World Premiere: Another Sunrise
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World premiere of a new musical drama starring soprano Caitlin Lynch, commissioned by Music of Remembrance. Jake Heggie and librettist Gene Scheer bring you the incredible true story of Krystyna Zywulska, a Polish Resistance member, poet, and hidden Jew who escaped a ghetto, forged identity papers, faced down Gestapo interrogators, and became the author of concentration camp anthems. Also, works by Holocaust-era composers Ullmann, Haas, and Laks, with special guests The Northwest Boychoir.
6:30 p.m., Monday, May 14, 2012
Tickets: $36 at musicofremembrance.org, by calling (206) 365-7770, or at the door
6:00 p.m. Meet the Composer & Librettist: A conversation with Jake Heggie & Gene Scheer
8:30 p.m. Spring Gala: A dinner to celebrate’s MOR’s 14th Season, Ballroom of the Four Seasons Hotel
Tickets: $250 at musicofremembrance.org or by calling (206) 365-7770
Szymon Laks
String Quartet No. 3 (1945)
Mikhail Shmidt, violin; Leonid Keylin, violin; Susan Gulkis Assadi, viola; Mara Finkelstein, cello
Pavel Haas
Suite for Oboe and Piano, Op. 17 (1939)
Benjamin Hausmann, oboe; Mina Miller, piano
Viktor Ullmann
Choral Arrangements of Yiddish and Hebrew Songs (Terezín,1942)
The Northwest Boychoir, Joseph Crnko, conductor
Jake Heggie
WORLD PREMIERE: Another Sunrise (2012)
Libretto by Gene Scheer
A musical drama commissioned by Music of Remembrance
Caitlin Lynch, soprano
Laura DeLuca, clarinet; Mikhail Shmidt, violin; Walter Gray, cello; Jonathan Green, double bass; Craig Sheppard, piano
