CLEVELAND, Ohio – If Mozart had finished his Requiem, or even completed more of it, the fascinating and uncommonly timely program coming up next week at Apollo’s Fire likely would not have come together.

That is to say, if the Requiem were longer, music director Jeannette Sorrell wouldn’t have sought other music to complement it and therefore wouldn’t have woven Mozart’s final work and contemporary music into what is now being called “Tapestry: A Masterpiece Reimagined.”

“This is more adventurous, and I think for us it’s going to be more meaningful,” Sorrell said. “I think creating a program that speaks to people from all walks of life… is something Mozart would approve of.”

Sorrell is probably right about the latter, and almost certainly correct about the former. Mozart was a man of

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