Re: Concert: A wish for peace (by Jewish composers...)

[glenn tamir <klezska...>]

But on a Shobbos!!!!

tee hee.


--- Shirona <shirona (at) bellatlantic(dot)net> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> > Dear Friends,
> > 
> > Please join the Russian Chamber Chorus of New York
> and 
> > Nikolai Kachanov, our Artistic Director/Conductor,
> for a  
> > remarkable Spring concert program.  We will be
> performing 
> > three world premieres of music from Russia, the
> U.S., and 
> > Israel. The featured composers are: Efrem Podgaits
> (Moscow), 
> > Michael Zeiger (New York), and Zakhar Blyakher
> (Jerusalem).
> > 
> > The program, entitled "MOSCOW - NEW YORK -
> JERUSALEM: A WISH 
> > FOR PEACE FROM THREE CITIES" will be performed
> twice.
> > 
> >
>
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> > 
> >      Friday, May 10, 2002 at 8pm
> >      Cathedral of St. John the Divine
> >      Amsterdam Avenue at 112th Street
> >      Tickets $25, $15 for students and seniors
> >      at either CitiTix, 212 581-1212
> (www.citycenter.org) 
> >      or Cathedral Box Office, 212 662-2133
> > 
> >      Saturday, May 11, 2002 at 3pm
> >      St. Peter's Lutheran Church at Citicorp
> Center
> >      619 Lexington Avenue at 54th Street
> >      Reception to follow
> >      Tickets $20, $15 for students and seniors
> >      Call:  718-445-5799
> > 
> >
>
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> > 
> > The program opens with "New York Mass" in
> remembrance of 
> > the New York City tragedy of September 11, by
> Efrem Podgaits, 
> > a prominent composer celebrated in Russia and
> Europe.  This 
> > composition, written in the Fall of 2001, is
> remarkable for 
> > its expression of sincere emotion and judicious
> combination 
> > of innovative and traditional elements.
> > 
> > In New York Mass, sections of extreme pathos are
> contrasted 
> > with the mighty architecture of tutti passages
> that recall 
> > the New York skyline, creating an atmosphere of
> simultaneous 
> > grief, grandeur, and hope.  The work bears the
> stamp of a 
> > master composer, and promises to become a classic,
> not only 
> > in New York and Moscow, but around the world.
> > 
> > The second half of the concert begins with
> "Poet-Prophet" 
> > a composition for choir, piano, and organ by
> Michael Zeiger, 
> > whose music is performed frequently in Russia.
> This composition 
> > was commissioned by the Russian Chamber Chorus of
> New York.  
> > Poet-Prophet is set to fragments from the Book of
> Isaiah and 
> > to Alexander Pushkin's famous poem on the same
> texts, 
> > "The Prophet."  Unexpected harmonies, rhythms, and
> contrasts 
> > underscore the dramatic quality of the texts.  The
> composer, 
> > an accomplished pianist, will play the virtuoso
> piano part 
> > of this composition, himself.
> > 
> > The concert concludes with another piece
> commissioned by 
> > the Chorus, "Jerusalem Dreams."  This four-part
> cycle:  
> > "Halleluyah", "Psalm of David", "Purim," and
> "Lullaby", is 
> > written for mixed choir, soprano solo, flute,
> clarinet, and 
> > percussion, by Russian-Israeli composer Zakhar
> Blyakher.
> > 
> > Composed in the fall and winter of 2001 under the
> cloud of 
> > the ongoing violence in Israel and Palestine, the
> cycle 
> > conveys a mood of reflection and apprehension. 
> Despite this 
> > sadness, however, the third movement, Purim,
> sketches a merry 
> > folk celebration in bright, joyous colors. 
> Throughout the 
> > cycle, the composer uses genres and tonalities
> that call to 
> > mind the colorful imagery of the Russian-Jewish
> painter, 
> > Marc Chagall.
> > 
> >
>
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> > 
> > For more information about the Russian Chamber
> > Chorus of New York, CD recordings, and other 
> > upcoming programs, please visit our website, 
> > http://rccny.org, or call 212 928-1402.
> > 
> > To change the e-mail address we have for you, add 
> > someone you know, or be removed from this list, 
> > please e-mail us at: mail (at) rccny(dot)org
> > 
> >
>
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> > 
> > Thank you for your support; we look forward to
> seeing you. 
> > 
> > These concerts are presentations of RMASA, Inc., a
> not-for-
> > profit organization chartered by the State of New
> York.
> > 
> 
> 
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