Easter Concert 2017

Co-produced with documenta 14 and the Athens Concert Hall Organization, with the participation of members of the Syrian Expat Philharmonic Orchestra (SEPO)

Sat. 08 April 2017 17:30

Megaron – The Athens Concert Hall
Christos Lambrakis Hall

The concert presents a project of documenta 14`s artitsts Ross Birrell and David Harding, based on the Third Symphony, known also as «Symphony of Sorrowful Songs» from the important Polish composer, Henryk Górecki and will be given with the collaboration of members of the Syrian Expat Philharmonic Orchestra (SEPO), under the artistic direction of its founder, Raed Jazbeh. The Symphony of Sorrowful Songs is the Polish composer’s best-known work. It is a poignant lament for orchestra and soprano in three movements, each focusing on the sense of hopelessness, separation, and loss experienced by parents and children as a consequence of war.

The concert will start with "Fugue", a composition for solo violin by Syrian violinist and composer, Ali Moraly, in collaboration with Ross Birrell, Fugue is inspired by Paul Celan’s powerful and dark response to the Holocaust in the poem Death Fugue (1948) The word “fugue” is derived from the Latin “fugere”, “to flee” and the Greek «fe???» from which also stems the word “refugee”.

19:45
Free introductory talk for ticket holders

Event Programme

HENRYK GÓRECKI

(1933—2010)

Symphony no.3 for soprano and orchestra, opus 36 “Symphony of Sorrowful Songs”

ALI MORALY

'Fugue', for violin and orchestra

'Fugue', for violin and orchestra

Event Programme

Featuring

CONDUCTOR

Daniel Raiskin

SOLOISTS

Racha Rizk, soprano

Ali Moraly, violin

PARTICIPATIONS

Members of the Syrian Expat Philharmonic Orchestra (SEPO), under the artistic direction of its founder, Raed Jazbeh

Featuring

CONDUCTOR

Daniel Raiskin

SOLOIST

Racha Rizk, soprano

Ali Moraly, violin

PARTICIPATIONS

Members of the Syrian Expat Philharmonic Orchestra (SEPO), under the artistic direction of its founder, Raed Jazbeh

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