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World Premiere of Barbara Harbach’s Terezin Children’s Songs on September 23 at Union University in Hendersonville, Tennessee
For Immediate Release
Contact: Jeffrey James Arts Consulting
516-586-3433 or jamesarts@att.net
The World Premiere of Barbara Harbach’s Terezin Children’s Songs for baritone, violin and piano will be performed by Michael Penny and accompanying instrumentalists on Tuesday, September 23 – 7:30 PM at Union University’s Hartley Recital Hall in Hendersonville, Tennessee as part of Professor Penny’s Faculty Voice Recital.
A cycle of five songs, Terezin Children’s Songs is based on children’s poetry from the Terezin concentration camp where between the years 1942-1944, 15,000 children were held and less than 100 of them survived. The titles of the songs are Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep, Birdsong, Forgotten, On a Sunny Evening and The Butterfly.
The composer writes, “In the poems and drawings of the children, many smuggled out of the camp, we see the daily misery of these uprooted children, as well as their courage and optimism, their hopes and fears. These innocent and honest depictions allow us to see through the eyes of the children what life was like in the ghetto. Their art reveals a maturity beyond their years, are haunting reminders of what no child should ever have to see. In spite of the circumstances, the poetry is beautiful and uplifting – telling a story that resonates in each of us.”
For more about the September 23 concert, call 731-661-5345 or visit http://www.uu.edu/academics/.
Barbara Harbach has a large catalog of works, including symphonies, works for chamber ensemble, string orchestra, organ, harpsichord, musicals, choral anthems, film scores, modern ballets, and many arrangements for brass and organ of various Baroque works. Her works are available on MSR Classics, Naxos, Crystal, Gasparo, Kingdom, Albany and Northeastern Records, and are published by Hester Park, Robert King, Elkan-Vogel, Augsburg Publishing, Agape Music and Vivace Press.
MSR Classics has released Ms. Harbach’s critically acclaimed Music for Strings (MS1258) with the London Philharmonic, Orchestral Music, Volume 1 (MS1252) with the Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra and Orchestral Music, Volume 2 (MS1519), again with the London Philharmonic. The latter CD, conducted by David Angus, is the ninth in a series that showcases World Premiere Recordings of Barbara Harbach's compositions. For more about these and her other MSR CDs, visit http//www.msrcd.com/. Her website is at http://www.barbaraharbach.com.
For press and other inquiries, contact Jeffrey James Arts Consulting at 516-586-3433 or jamesarts@att.net.
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Contact: Jeffrey James Arts Consulting
516-586-3433 or jamesarts@att.net
The World Premiere of Barbara Harbach’s Terezin Children’s Songs for baritone, violin and piano will be performed by Michael Penny and accompanying instrumentalists on Tuesday, September 23 – 7:30 PM at Union University’s Hartley Recital Hall in Hendersonville, Tennessee as part of Professor Penny’s Faculty Voice Recital.
A cycle of five songs, Terezin Children’s Songs is based on children’s poetry from the Terezin concentration camp where between the years 1942-1944, 15,000 children were held and less than 100 of them survived. The titles of the songs are Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep, Birdsong, Forgotten, On a Sunny Evening and The Butterfly.
The composer writes, “In the poems and drawings of the children, many smuggled out of the camp, we see the daily misery of these uprooted children, as well as their courage and optimism, their hopes and fears. These innocent and honest depictions allow us to see through the eyes of the children what life was like in the ghetto. Their art reveals a maturity beyond their years, are haunting reminders of what no child should ever have to see. In spite of the circumstances, the poetry is beautiful and uplifting – telling a story that resonates in each of us.”
For more about the September 23 concert, call 731-661-5345 or visit http://www.uu.edu/academics/.
Barbara Harbach has a large catalog of works, including symphonies, works for chamber ensemble, string orchestra, organ, harpsichord, musicals, choral anthems, film scores, modern ballets, and many arrangements for brass and organ of various Baroque works. Her works are available on MSR Classics, Naxos, Crystal, Gasparo, Kingdom, Albany and Northeastern Records, and are published by Hester Park, Robert King, Elkan-Vogel, Augsburg Publishing, Agape Music and Vivace Press.
MSR Classics has released Ms. Harbach’s critically acclaimed Music for Strings (MS1258) with the London Philharmonic, Orchestral Music, Volume 1 (MS1252) with the Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra and Orchestral Music, Volume 2 (MS1519), again with the London Philharmonic. The latter CD, conducted by David Angus, is the ninth in a series that showcases World Premiere Recordings of Barbara Harbach's compositions. For more about these and her other MSR CDs, visit http//www.msrcd.com/. Her website is at http://www.barbaraharbach.com.
For press and other inquiries, contact Jeffrey James Arts Consulting at 516-586-3433 or jamesarts@att.net.
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