor
WORK: On the Transmigration of Souls [12:17]
RECORDING: John Adams - On the Transmigration of Souls
SOURCE: Nonesuch 79816
INFO: nonesuch.com

ARTIST: Elodie Lauten
WORK: S.O.S.W.T.C., Part 8 [2:17]
RECORDING: Kalvos.org
SOURCE: http://kalvos.org/tragedy.html
INFO: artsjournal.com

ARTIST: Kronos Quartet
WORK: Steve Reich: WTC 9/11 [15:25]
RECORDING: WTC 9/11 / Mallet Quartet / Dance Patterns
SOURCE: Nonesuch 528236
INFO: nonesuch.com

ARTIST: Lisa Moore
WORK: Julia Wolfe: Compassion [7:42]
RECORDING: Lisa Moore: The Stone People
SOURCE: Cantaloupe Music
INFO: lisamoore.bandcamp.com

ARTIST: Robert Moran, Trinity Youth Chorus
WORK: Pie Jesu, In Paradisum [6:57]
RECORDING: The Trinity Requiem
SOURCE: Innova 244
INFO: innova.mu