We plan to attend this tomorrow. Ensemble Pi is a wonderful group of musicians with a social conscience.

Eyal Danieli (detail)

Ensemble Pi Presents

WHEN WORDS FAIL
 
Thoughts About Peace in a Time of War
Second Annual Concert

Friday, March 16, 2007
Judson Peace Church
55 Washington Square South
212.477.2419

Admission $15 at the door

Program:

John Harbison
Abu Ghraib (2006) for piano and cello

Kristin Norderval
Voices From Iraq (2007)
World Premiere

Frederic Rzewski
Down by the River - from North American Ballads for Piano (1979)

Alice Shields
Mioritza: Requiem for Rachel Corrie
for Trombone and Tape (2004)

Dmitri Shostakovich
Piano Trio No. 2 in E Minor, opus 67
1944

Philip Wharton
3 Sassoon Songs for voice and violin (2007)
World Premiere


Guest Speaker
Anat Biletzki

Performers:

Richard Burkhart, Cello
Monique Buzzarté, Trombone
Idith Meshulam, Piano
Kristin Norderval, Voice
Philip Wharton, Violin

Funded by the generosity of the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council and Klavierhaus

In a program note for "Abu Ghraib ," Harbison writes that this "piece is not a protest or a moral lesson. These would require little bravery. Instead it seeks music in a moment when words can fail."