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INTONATIONS: Songs from the Violins of Hope (2020)

A 40-minute song cycle for mezzo-soprano, solo violin, string quartet and youth solo violin. Texts by Gene Scheer based on stories about violins played by Jews in concentration camps during the Holocaust; inspired by James Grymes’ book Violins of Hope: Violins of the Holocaust – Instruments of Hope and Liberation in Mankind’s Darkest Hour (Harper Perennial. Used by Permission). Commissioned by Music at Kohl Mansion and made possible by a 2017 Hewlett 50 Arts Commissions Grant from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.

First Performance: Jan 18, 2020 at Kohl Mansion, Burlingame, CA; mezzo-soprano Sasha Cooke, violinist Daniel Hope, quartet from the San Francisco Opera Orchestra featuring Kay Stern (violin 1), Dawn Harms (violin 2), Patricia Heller (viola) and Emil Miland (cello), with youth solo violinist Sean Mori.

1. Ashes
2. Exile
3. Concert
4. Motele
5. Feivel
6. Lament
7. Liberation

A recording is available, see Violins of Hope – Pentatone.

   
| Categories↠Compositions | Tags↠Daniel Hope, Dawn Harms, Emil Miland, Kay Stern, Music at Kohl Mansion, Patricia Heller, Sasha Cooke, Sean Mori | Debut Year↠2020 | Compositions↠Chamber/Ensemble, Song | Featured Voices/Instruments↠Mezzo-Soprano, String Quartet, Youth Violinist |

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