Music at Meyer / Music of Remembrance In Concert

Music of Remembrance
Mina Miller, Artistic Director and Pianist

Program

Robert Dauber (19221945)
Serenata for Violin & Piano (Terezin, 1942)
Mikhail Shmidt, violin; Mina Miller, piano

David Beigelman (18871945) 
Dybbuk Dances (Lodz Ghetto, 1941) 
Mikhail Shmidt, violin; Laura DeLuca, clarinet; Jonathan Green, double bass

Jake Heggie
Farewell, Auschwitz (2013)
Poetry written by Krystyna Zywulska in Auschwitz, English adaptation by Gene Scheer
Commissioned by Music of Remembrance

California Premiere

Prologue: For Maria
Soldiers
Diamonds
In the Cards
Irenka
Miss Ziutka
The Sun and the Skylark
Farewell, Auschwitz

Ava Pine, soprano; Catherine Cook, mezzo soprano; Morgan Smith, baritone; Laura DeLuca, clarinet; Mikhail Shmidt, violin; Walter Gray, cello; Jonathan Green, double bass; Craig Sheppard, piano

Tom Cipullo
After Life (2015)
Libretto by David Mason
Directed by Erich Parce
Commissioned by Music of Remembrance

World Premiere Performances

Catherine Cook, mezzo soprano; Morgan Smith, baritone; Ava Pine, soprano; Zart Dombourian-Eby, flute; Laura DeLuca, clarinet; Mikhail Shmidt, violin; Walter Gray, cello; Craig Sheppard, piano

Founded in 1998, Music of Remembrance (MOR) fills a unique cultural role in Seattle and throughout the world by remembering the Holocaust through music with concert performances, educational programs, recordings and commissions of new works.

- Mainstage concerts and innovative programs at Seattle's Benaroya Hall featuring leading musicians and world acclaimed guest artists 
- "Sparks of Glory," a series of free concerts-with-commentary at the Seattle Art Museum and other community settings
- Educational outreach, live performances and multi-media presentations to schools and colleges
- Six CD recordings produced for Naxos, the world's leading classical music label
- The Boys of Terezin, MOR's 2011 documentary film, continues to be screened by film festivals around the globe 

MOR also commissions and premieres new Holocaust-inspired works by today's leading composers, building bridges across generations and sharing stories that underline the Holocaust's urgent moral relevance for us now. 

This concert is dedicated to the memory of Emmy and Ludwig Altman, and is sponsored in part by the Ludwig Altman Fund of Temple Emanu-El.

musicofremembrance.org

Interests: Arts & Culture
Date: 
May 18, 2015
TIME: 
12:00 AM
Location: 
Martin Meyer Sanctuary at Congregation Emanu-El, Two Lake Street
City: 
San Francisco
Cost: 
$25

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Organized By: 
Music at Meyer
Event Contact Person: 
Lisa Wong, Box Office Manager, 650-808-0519