A 'Requiem' and solo violins sing out at Strathmore

In yet another unique pairing of performance pieces, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra’s Thursday offering at Strathmore opens with an infrequently heard, delicate violin concerto in two movements; Arvo Part’s “Tabula Rasa” and the ultimate choral masterwork of Mozart’s brief but exceptionally brilliant life — his “Requiem.”

“Both pieces have a religious feel to them,” said BSO violinist and Associate Concertmaster Madeline Adkins, who, along with violinist Qing Li, delivers Part’s minimalistic piece to perfection. “There’s a sort of secret, larger-than-itself mission to both, [and] it’s going to be very interesting for the audience to hear the two pieces together.”