Among the great masterworks of the Western canon of choral music, the Mozart Requiem holds a unique place because of its history, its function as a concerted liturgy for the dead, and its more recently popularized mythology - and few works represent the final expression of a dying composer who left an unfinished work to be completed by this pupil. Yet if has become one of the most recognizable classical works in all of music history. Our program opens with Latvian composer Peteris Vasks' setting of Mother Teresa's prayer, the Fruit of Silence. The beautifully simplistic setting of her words of love, hope, and peace establish a mystical reverence that parallels Mozart's own dark mysteries and prepares the listener for the fathomless questions to come.