“a cathartic, almost ecstatic rise of melody and emotion unfolds.”

—The Baltimore Sun

“The luscious close, with the ethereal sound of rubbed crystal glasses standing out against the lowing chorus and orchestra, lingers in the memory.”

—Tim Page, The Washington Post

“John Adams composed a compelling reflection on the tragedy, On the Transmigration of Souls, that won the Pulitzer Prize. On Sunday afternoon at the Kennedy Center Concert Hall, another work [Puckett’s This Mourning] that struck me as being of comparable expressive weight received its world premiere by the Washington Chorus.”

—Tim Smith, The Baltimore Sun