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Upcoming Events
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Plestcheeff Auditorium
Seattle Art Museum
2:00 p.m.
Illsley Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall, Benaroya Hall
7:30 p.m.
Illsley Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall, Benaroya Hall
7:30 p.m.
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Save the Date
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SUNDAY April 26, 2015 A Little "Light" Music MOR Annual Gala Dinner MONDAY May 18, 2015 MOR San Francisco Debut Temple Emanu-El, San Francisco |
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Of Interest to Our Readers
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March 4 - 6, 2015
Powell-Heller Holocaust Conference
Pacific Lutheran University
Free to the Public. Register here.
March 2, 9, and 16, 2015
The Paramount Theatre
7:00 p.m.
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Artistic Director's Message
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Dear Friends,
The month of March features two very special programs. On March 7th, we return to the Seattle Art Museum for our free Sparks of Glory concert. Our program features music by two American and two Israeli composers whose works touch on the emotional struggle of loss and destruction, and the renewal of self and community. The program compliments SAM's exhibition: Indigenous Beauty: Masterworks of American Indian Art from the Diker Collection. It is one of the most exquisite collections of Native American art in private hands. We hope to see you there and that you'll also take advantage of the opportunity to view some of the important and fascinating art works on display.
At the end of March, the distinguished German conductor Guenter Buchwald's returns to lead our MOR artists in Betty Olivero's klezmer-infused score for The Golem, along with a complete screening of the classic 1920 silent film. Olivero's stunning music is a tour-de-force for clarinet, and our performance features the incomparable Laura DeLuca.
It's always gratifying when the media offer us chances to reach new people across the region, and to connect again with our friends. You can listen to our artists performing David Stock's A Vanished World by tuning into C
lassical King FM 98.1 on Wednesday, March 4th at approximately 9:40 p.m.
A
s always, I'll look forward to seeing and hearing from you.
Mina
Founder & Artistic Director
Music of Remembrance
P.S. The annual Powell-Heller Holocaust Conference at Pacific Lutheran University begins on March 4 and runs through March 6. Its subject, Children's Voices: The Holocaust and Beyond, will bring together an important and diverse group of educators, scholars, survivors and their families. I'll have the honor of introducing Ela Stein Weissberger, a familiar face to our MOR audiences from our performances of Brundibar. Ela played the role of The Cat in all 55 Terezin performances and she will be discussing what the experience meant to her and the other children. Please click here for more information. |
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Experience the Classic Silent Film
The Golem
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MONDAY, March 30, 2015 at 7:30 P.M.
Illsley
Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall, Benaroya Hall
This spring MOR will bring its Seattle audience a rare treat with a
complete screening of the classic German expressionist film The Golem, accompanied by a live performance of Israeli composer
Betty Olivero's dazzling Klezmer-infused score. Guest conductor
Guenter Buchwald will travel from Freiburg, Germany to lead this special production. Buchwald is known around the world for his mastery of the silent cinema repertoire; he led the Vienna world premiere of Olivero's film score.
MOR's concert extends this musical exploration of Jewish mythology with two works based on the legend of the Dybbuk - a dislocated spirit that invades and possesses the soul of a living person. Joel Engel composed The Dybbuk Suite as the original incidental music for the play by S. Ansky that anchored Eastern Europe's flourishing Yiddish theater for nearly 20 years between the world wars.
David Beigelman wrote his haunting
Dybbuk Dances in the Lodz Ghetto, where productions of the play by the ghetto's tortured occupants represented a reminder of what had once been normality. The audience will also welcome the return of the talented 13-year-old violinist
Takumi Taguchi in a soulful melody by
Joseph Achron. We hope you will join us for this thrilling musical event!
Click here to purchase tickets now!
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Join Us for a Little
Light Music: MOR's Annual Fundraiser!
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A Littl
e Light Music
SUNDAY
, April 26, 2015 at 6:00 P.M.
Women's University Club of Seattle
Mingle with MOR artists and enjoy a magical evening of music -- classical, klezmer, opera and show tunes. Be swept away as you support MOR. Your attendance and generous support will help enable MOR to continue its uniquely important musical and educational programs. This unforgettable evening includes wine, hors d'oeuvres, dinner and live music by our amazing MOR musicians.Tickets are on sale now!
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here to learn more!
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Gertrude Stein and Pablo Picasso Meet Again in
After Life
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After Life
MONDAY, May 11, 2015 at 7:30 P.M.
Illsley Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall, Benaroya Hall
P
ablo Picasso and Gertrude Stein meet again - and argue about art and life - in the world premiere of
After Life, a new opera by Guggenheim-award winning composer Tom Cipullo and librettist David Mason, commissioned by MOR. Imagining a posthumous conversation between these two artistic giants, this musical drama reflects on the artist's responsibilities in a time of war. With a lively suite by Darius Milhaud, and a spirited jazz-like musical farce by Paul Bowles, an American expatriot who became part of Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas' circle, you'll breathe the exuberant energy that made 1920's Paris the destination of artists and intellectuals from everywhere. Click here to purchase tickets now!
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Did you attend the Concert to Commemorate the 70th Anniverary of the Liberation of Auschwitz on January 27th, 2015? One of our patrons is missing a dark charcoal grey Liz Claiborne coat. If you have any information please call 206-365-7770. Thank you!
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Spotlight on our Sponsors
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Thanks to the following organizations for their support of our 17th season:
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