we will be your refuge: a promise of comfort and welcome, featuring Duruflé’s Requiem
Following in the footsteps of his French forefather Gabriel Fauré, Maurice Duruflé composed a Requiem of immense warmth and comfort, rather than a reminder of the day of wrath. We perform this iconic work inspired by, and elaborating on, Gregorian chant in its chamber orchestration, joined on the program by Caroline Shaw’s refugee cantata, To the Hands. Her work is in turn inspired by, and elaborates on, Dietrich Buxtehude’s cantata of the same name, Ad manus. Two works, at once modern and ancient, that remind us of the importance of comforting and welcoming one another in times of need and strife.
Printable Program March Concert 2026 – Program Website
ACT I: we will be your refuge
To the Hands Caroline Shaw (b. 1982)
I. Prelude
II. in medio / in the midst
III. Her beacon-hand beckons
IV. ever ever ever
V. Litany of the Displaced
VI. i will hold you
Alex Bachwich, Neal Eaden, Sarah Elliott, Lauren Sandven, Maggie Smith, solo quintet
Blayne Barnes and Lea Fetterman, violin
Kelly Moore, viola
Maria Scherer Wilson, cello
Ross Gilliland, double bass
—intermission—
ACT II: into paradise
Requiem, Op. 9 Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986)
1. Introit (Requiem aeternam)
2. Kyrie
3. Offertory (Domine Jesu Christe)
4. Sanctus
5. Pie Jesu
6. Agnus Dei
7. Communion (Lux aeterna)
8. Libera me
9. In paradisum
Rose Beattie, mezzo-soprano; Jacob Herbert, bass-baritone
Blayne Barnes and Lea Fetterman, violin
Kelly Moore, viola
Maria Scherer Wilson, cello
Ross Gilliland, double bass
Ed Castro, Zachary Lyman, and Peter Nelson-King, trumpet
Jared Parsons, harp
Frank Ronneburg, timpani
Youngjin Joo, organ
Program Notes we will be your refuge 3.26
Northwest Chamber Chorus
Jeremy Edelstein, Artistic Director
Youngjin Joo, Collaborative Keyboardist
Wendy Martinez-McKee, Executive Director
NWCC Choir Members
Sopranos
Annelise V Harlan
Auralee MacColl Carter
Betsy Brockman
Catie Wilson
Christi Everett
Dori Baunsgard
Joni Hafner
Mary Beth Bennett
Molly Middaugh
Paige Foelber **
Sarah Elliott *
Taryn Jones
Alto
Carly Thornburg
Cindy Shultz
Decatur Macpherson
Kayla Gerken
Lauren Sandven **
Maggie Smith
Marissa Caraballo
Nancy Fisher
Shireen Deboo
Susan Jenkins
Sydney Mullins
Wendy Boeker
Tenor
Alan Zhu
Ben Rider *, **
Ian Kim
Juan Pablo Bustos
Kamal Raslan
Mark Lee
Matt Everett
Michael Bonner
Pete Jones
Tim Gallagher
Will Tollefson
Bass
Adam Brown **
Alex Bachwich
Chris Shultz
Ethan Roday *
Isaac Garza
Josh Horowitz
Luke Aitchison
Mark Sandstrom
Matthew Peterson
Michael Huber
Steve Tanimoto
* Board Member
** Section Leader
Our heartfelt thanks to those that have supported us this year
Kit & Asja Adams; Alex Bachwich; Dale Bachwich; Julie Bassuk; Corrin Bauer; Mike Bauer; Adam Bennett; MaryBeth Bennett; Carol Berndt; Nichole Blomquist; Brandon Bolinger; Michael Bonner; Amy Bresslour; Elizabeth Brockman; Adam Brown; Riley Brule; Mary Rae Bruns; Heather Buser; Juan Pablo Bustos; Estate of Donna Campbell; Jennifer Cassarino; Michael Cassarino; Meitsu Chuang-Mendel; Helen Curtis; Shireen Deboo; Anna Drost; Valentina Dunn; Neal Eaden; Gerardo Edelstein; Jeremy Edelstein; Sarah Elliott; Jacob Erickson; Sarah Erickson; Tanya Erzen; Miriam Espeseth; Matt Everett; Cameron Everitt; Cami Everitt; Kevin Fansler; Jean Feagin; Erin Fetridge; Jim Fisher; Nancy Fisher; Rachel Flamm; Lorna Foelber; Paige Foelber; Vaugh Fritts; Michael Garvais; Kayla Gerken; Anthony Gleeson; Howard Goodman In Memory of Eileen Manzin; Dianne Graham; Teylar Greer; Martha Grosenick; Joni Hafner; Yunjung Ham; Annelise Harlan; Alexander Hansen; Sarah Hartley; Edward Hausken; Malerie Henry; Steve Herndon; Laura Hooning; Joshua Horowitz; Sandy Howard, In memory of Douglas Howard; Michael Huber; Richard Isaac; James Jagow; Samuel James; Mary Jenkins; Susan Jenkins; Craig Johnson; Diana Johnson; Jill Jones; Pete Jones; Taryn Jones; Evan Kentop; Tegan Knutsen; Mary Koch; Mark Lee; Bill Levey; Bobby Lindsey; Mateo Lopez-Castillo; Auralee MacColl Carter; Decatur Macpherson; George MacPherson; Estate of Donna McCampbell; Susan McGeary; Cynthia &John McKay; Fraser Mendel; Steve Merrill; David Middaugh; Alyssa Milan; Nancy Miller; Kira Misura; Lynn Montgomery; Ronald and Sharon Morfick; Sarah Morley; Brian Myers; Dina Myers; Conner Newkam-Ulrich; Kelley Nomaguchi; Mark Olsoe; Joseph Paulino; Trust of Otis Pease; Clifford Perry; Ann Peterson; Matthew Peterson; Megan Piehler; Molly Polk; Natalie Prince; Goda Raslan; Kamal Raslan; Ben Rider; Ron and Jane Rider; Ethan Roday; Wendy and Alan Roedell; Mark Sandstrom; Fay Sandven; Lauren Sandven; Adam Saul; Cindy Shultz; Randy Sibley; Ben Silver; Maggie Smith; Jannie Spain; SuEllen Spartz Hafner In Honor of Astrid and Alice Hafner; Diane Spotts; Karen Spotts Bonner; Molly Stearns; Chris Steckler; Elizabeth Stone; Gunnel Tanimoto; Steve Tanimoto; Dalia Taylor; Carly Thornburg; Cynthia Tollefson; Susie Tollefson; Lindsey Toy; L. Tremaine; Garry Vandekieft; Vicki Wagner; James Wagner; Jim Wagner; Sandra Walker; Molly West; Marie West-Johnson; William White; Diane Williams; Randel Williams; Catherine Wilson; Richard Wilson; Amy and Thomas Wimmer; Shauna Woods; Alan Zhu.