Christopher Rouse’s Rotae Passionis | Ensemble Connect Up Close @carnegiehall
Christopher Rouse’s Rotae Passionis | Ensemble Connect Up Close  @carnegiehall
Uploaded September 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Members of Ensemble Connect perform Christopher Rouse’s Rotae Passionis. This performance was part of Ensemble Connect Up Close: Rotae Passionis, which was filmed in Carnegie Hall's Resnick Education Wing on January 31, 2026. For this Up Close concert, the ensemble’s artistic partner was world-renowned conductor, music director, and 2025–2026 Carnegie Hall Perspectives artist Marin Alsop, who curated a program of new music and participated as a conductor. View the full concert here: youtu.be/g4EMeZ4qOqI

Performers
Cameron Cullen, Flute, Piccolo, and Alto Flute
Anoush Pogossian, Clarinet, E-flat Clarinet, and Bass Clarinet
Oliver Xu, Percussion (Alum)
Joseph Vaz, Piano
Laurel Gagnon, Violin
Abby Smith, Viola
Elena Ariza, Cello

Marin Alsop, Artistic Partner and Conductor

Valerie Insardi, Lighting Designer


00:00 - I: Circuitus Lamentationis—Dolor in Horto
07:15 - II: Rotae Passionis (Passion Wheels)
12:33 - III: Rota Parallela—Christus in Somno


"Rotae Passionis"
Written by Christopher Rouse
Schott Helicon Music Corporation (BMI)
c/o Concord Music Group, Inc.

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