In a glittering display of the pinnacles of human creative achievement, our 2026 cast of caped crusaders dazzle with Reich’s heroic multi-clarinet minimalism, eight angelic a cappella voices, the eight Herculean hands of the Hungarian Rhapsody, our blazing string octet’s fearless scream of resistance to oppressive regimes, and culminating with the transcendental artistry of our national living treasure William Barton, who with his Kalkadunga Yurdu envelops us all into the mystical realm of the most ancient and enduring culture on the planet Earth.