"Perhaps a butterfly" premiere, NYC, 1 May 2010
On May 1st at 1 pm, Chamber Music at Rodeph Sholom will premiere "Perhaps
a Butterfly," A Song Selection for Mezzo Soprano, Child Soprano, Flute, Piccolo, and String Trio, based on the poems by the children at Terezin Concentration Camp 1942-1944, a new work by composer/cellist Eliot Bailen commissioned by Cantor Rebecca Garfein and Congregation Rodeph Sholom (NYC) in commemoration of the 70th anniversary of Kristallnacht. The performing artists, Rebecca Garfein, mezzo soprano, Julia Bailen, child soprano, Susan Rotholz, flute/piccolo, Harumi Rhodes, violin, Toby Appel, viola, and Eliot Bailen, cello/composer, will also play Mozart's Flute Quartet in A Major (1786) and Erno Dohnanyi's Serenade in C (1902). The free concert is open to the public at Schnurmacher Chapel, Congregation Rodeph Sholom, 7 West 83rd Street, New York.
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