Music of Remembrance – Past Concerts
Music of Remembrance: Tres Minutos
Sunday, May 15, 2022 @ 5:30pm – 7:30pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
World premiere of Tres Minutos, a one-act opera from composer Nicolas Benavides & librettist Marella Martin Koch about family bonds across the US-Mexico border.
Ticket price TBA
Music of Remembrance: Stormy Seas
Sunday, March 13, 2022 @ 5:30pm – 7:30pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
MOR reprises Sahba Aminikia’s Stormy Seas, premiered virtually in 2020, for a live audience in this program also featuring Sid Robinovitch's Rodas Recordada, songs based on Judeo-Spanish poems, & more.
Ticket price TBA
Music of Remembrance: Injustice
Tuesday, February 1, 2022 @ 12:00pm – 2:00pm (PST)
Online event
On this program: Portuguese composer Luís Tinoco's 2019 work, Aleppo; Margaret Bonds’ Three Dream Portraits; songs of biting anti-Nazi satire from Kurt Weill; & more.
$30 ($100 4-concert series)
Music of Remembrance: Art From Ashes
Thursday, January 27, 2022 @ 12:00pm – 2:00pm (PST)
Online event
MOR marks the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. Works by Gideon Klein, Pavel Haas, Viktor Ullmann, Ilse Weber, & more, plus 2 rarely-performed tangos from Auschwitz & Buchenwald.
$30 ($100 4-concert series)
Music of Remembrance: Ghetto Songs
Wednesday, December 1, 2021 @ 12:00pm – 2:00pm (PST)
Online event
Erich Parce’s new dramatic realization of Paul Schoenfield’s Ghetto Songs,, based on verses of the great Yiddish poet Mordecai Gebirtig. Featuring Parce as both baritone vocalist & director.
$30 ($100 4-concert series)
Music of Remembrance: Welcome Back!
Sunday, November 7, 2021 @ 5:30pm – 7:30pm (PST)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
MOR returns to the concert hall with this special free concert featuring some of their most exciting repertoire. Featuring new songs by Lori Laitman & Tom Cipullo; cabaret songs from Terezín; & more.
Free (Free (reservation required))
Music of Remembrance: Intonations – Songs from the Violins of Hope
Sunday, August 1, 2021 @ 12:00pm – 2:00pm (PDT)
Online event
MOR presents the PNW premiere of Jake Heggie & Gene Scheer's Intonations: Songs from the Violins of Hope, inspired by a collection of string instruments played by Jews before & during the Holocaust.
$30
Music of Remembrance: For a Look or a Touch (on-demand)
Saturday, June 26, 2021 @ 5:00pm – 6:00pm (PDT)
Online event
All-new production For a Look or a Touch by composer Jake Heggie & librettist Gene Scheer, the only major musical work to address the Nazi persecution of homosexuals.
$30
Music of Remembrance: Violins of Hope for Holocaust Remembrance Day
Thursday, April 8, 2021 @ 5:00pm – 6:00pm (PDT)
Online event
Special 1-time stream of MoR's March 2020 Violins of Hope concert. Program performed on Holocaust-era string instruments, featuring chamber music by composers lost to the Holocaust.
Free (Free)
Music of Remembrance presents INSIGHTS: Building Bridges Across Generations
Tuesday, March 30, 2021 @ 5:00pm – 6:00pm (PDT)
Online event
In this webinar, Artistic Director Mina Miller catches up with Music of Remembrance young artist award recipients Julian Schwarz (2005), Marié Rossano (2008), Takumi Taguchi (2013), Sophie Denhard (2019), and Zoe Lonsigner (2019).
Free (Free)
Music of Remembrance: Return to Amasia (on-demand until 3/7/2021)
Sunday, February 28, 2021 @ 5:00pm – 7:00pm (PST)
Online event
Michel Michelet – Elegie
Géza Frid – Podium Suite, Op. 3
Paul Ben-Haim – Three Songs Without Words
Eric Hachikian – Return to Amasia (world premiere)
Géza Frid – Podium Suite, Op. 3
Paul Ben-Haim – Three Songs Without Words
Eric Hachikian – Return to Amasia (world premiere)
$30
Music of Remembrance: Art From Ashes (on-demand until 1/31/2021)
Sunday, January 24, 2021 @ 5:00pm – 7:00pm (PST)
Online event
MoR honors International Holocaust Remembrance Day & the liberation of Auschwitz with this program of works by murdered composers from across Nazi-controlled Europe.
