Runestad - A Silence Haunts Me
Nick Barth conducting Jake Runestad’s choral work “A Silence Haunts Me,” featuring a poetic translation by Todd Boss of Beethoven’s famous “Heilegenstadt Testament,” a letter he never sent to his brothers detailing his mental turmoil regarding his impending deafness. Performed by a special chamber ensemble at Grace United Methodist Church’s Easter Cantata on April 13, 2025, programmed immediately before Beethoven’s “Christ on the Mount of Olives.”