WHEN:
Monday, January 22, 2024, at 5:30 pm
WHERE:
Benaroya Hall (200 University Street), Seattle, Washington
TICKETS:
Free with reservation.
For more information and tickets, visit the Music of Remembrance website.
A spokesperson describes the event as follows:
“…Art From Ashes, is a defiant program of cultural resistance highlighting the human capacity to survive – and create extraordinary art – in the face of tremendous injustice…”
Full Program:
- Franz Schreker: Intermezzo for Strings (University of Washington Chamber Orchestra, conducted by David Rahbee)
- Ernest Bloch: “Nigun” from Three Pictures of Chassidic Life (Featuring Seohyun Hwang, violin)
- Pre-war melody: Auschwitz Tango (Poetry by Irka Janowski, Featuring Karen Early Evans, mezzo-soprano)
- Jozef Kropinski: Zál Tango (Featuring Karen Early Evans, mezzo-soprano)
- Gideon Klein: Duo for Violin and Cello (Featuring Tokuji Miyasaka, violin, and Leyna Kitahama, cello)
- Viktor Ullmann: Yiddish Songs (Featuring Northwest Boychoir and Seattle Girls Choir)
- Jake Heggie: Finale from Farewell, Auschwitz (Featuring Megan Parker, soprano, Karen Early Evans, mezzo-soprano, Erich Parce, baritone, Northwest Boychoir, Seattle Girls Choir)
Music of Remembrance Ensemble: Laura DeLuca, clarinet; Mikhail Shmidt, violin; Walter Gray, cello; Jonathan Green, double bass; Mina Miller, piano.
Photo Courtesy of Music of Remembrance.