PROGRAM

THE STRANGERS’ CASE: FEATURING KARIM SULAYMAN, TENOR

Saturday, May 9, 2026 at 7:30pm | NEC’s Jordan Hall

Curated by: Jesse Irons & Karim Sulayman

GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL (1685-1759)
MARY KOUYOUMDJIAN (b. 1983)
Pastiche for Tenor and String Orchestra
1. Largo from Concerto Grosso in B-flat major, Op. 6, No. 7
2. “Where ‘er you walk” from Semele, HWV 58
3. “Và dal furor portata” from Ezio, HWV 29
4. Tagh [Diary] of an Immigrant (2013)
5. “Convey me to some peaceful shore” from Alexander Balus, HWV 65
6. “Waft her, angels” from Jephtha, HWV 70

ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK (1841-1904)
Nocturne in B major, Op. 40

INTERMISSION

KARIM A L-ZAND (b. 1970)
The Strangers’ Case for Tenor and String Orchestra (2024)

1. Lady in the Harbor
2. Who Can Pity My Loneliness?
3. Whither Would You Go?
4. The Stranger Within My Gate
5. They Came from Terror and Tumult
6. Exile
7. When Dawn Comes to the City
8. The Statue of Liberty, New York Harbor, AD 2900
9. These Strangers, in a Foreign World


A Far Cry’s Jordan Hall Series is proudly supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council.