Highlighting and Exploring "Requiem for Robert F. Kennedy"
Schedule
Tue, 05 May, 2026 at 05:00 pm
UTC-04:00Location
65 Witherspoon St, Princeton, NJ, United States, New Jersey 08542 | Princeton, NJ
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Princeton Pro Musica presents a discussion in the library's community room of "Requiem for Robert F. Kennedy," a piece composed by Frank Lewin in 1969. This program offers insight into the work ahead of its May 9 live performance.Frank Lewin's "Mass for the Dead in English (Requiem for Robert F. Kennedy)" is a landmark sacred work composed following the 1968 assassination of Robert F. Kennedy. Lewin was a celebrated composer and longtime resident of Princeton, NJ.
Two of Mr. Lewin’s daughters, Naomi and Miriam Lewin, will join Dr. Ryan Brandau, Artistic Director of Princeton Pro Musica, in a discussion about the inspiration and history of this piece.
Mr. Lewin, his wife, and three daughters waited for hours with thousands of others at the Princeton Junction train station on June 8, 1968 to view the train carrying Senator Kennedy from Washington, DC to New York following his assassination. The sight of the train and the people gathered to honor Senator Kennedy motivated Mr. Lewin, who had great respect for the senator, to compose the mass. The piece is one of the first Requiems utilizing the English vernacular rather than Latin.
The Requiem was premiered at the memorial service for Kennedy on May 27, 1969 in the Princeton University Chapel. Princeton Pro Musica will perform the Requiem for the second time in the Chapel on Saturday, May 9, at 4:00 pm. For more information, please visit princetonpromusica.org.
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