$30
Music of Remembrance: Insights – Stormy Seas Webinar (on-demand)
Friday, December 18, 2020 @ 12:00pm – 1:00pm (PST)
Online event
Special program about MoR's commission Stormy Seas. Composer Sahba Aminikia, author Mary Beth Leatherdale, & other artists involved in this production discuss the stories & challenges behind this work.
Free (Free)
Music of Remembrance: Stormy Seas (on-demand until 12/20/2020)
Sunday, December 13, 2020 @ 5:00pm – 7:00pm (PST)
Online event
Max Vredenburg – Lamento
Dick Kattenburg – Trio à cordes
Traditional, arr. Sid Robinovitch – Adio Kerida (world premiere of arrangement)
Traditional, arr. Sid Robinovitch – Alvores lloran por luvias (world premiere of arrangement)
Sid Robinovitch – Rodas Recordada
Géza Frid – String Trio, Op. 1
Sahba Aminikia – Stormy Seas (world premiere)
Dick Kattenburg – Trio à cordes
Traditional, arr. Sid Robinovitch – Adio Kerida (world premiere of arrangement)
Traditional, arr. Sid Robinovitch – Alvores lloran por luvias (world premiere of arrangement)
Sid Robinovitch – Rodas Recordada
Géza Frid – String Trio, Op. 1
Sahba Aminikia – Stormy Seas (world premiere)
Free ($30 ($100 4-program pass))
Music of Remembrance: To Life! (on-demand until 11/8/2020)
Sunday, November 1, 2020 @ 5:00pm – 7:00pm (PST)
Online event
Polina Nazaykinskaya – Haim
Hans Gál – Piano Trio in G major, Op. 49b
Bohuslav Martinů – Duo for Violin and Cello, H. 371
Mieczysław Weinberg – Clarinet Sonata, Op. 28
Hans Gál – Piano Trio in G major, Op. 49b
Bohuslav Martinů – Duo for Violin and Cello, H. 371
Mieczysław Weinberg – Clarinet Sonata, Op. 28
$30 ($100 4-program pass)
Music of Remembrance: Remembering Hiroshima and Nagasaki Webinar
Thursday, August 6, 2020 @ 3:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Online event
MOR marks the 75th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Japan with reflections from MOR artists, the Consul General of Japan, & composer Ryuichi Sakamoto.
Free (Free (registration required))
[BROADCAST] Music of Remembrance: Remembering Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Monday, August 3, 2020 @ 5:00am – 4:59am (PDT)
Online event
Shinji Eshima – August 6th
Ryuichi Sakamoto – Snow Falls
Ryuichi Sakamoto – Passage
Ryuichi Sakamoto – Snow Falls
Ryuichi Sakamoto – Passage
Free (Free)
[BROADCAST] Music of Remembrance: Sparks of Glory
Monday, July 27, 2020 @ 5:00am – 4:59am (PDT)
Online event
Composer Paul Schoenfield’s tribute to courageous Holocaust defiance, narrated by the late baritone/actor Robert Orth.
Free
[BROADCAST] Music of Remembrance: After Life
Monday, July 20, 2020 @ 5:00am – 4:59am (PDT)
Online event
Pathbreaking one-act opera imagining a confrontation between the ghosts of Pablo Picasso and Gertrude Stein over the role of art in a troubled world.
Free (Free)
[BROADCAST] Music of Remembrance: The Golem
Monday, July 13, 2020 @ 5:00am – 4:59am (PDT)
Online event
6 pieces from Israeli composer Betty Olivero’s atmospheric, klezmer-infused score for the classic 1920 silent film The Golem: How He Came into the World.
Free (Free)
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