Our former artist in residence Patricia Kopatchinskaja cannot get numerous reports from war zones around the world out of her head. How, the violinist asks herself, do people endure being violently torn from their everyday lives and the constant fear for their lives and loved ones? As a musician, her next question is: what possibilities - if any - does music have to alleviate this suffering to some extent? This semi-staged concert is an attempt at an answer: a kaleidoscope of baroque and modern works that reflects how suffering caused by war has found expression in music over the centuries. The project evokes music's power and aims to strengthen the hope that we can find faith in the possibility of peaceful coexistence, at least in part, in music.