KWS Masterworks 2: Solace

Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony continues its Masterworks Series with Solace, a deeply moving program exploring reflection, remembrance, and emotional resilience. Led by conductor Naomi Woo, the concert brings together works of striking beauty and intensity. Brahms’ Nänie offers a heartfelt meditation on loss, while Caroline Shaw’s Entr’acte creates a delicate and unexpected sound world inspired by classical form and modern expression. The program also features Jocelyn Morlock’s My Name is Amanda Todd, a powerful Canadian work that speaks to memory, compassion, and the impact of one young person’s story. The evening concludes with Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5, a sweeping and dramatic masterpiece filled with longing, struggle, and ultimately, hope